Art for Climate Change Adaptations with CSIRO in Kakadu NP
I had a fabulous time travelling to Kakadu National Park with Gabi Mocatta, Head of Climate Communication and Research Fellow for University of Tasmania. Gabi and I have been brought on board for CSIRO’s NESP (Natural Environment Science Program), who are working on a 10 year Climate Change Adaptations Strategy for Kakadu NP alongside partnering Traditional Owners and Parks Australia.
My role is to create an illustrated booklet of the strategy, that shows pictures of Country as community see it now, and then with suggested adaptations in place. This will be used as an education tools for Traditional Owners and Parks Australia to teach adapations and climate change to community groups.
The booklet is still in illustration phase, but below I’ve included 4 artworks I created of the four main environments in Kakadu, to be used as visual communication frameworks in community engagement discussions. The four environments include wetlands and floodplains, woodlands and savannah, marina and coastal, and stone country.
I created these prior to my trip there to be used by field ecologists conducting community engagement workshops.
My trip to Kakadu was over 2 weeks in late July, which was a welcome change from my first winter in Hobart!! I had a great time touristing, learning from Traditional Owners, Park rangers and climate communicators. My fave moments were spend out alone on sunset drawing and photographing wildlife and plants for reference in my booklet artworks.
Excited to see the finished project!
