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The Interwoven Project

The Interwoven Project explores how the Arts and Humanities can contribute to addressing contemporary ecological and environmental challenges. Supported by the Catalyst Fund, Interwoven brings together researchers from Coastal TALES with staff and students from WISA, working in collaboration with Clare Revera of Welsh Baskets. The project’s central aim is to co-design a sustainable heritage basket for Coastal TALES’ societal partner, Câr-y-Môr, as an environmentally friendly alternative to the plastic bags and baskets currently used for shellfish and seaweed harvesting.

Highlighting Publications from 2025: Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere

Continuing our series highlighting publications from 2025, we focus on a volume that shifts the geography of environmental thought. Through the diverse voices of the French-speaking world, this book explores the various ways in which francophone writers, visual artists and activists are responding to the global climate and environmental crises threatening the Earth today, through an imperative postcolonial lens.

Highlighting Publications from 2025: The environmental and economic legacy of Wales' industrial past. Coastal Tales: Kilvey Hill (Swansea) and the Teifi as Projects of Contentious Urban Woodland and River Restoration

We begin this series focussing on publications from 2025, with a paper written by Luci Attala, Louise Steel, and Gareth Thomas, BRIDGES IPO and UK Hub, UWTSD, and Nigel Robins: Geographer and specialist in Welsh industrial history. In a significant submission to the UK Parliament, a transdisciplinary team challenge traditional "top-down" approaches to environmental restoration, arguing that the true value of Wales’ industrial legacy lies as much in its "intangible" culture as in its ecology; demonstrating the value of local, historical, and cultural stories to foster climate change adaptation and coastal resilience. The paper was submitted as written evidence for the Welsh Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament, published 19 March 2025.

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