{"id":903,"date":"2023-10-04T12:36:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T12:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/gsi\/?p=903"},"modified":"2023-10-23T13:52:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T13:52:30","slug":"creating-a-storm-imagining-new-possibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/gsi\/creating-a-storm-imagining-new-possibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Creating a Storm\u2019 &amp; \u2018Imagining New Possibilities\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Climate Communication Delivers Hope at The British Science Festival<\/strong><br>By Dr Sally Flint<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People find it inspiring to have dedicated <strong><em>time and<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>space to write<\/em> and <em>explore together<\/em> <\/strong>\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/britishsciencefestival.org\/event\/creative-climate-communication\/\"><strong>Creative<\/strong> <strong>Climate Communication<\/strong><\/a>\u2019 and \u2018<a><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/britishsciencefestival.org\/event\/imagining-new-possibilities-for-a-liveable-future\/#!\"><strong>Imagining New Possibilities for a Liveable Future\u2019<\/strong><\/a>. That was feedback to experts from the University of Exeter who provided two innovative forums at the British Science Festival during the 7-10 September for crowds to experiment with climate conversations, language, images, and poetry \u2013 and imagine what a greener, healthier, fairer world looks like, and how positive actions can make that happen.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both events were grounded on a methodology which has grown out of successful projects taken to the climate change conferences COP26 (UK) and COP27 (Egypt), where a team of scientists, health professionals, educators, youth leaders, translators, and artists joined together to create new climate narratives underpinned by cutting edge research to show how climate change is affecting our world. &nbsp;The interdisciplinary team\u2019s aims continue to grow. <a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.exeter.ac.uk\/people\/profile\/index.php?web_id=Cecilia_Manosa\">Cecilia Ma\u00f1osa Nyblon<\/a>, Director of the COP 26, 27, and 28 projects explains: \u2018Together our team have developed a blueprint for connecting facts, findings, and feelings, co-creating new narratives underpinned by world-class science. These narratives are then brought to life through the arts to embolden us to imagine and take action to forge a liveable future. For COP28 in Dubai we are undertaking a bigger, bolder project to include poetry, music, sustainable theatre performances, sustainable theatre network and an educational toolkit.\u2019 (The collaborative outputs <a href=\"https:\/\/greenfutures.exeter.ac.uk\/one-chance-left\/\"><em>One Chance Left<\/em> (12 Poems for 12 days of COP26)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/greenfutures.exeter.ac.uk\/we-still-have-a-chance\/\"><em>We Still Have a Chance <\/em>(12 Stories for 12 days of COP 27<\/a>) are free to read and listen to on the University of Exeter\u2019s Green Futures website.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creative lead and editor of the above projects, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exeter.ac.uk\/departments\/iib\/contacts\/fullstafflist\/profile\/index.php?web_id=Sally_Flint\">Dr Sally Flint<\/a>, realises: \u2018As we head towards negotiations at COP28 it\u2019s a helpful shift to see words such as \u2018adaptation\u2019 and \u2018regeneration\u2019 rising to the surface to show there are climate solutions that can be activated now, and there are more to be found. To have this opportunity at the British Science Festival for people from all walks of life and all ages to share their climate stories, concerns, and hopes for the future strengthens our team\u2019s belief that connecting global and local narratives accelerates positive climate actions.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/modernlanguages.exeter.ac.uk\/staff\/roberts\/\">Professor Hugh Roberts<\/a> said: \u2018Creative Climate Communication\u2019 revealed the multilingual atmosphere of a Friday night in a shopping centre in Exeter, as visitors to our stall <em>created a storm<\/em> of climate words in Greek, Cantonese, Spanish, Italian, Estonian, Malay, Finnish, Swedish, Galician, French, Dutch, as well as dialect terms from Scotland and Yorkshire. Such a range of languages is in a way its own ecosystem, with each word rooted in a place, yet reaching out to global concerns.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/modernlanguages.exeter.ac.uk\/staff\/maestri\/\">Dr Eliana Maestri<\/a> talked with contributors about how some climate words cannot easily be translated into other languages such as \u2018Bog\u2019 and \u2018Mist\u2019; that dialect is influenced by what\u2019s happening in specific environments. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/research\/people\/rosa-barciela\">Professor Rosa Barciela<\/a>, representing the Met Office, demonstrated a \u2018storm in a bottle\u2019 which proved to be a showstopper, and offered opportunities to discuss the physics of why tornados are occurring more frequently. Focussing on local environments aided the writing. A young volunteer who helps with cleaning up the banks of the River Exe said, \u2018It was great to have time to pause and write about what we do and why.\u2019 A GP explained how climate anxiety is affecting patients\u2019 wellbeing \u2013 therefore opportunities to share environmental hopefulness is also beneficial to wellbeing. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/gsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/155\/2023\/10\/BSF1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/gsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/155\/2023\/10\/BSF1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/gsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/155\/2023\/10\/BSF1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BSF Workshop: Creating the Possible at Imagining New Possibilities for a Liveable Future<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The festival\u2019s two-hour closing event workshop <a href=\"https:\/\/britishsciencefestival.org\/event\/imagining-new-possibilities-for-a-liveable-future\/#!\"><strong>Imagining New Possibilities for a Liveable Future\u2019<\/strong><\/a><strong> &nbsp;<\/strong>was a resounding success. Designed and led by Cecilia Ma\u00f1osa Nyblon with Dr Sally Flint, were joined by over 50 people immersed in soundscapes, creative writing, digital visualisations, Imagine My App developed by Dom Jinks and Exeter City Council and songs in a marquee on Cathedral Green. By focussing on Exeter\u2019s future as a sustainable city the COP team\u2019s Professor Ian Fussell, Dr Fatma Sabet from the university and Dr Jono Gilmurray (BIMM Institute) and Chris from Exeter City Council, provided their expertise to forge discussions about positive climate initiatives happening in Exeter. Everyone joined in collaging a table-top outline of the River Exe with what we would like to see happen to ensure Exeter develops a sustainable, thriving environment.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/gsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/155\/2023\/10\/BSF2-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/gsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/155\/2023\/10\/BSF2-3.jpg 360w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/gsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/155\/2023\/10\/BSF2-3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Imaging New possibilities for a Liveable Future: Dr Jono Gilmurray, Prof Ian Fussell, Cecilia Ma\u00f1osa Nyblon, Dr Sally Flint, Dr Fatma Sabet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Huge thanks to the British Science Festival for providing space to demystify how environmental changes and solutions can be imagined, created, enacted, and managed for the benefit of everyone. The team going to COP28 will be driven by the feedback form these sessions. The final comments of people leaving \u2018Imagining New Possibilities for a Liveable Future\u2019 were: \u2018Thank you for letting us see that together, creating a better, more sustainable world can happen, and is in our reach.\u2019 The last word added by a student to \u2018creating a storm\u2019 was \u2018HOPE\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate Communication Delivers Hope at The British Science FestivalBy Dr Sally Flint People find it inspiring to have dedicated time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":445,"featured_media":905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[37,103,133],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Creating a Storm\u2019 &amp; \u2018Imagining New Possibilities\u2019 - GSI Blog - Creating Transformative Solutions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/gsi\/creating-a-storm-imagining-new-possibilities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Creating a Storm\u2019 &amp; 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