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Co-production and youth action partnerships: Introducing the ‘challenging the climate crisis’ project (2021)
Digital Artefact
Williams, S., Portus, R., Robertson, M., Preston, H., Griffiths, I., Pykett, E., …McEwen, L. (2021). Co-production and youth action partnerships: Introducing the ‘challenging the climate crisis’ project. [Blog]

To be a young person today is to face the prospect of an adulthood, which is shaped by environmental breakdown and climate emergency. The declarations of Climate Crisis and calls to action are widespread (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IP... Read More about Co-production and youth action partnerships: Introducing the ‘challenging the climate crisis’ project.

Parental engagement research report (2021)
Report
Portus, R. (2021). Parental engagement research report. Future Quest

A report offering insight into parental engagement with higher education opportunities across Bristol and strategies for improving parent-carer focused higher education resources and outreach events.

An ecological whodunit: Examining loss and grievability in an age of extinction (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Portus, R. (2021, September). An ecological whodunit: Examining loss and grievability in an age of extinction. Presented at Loss, British Animal Studies Network, University of Birmingham (Online)

In a time when immeasurable numbers of Earth’s living species are having their timelines cut short, the bee decline stands out as a crisis which people have willingly and actively engaged with. This lightning talk will therefore examine the cultural... Read More about An ecological whodunit: Examining loss and grievability in an age of extinction.

Art and ecology: Reshaping environmental crises through creativity (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Portus, R. (2021, June). Art and ecology: Reshaping environmental crises through creativity. Presented at Curating Art & Nature: The Knowledge of the Curator III, University of Groningen

As extinction crises become an increased focus of contemporary environmental conversations, creative projects that engage with stories of loss have emerged as a visible fixture of the cultural and creative landscape. This invites the question of what... Read More about Art and ecology: Reshaping environmental crises through creativity.