Stories, strategies, and reflections

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As we think about our future in a changing climate, it’s crucial to understand what scenarios we need to prepare for, how communities are already preparing, and what possibilities and solutions we can start putting into action.

As we at the Bioregional Learning Centre move towards this summer’s Learning Journey on climate adaptation in the South Hams, we’ve been thinking carefully about how we want to move within the space of this complicated topic and what principles we want to hold

Thanks to funding from South Hams District Council (SHDC), the Bioregional Learning Centre is now embarking on a collaborative project with Sustainable South Hams (SusSH) to raise awareness of climate adaptation and show communities how they can plan ahead.

A conversation with Nigel Mortimer, Estuaries Officer at South Devon National Landscape. Nigel is a key member of the project team for Living Dart: The Saltmarsh Project.

Earlier this month, Schumacher College’s Ecological Design Thinking class joined BLC, Saltmarsh Project team members, Natural England’s Simon Tame and Sharpham Director Julian Carnell on a unique learning experience at Sharpham. They met down at the reedbeds to consider their condition, how much they have changed, whether sea level rise is noticeable, and other challenges of the sea/land interface, such as having humans and livestock as neighbours.

A conversation with local artist and collaborator Ivan Grieve. Ivan is one of five local artists participating in Phase 2 of Living Dart: The Saltmarsh Project. After an introduction to the saltmarshes surveyed by the project team in and around Totnes, Dittisham and Stoke Gabriel, each artist began to explore their own relationship with these estuarine edge places. The “unwrapping” of their experiences will be part of an evening event at Totnes Cinema, 25th March 2024.