BU Research Blog

Last Friday (2nd Feb 2024), the Climate Creatives Challenge announced the winners of Challenge #04 (Coastal Change), with 1st place awarded to the Coasts for Kids (C4K) video series. The Climate Creatives Challenge is a biannual global initiative that promotes creative and innovative climate communication, including the positive actions that can be taken to mitigate and adapt to change. Challenge #04 (Coastal Change) received submissions from 56 countries in a wide range of formats.

The judges said:

“Wickedly informative, and utterly delightful. Precious voiceovers, and learned important information in an engaging new way. I would love to continue rooting for Coasts for Kids well after this challenge concludes!”

“Fantastic teaching aid, pitched at the generation most affected in a wholly accessible way. Explains complex issues simply and effectively.”

“This series is really wonderful and such a credit to the project team.”

C4K explains coastal processes, issues (such as sea level rise) and management in short videos narrated by 6-8-year-old children, using animation and language accessible to primary school children (age 6+). You can read more about C4k in this BU Research Blog | ‘Coasts for Kids’ – explaining coastal processes to children | Bournemouth University.

Dr Luciana Esteves (Dep. Life & Environmental Sciences, FST) was part of the team of coastal scientists, educators, practitioners and artists who worked on the writing of C4K.