Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute
Welcome to the Green Gown Award winning Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability and Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton!
This podcast explores the greatest and most wicked problem that is sustainability, whilst looking at how we are collectively addressing this critical global challenge.
Sustainability needs to be addressed by understanding how the economy, society, culture, politics and environment intersect, and this is the focus that informs each episode of the Meliora podcast.
In each episode, host Professor Simon Kemp and guest hosts are joined by a variety of guests, including academics, students, staff, researchers, alumni, community groups and business leaders.
The aim of the podcast is to shine a light on the vast range of topics surrounding sustainability and to allow listeners to learn about the critical challenges we face, as well as how they can be part of the solution. We also ensure our fantastic students have the opportunity to share their brilliant work with the world.
Podcast host: Professor Simon Kemp, Deputy Director of the Sustainability & Resilience Institute, University of Southampton
Podcast editors: Jack Dinham, Ellie Howell, Mya Harvey, Lily Killner, Sophie Green, Libby Kale, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton
Podcast communications: Tyler Domone-Hollands, Hannah Parish, Alexander Ayerst, Maya Stevens, University of Southampton
Please do get in touch to discuss this podcast and any of the issues we raise by emailing sri@soton.ac.uk
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Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute
Sustaining our Coastlines: Pressures and Pathways for Coastal Futures
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This student takeover episode of the Meliora Podcast is hosted by Sandeep and colleagues David, Evelyn, and Dalma. The episode explores some of the major human pressures the coastlines face and how that impacts sustainability, along with potential solutions.
Coastlines are important in a range of contexts from social to economic to environmental making it essential to improve its sustainability to protect people livelihoods (Neumann et al., 2015). Coastlines are home to ~ three quarters of the global population and 12 of the 15 largest cities. The ocean economy contributes ~$1.5 trillion annually supporting diverse cultures. It is also one of the largest carbon sinks, taking up 25% of anthropogenic emissions and it holds so much of the earth’s biodiversity. Major threats to the coastline include tourism, coastal management (erosion), aquaculture, sea level rise, pollution and many more. This episode will discuss the impacts and potential solutions for tourism, coastal management, and aquaculture.
Want to read more about the issues and solutions for sustainability at the coastlines? We recommend the following papers:
· Noor, N.M. and Abdul Maulud, K.N. (2022). Coastal Vulnerability: A Brief Review on Integrated Assessment in Southeast Asia. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, [online] 10(5), p.595. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10050595.
· Phillips, M.R. and Jones, A.L. (2006). Erosion and tourism infrastructure in the coastal zone: Problems, consequences, and management. Tourism Management, 27(3), pp.517–524. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2005.10.019.
· Klinger, D. and Naylor, R. (2012). Searching for Solutions in Aquaculture: Charting a Sustainable Course. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, [online] 37(1), pp.247–276. doi: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-021111-161531.
Episode Host: Sandeep Kour
Episode Guests: Evelyn O’Connor, David Ramm, Dalma Peller
Editor: Ethan Stubbs
This episode is part of the student takeover season and is a group project from the University of Southampton “Global Sustainability Challenges” module.
