Coral reefs are beautiful underwater realms that support a staggering array of incredible life forms, a biodiversity that exists in very few other places on the planet. But their current plight is a wake-up call – the extinction crisis that threatens many of Earth’s most fragile and unique ecosystems is accelerating, but it is not just coral reefs that are at risk. It is happening on our doorsteps.

Synchronicity Earth’s mission is to tackle extinction and promote biodiversity. We support project partners working to protect threatened habitats.Through collaborations with artists, film-makers and our partners and friends working on coral conservation, we aim to increase awareness and understanding of the what we stand to lose if we do not act now, and encourage people to think and act to help protect biodiversity, whether that is a coral reef, a tropical rainforest or a species in their neighbourhood.

Coral Reef Redux, our short film, combines the artwork of Louis Masai with the soundscapes of Bernie Krause to create a call to action.

This time last year, Louis Masai was painting a giant mural of a coral reef in the centre of London. A year before that he painted a series of murals around the city to draw attention to the extinction crisis, and make the link between the loss of biodiversity around the world and our urban environment, as part of Synchronicity Earth’s This is Now campaign.

His current project, the Art of Beeing, sees him travelling around the USA painting murals of locally-endangered species. This tour highlights that the little wildlife left on US doorsteps – from the cottontail rabbit to the grey wolf – is in a precarious position. And that the destruction of nature is a global problem, now devastating some of the world’s most remote tropical rainforests and coral reefs.