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Posted in Coastal Tales News Item, News on Jun 03, 2024.
Exciting update from Luci Attala, Director of the UK Hub Bridges Sustainability Science Coalition and Gareth Thomas, Executive Research Development Officer at UWTSD:
Fieldwork on the Coastal TALES project has begun!
Luci and Gareth thank everyone at Câr-Y-Môr who were kind enough to teach them seaweed harvesting, on the first day of the Coastal TALES fieldwork, Monday 20 May 2024. It was a glorious day with so much learnt by Gareth and Luci about this beautiful, sustainable product. It was a valuable first day of fieldwork on this exciting project, shared with a fantastic collective of people. Câr-Y-Môr, is the first regenerative ocean farm in Wales whose mission is to improve the coastal environment and the wellbeing of the local community through sustainable seafood production.
The Coastal TALES project, “Telling Adaptations; Living Environmental Stories for Coastal Resilience” led by the UNESCO-MOST Bridges Sustainability Science Coalition (UK) Hub at University of Wales Trinity Saint David asks: How can stories of past practices help people (re)discover more sustainable ways of living in their rapidly changing coastal environments? The goal of the project is to show how heritage stories can generate tangible local action that diverse communities can draw on to adapt to a changing climate. We use a transdisciplinary approach, building on the knowledge and agency of local communities in dialogue with academic expertise across the spectrum of humanities and sciences.
Facing a world undergoing significant social and ecological transformation, many people ask, "what can I do?” Individual actions often feel insufficient, with little perceptible effect. Coastal TALES attends to this growing social need by examining how stories can generate tangible action and offer creative inspiration to local communities and regional environmental stakeholders seeking to adapt sustainably. Coastal TALES collaborates with societal partners to understand how heritage stories can drive action in education, policy and nature-based innovation.
To read more about the transdisciplinary COASTAL TALES project, which secured funding from the Belmont Forum’s Climate and Cultural Heritage joint call: The transdisciplinary Coastal TALES project secure funding – BRIDGES
For further information on the UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES SUSTAINABILTY SCIENCE COALTION: BRIDGES – UNESCO-MOST Global Coalition