Earlier this summer, 2019, the National Oceanography Centre and Sefton Council approached me to work with them on creating a narrated coastal walk along Crosby’s shoreline, north of Liverpool. The plan was, through bringing together science and the arts, to raise awareness of shoreline change and coastal hazards, to actualize and make intimate the sense of movement and uncertainty that occurs along the coast. The poems capture changes in land use, coastal processes, shoreline management and observational techniques. They are located at five points along the Crosby shoreline, and can be heard in any order. By becoming more aware of changing coastal conditions, we hope people will act as advocates in shaping how communities better prepare future change.
You can download the GPS waypoints and MP3s here or watch them here, accompanied by pics if you can’t get to the beach.
The project, Building coastal community resilience: preparedness through poetry, was funded by AGU Celebrate 100 grants.
The rest of the team can be found on twitter: @Wirewall_NOC @GreenSefton_
