Finding the Story Arc
Listening to Climate Resilience Stories
in the Aire Valley
The Project
Finding the Story Arc is a Leeds-based public engagement project supported by the University of Manchester. Working alongside the Aire Resilience Company (or ARC), we're trying to understand how businesses are preparing for climate uncertainty, and how we can work together within a changing world.
To do this, we need your stories. We want to understand what helps you cope, and keeps you going; the futures you're expecting, and the ones you want to see.
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Responding to these discussions, we'll be making a creative presentation — a piece of collaborative storytelling that will play back your insights in a memorable and engaging way, to help inspire future action.
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If you're interested in speaking to us, or you'd like to find out a little more, we'd love to hear from you. You can send us a message using the button below.
The Aire Resilience Company
Our researchers are working in collaboration with the Aire Resilience Company (ARC) - an innovative new partnership between public- and third-sector organisations including Leeds City Council, the Environment Agency, the Rivers Trust, and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, developing nature-based flood resilience measures in the upper Aire valley. Simple interventions like planting trees and hedgerows, aerating the soil, and slowing the flow of rainwater from land to river will reduce flood risk in Leeds, while also enhancing biodiversity.
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If you'd like to find out more about ARC, visit aireresilience.org.
Contact
Whether you're keen to talk climate resilience, or you'd just like to hear more about what we're working on, we'd love to hear from you.
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You can send us a message using this form, and we'll respond as quickly as we can - or if you prefer, you can connect with us on social media using the buttons below.