The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Emma's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Emma
Recent research
As the Creative Industries Research Fellow for the EDRF Low Carbon Devon project at Â鶹´«Ã½ (2020-2023) I researched and supported Devon’s creative and cultural sector instigating a range of projects, including the Green Maker Initiative to help designers and makers reduce their environmental impact. The Green Maker Initiative has continued to flourish, with over 200 members, and is now hosted and run by the professional craft organisation MAKE Southwest, supported by Arts Council England. Developing from this project, I brought together 52 contributors in The Green Maker Initiative BookÌý(2023), supported by the Crafts Council, MAKE Southwest and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. In collaboration with the Â鶹´«Ã½ City Council’s EDRF funded Green Minds project and AUP, I co-designed the Creative Commissions Programme and worked with creative organisations engaging communities with nature connectedness in and around Â鶹´«Ã½.
As co-investigator with Professor David Sergeant of the AHRC Net Zero Visions project we secured £100,000 in research funding to research how creatives can communicate communities’ ambitions and plans to reach net zero in their towns and villages across Devon. We engaged a range of experts in net zero from across disciplines in academic and professional organisations, including universities of Exeter, Â鶹´«Ã½, UWE Bristol and Leeds and RIBA South West, in the areas of built environment, energy, waste, food, land and sea and transport, collaborating closely with Devon Climate Emergency and Devon County Council. We commissioned artists, designers and game makers to create works that visualised communities’ net zero plans and these were featured in The Net Zero Visions BookÌý(Sergeant & Whittaker 2022) to share the findings and creative works with a broad audience.ÌýÌý
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