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#COP26 #ClimateJustice

In this Brigstow Special Edition...

Liquid Noise
Telling the story of temperature
Who's at the table? Priorities after a year of food justice dialogue
Why we need new stories of everyday climate action
Building shelter
Where is the (cycling) revolution?
Creative environments: video essays
Coproduction corner

The Brigstow Institute has always been interested in the knotty question of how to “live well” in the 21^st Century. It is a complex question with many different perspectives and interpretations of what “living well” means. One aspect that many will agree on, is that our relationship to the environment and the world we live in, is intrinsically related to ideas of "living well". This is a topic that many of our funded projects and the Brigstow family have sought to explore, understand more deeply and to create interventions aimed at reducing the impact on our planet.

To find out about work in this area visit our projects page.

Thank you to all of our Brigstow community who have contributed to this special issue.

Telling the story of temperature

By Dr Alan Kennedy-Asser, Temperature Life Stories

What is the most extreme temperature you have experienced? Where were you? In this blog Alan tells you a little bit about the Brigstow Funded Temperature Life Stories project and his experience of taking it to COP26.
There is also a chance to contribute your own memories of temperature,

Read "Telling the story of temperature" here.

Liquid Noise Teaser

By the research team of Liquid Noise

By visualising the sounds of marine wildlife and the way they are impacted by underwater noise pollution, can we draw attention to an otherwise invisible challenge? Using sound visualisation, this research explores noise pollution and how its impact on sea life can be brought to the surface and made more visible.

Find out more about "Liquid Noise: Using cetacean cymatics to visualise and invisible issue"

You can also view "A Voice Above Nature" below. This is a project Dan and Annie worked on together that inspired Liquid Noise.

Who’s at the table? Priorities after a year of food justice dialogue

By Lauren Blake, Lydia Medland, and Rob Skinner from Brigstow Ideas Exchange "Who's in our food?"

As we focus on questions of environmental sustainability & climate change, the University of Bristol Food Justice Network & "Who's in our food?" have been considering some of the key food justice issues in the light of COP 26.

Read "Who's at the table? Priorities after a year of food justice dialogue".

Why we need new stories of everyday climate action

By Dr Ed Atkins, from Ideas Exchange "Individual actions add up"

In this new blog Ed discusses how individual action, behaviour and aspirations can fit within a broader, more-inclusive vision of net-zero. Why do we need new stories of everyday climate action?

Read "Why do we need new stories of everyday climate action".

Building Shelter

A film by Emily Jones, Mivi Studman-Badillo and Carly Pearce.

A documentary on the construction of a shelter and hearth led by two artists with a group of volunteers. The shelter forms one of the two hospitable plots within Royal Fort Gardens, as part of the (de)Bordering project which explores human and non-human migration, and will act as a living classroom for discussions between researchers, students, policy makers and publics.

Find out more about (de)Bordering project.

Where is the (cycling) revolution?

By Prof Martin Hurcombe

In Arts Matters latest blog post, Prof Martin Hurcombe reflects on the shift towards 'active leisure' observed during the COVID-19 lockdowns, and what has changed since then.

Read "Where is the (cycling) revolution?" .

Creative Environments

The below two video essays – Surfacing in the Depths and Credos del Mar/ Sea Creeds – were created for the Creative Environments workshop on 17 September 2021. Watch them here and find out more about the work.

#environment #climatechange #creativeenvironments

Surfacing in the Depths

Credos Del Mar / Sea Creeds

Coproduction Corner

The many shades of co-produced evidence

The many shades of co-produced evidence. A report produced by the Carnegie Trust on the challenges and opportunities around co-producing evidence for participatory social policy and practice, 2018 - https://www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk/publications/the-many-shades-of-co-produced-evidence/

Do you have any items for inclusion in our next Brigstow Happenings? Please let us know at hello-brigstow@bristol.ac.uk.

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