Last month I had the pleasure to join the Green Belt 2.0 R&D project led by Green Future Associates. This effort was part of Grounding Technologies, a Watershed’s pilot project exploring how creative technology can be used to support climate action.
What is the Greenbelt? How can we reimagine its use around Bristol through the co-creation of maps? More importantly, how can this project lift the voice of the community and reclaim this relationship with the rural land?
With a commitment to experimentation and multi-disciplinarity, Greenbelt 2.0 used film, animation, photography, live illustration, drone capture, open-data mapping and sound recording to capture the community’s discussion.
Timelapse of the live illustration of the Greenbelt workshop.
I live illustrated the workshop that took place at the Yew Tree Farm. I then turned these visual captures into independent sketchnotes that where animated by the fabulous team at Reuben & Jamie. The illustrations helped translating the communities ideas for the greenbelt.
And thanks to Reuben & Jamie I even have my own little Greenbelt-inspired Instagram sticker now!