**4. Conclusion**

Exhibitors presented visualisations that imaginatively explored aspects of the climate and other emergencies. Video, photography, sculpture, and an online, interactive Serious Game presented the impacts of decision-making that result in eroded favourite beaches, ruined shellfish colonies, and destroyed habitats such as that of the Kororā, the Little Blue Penguin. The interrelated artworks enabled visitors to reflect on and process different experiences of loss that are expected to be experienced in the future: the loss of favourite beaches, loss of homes and lifestyles, loss of species, loss of community.

*Blue Radius* created a platform for an innovative and experimental exchange of views where culture, community and science could meet in a non-hierarchical dialogue. The novelty of this approach lay in the explorative nature of where the process could lead. The goal was to develop imaginative strategies that would help to improve understanding, increase levels of engagement and help to share experiences of climate change induced sea level rise and other issues affecting marine ecology, in the hope that those present might be willing to consider the impact our behaviours and attitudes are having on nature.

Thus, *Blue Radius* contributed to knowledge exchange across art, sustainability education, ecology, and environmental disciplines. It connected with a broad cross section of citizens who might be struggling to focus their efforts in a world of biodiversity loss and climatic change, such as children and young people, teachers, local communities, indigenous communities, artists, politicians, local authorities, business owners, tourists, new immigrants, and community organisations. Further to these associations, this exhibition provided opportunities to extend the reach of artistic production by building awareness, decision-making, education, and empowerment to encourage local communities to undertake pro-environmental action.

To conclude, *Blue Radius* provided a public platform for a diverse group of artists, activists, scientists, and organisations whose work imaginatively explored the phenomena of climate change induced sea level rise. The exhibition introduced creative, ecological, and science-based methods to develop awareness of human interdependence with nature. It stimulated pro-environmental consciousness by promoting more sustainable ways of living. It gave voice to imaginative and moral states of mind towards nature. It developed new collaborations that helped to unlock new forms of inquiry. It explored how individual and collective voices can help to illuminate structures of policy and decision-making and give voice to the non-human entities that exist and suffer because of destructive human activity. This multi-disciplinary approach supported connection-building across human and non-human communities to engage and inform the public.

*Climate Change – Recent Observations*
