12 January 2024. Some students at the Royal College of Art would like our help with a project. Please contact the webmaster (address at the bottom of the page) if you would like to help.
The project brief that Aadhyaa mentions is here: Royal-College-of-Art-Grand-Challenge-2023-24-Student-Brief.pdf (PDF, 3 pages, 250kB)
I hope this mail finds you well. We are a group of design students from the Royal College of Art, London, and are reaching out to express our interest in connecting with Barnet Climate Action Group for our RCA Grand Challenge 2023/24: Ocean & Cities project.
The RCA Grand Challenge 2023/24: Ocean & Cities (GC), brings London closer to the ocean, exploring a wide range of design challenges at the interface of land and sea. The goal is to support behaviour change among citizens and organisations through the use of *ocean science, co-design and place-based approaches to:
1. Address the impacts of cities on the ocean.
2. Increase city resilience to ocean-related impacts of climate change.
As required for the project, we have been allotted The London borough of Barnet, as our area of interest. We were fortunate to even connect with the borough representative, Mr Ammar Naqvi, and his team, last year.
We are particularly interested in being a part of a discussion with some members of your organisation around the theme. Our goal is to explore the evolving relationship between the local residents of Barnet and the water bodies in the vicinity.
The proposed discussion could touch upon various aspects, including the historical significance of our local water bodies, our relationship with it while growing up, past/early memories around it, environmental changes affecting them, and the role they play in our daily lives now. Additionally, we can delve into potential community initiatives to preserve and enhance the quality of our water sources.
I am writing to inquire about the possibility of collaborating with your group , hopefully sometime next week. Your group's expertise and community outreach efforts make you an ideal partner for such a discussion. We are open to any suggestions or guidelines you may have regarding the event logistics and format.
Please let us know if you are available to discuss this idea further. We are enthusiastic about the prospect of bringing our community together for an insightful conversation about our local water resources.
I am also attaching the project brief issued by the university for your further reference.
Best regards
Aadhyaa Bhatt
MA Textiles
(Group representative)