Welcome - Croeso
The Climate Comic is a collaboration between south Wales communities, researchers, an advisory group and illustrator Laura Sorvala. The project seeks to understand older and younger people’s climate change perceptions, imaginaries and behaviours in the places that matter to them.
Mae Comic yr Hinsawdd yn gydweithrediad rhwng cymunedau yn ne Cymru, ymchwilwyr, grŵp cynghori a darlunydd. Mae’n rhan o brosiect OPTIC (‘Understanding Older and Younger People’s Perspectives and Imaginaries of Climate Change’) ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe.
About the Climate Comic - Am y comic hinsawdd
Collaborators - Cydweithwyr
The OPTIC team is (left to right) Dr. Merryn Thomas, Dr. Aled Singleton, Dr. Aelwyn Williams, Dr. Carol Maddock, Dr. Deborah Morgan, Prof. Charles Musselwhite, Prof. Tavi Murray and illustrator Laura Sorvala. The Advisory Group spans lifelong learning, creative practitioners, volunteers, charities, local authorities, and statutory bodies.
Aelodau tîm OPTIC yw: Dr Merryn Thomas, Dr Aled Singleton, Dr Aelwyn Williams, Dr Carol Maddock, Dr Deborah Morgan, yr Athro Charles Musselwhite, yr Athro Tavi Murray a’r darlunydd Laura Sorvala. Mae’r Grŵp Cynghori’n cynnwys cynrychiolwyr dysgu gydol oes, ymarferwyr creadigol, gwirfoddolwyr, elusennau, awdurdodau lleol a chyrff statudol.
Our heartfelt thanks...
to the communities we had the privilege of working with, including Newton Grange Residential Home, Oystermouth Primary School, Women4Resources, Hirwaun YMCA and Neath Port Talbot Black Minority Ethnic Community Association. We would also like to thank our advisory group for guidance throughout, and our funders.
Diolch yn wresog...
...i’r cymunedau roedd gennym y fraint o weithio gyda nhw, gan gynnwys Cartref Preswyl Newton Grange, Ysgol Gynradd Ystumllwynarth, Women4Resources, YMCA Hirwaun a Chymdeithas Gymunedol Pobl Dduon a Lleiafrifoedd Ethnig Castell-nedd Port Talbot. Hoffem ddiolch hefyd i’n grŵp cynghori am arweiniad drwy gydol y prosiect, ac i’n cyllidwyr.
Creating the Climate Comic and Activity Book
Comic yr Hinsawdd a Llyfr Gweithgareddau’r Comic Hinsawdd
The Climate Comic was created as part of the OPTIC project, which seeks to understand older and younger people’s climate change perceptions, imaginaries and behaviours in the places that matter to them.
In spring 2023, we carried out creative workshops with 66 people in south Wales: online, on a busy urban street, in a Valleys youth club, at a residential home and primary school, with a coastal walking group and a farming family. This comic shares their stories.
Turn to pages 21-24 of the comic to discover more about our workshop methods and how the comic was made. On pages 25-29, you can take part by playing the OPTIC dice game, colouring in a comic strip and creating your own comic.
The Climate Comic Activity Book is designed to spark meaningful climate change conversations across generations. It is the result of a collaborative effort involving care homes, schools, and partners across Wales. It was funded by Swansea University’s UKRI Impact Acceleration Account and supported by the Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research.
We hope The Climate Comic and Activity Book inspire thought, conversation and action, and we would love to hear from you.
Nod OPTIC yw deall canfyddiadau pobl hŷn a phobl iau o newid yn yr hinsawdd, yr hyn maent yn ei ddychmygu amdano a’u hymddygiadau yn y lleoedd sy’n bwysig iddynt. Yn ystod gwanwyn 2023, buom yn cynnal gweithdai creadigol gyda 66 o bobl yn ne Cymru: ar-lein, ar stryd drefol brysur, mewn clwb ieuenctid yn y cymoedd, mewn cartref preswyl ac ysgol gynradd, gyda grŵp cerdded yr arfordir a theulu fferm. Mae’r comic hwn yn rhannu eu straeon.
Trowch i dudalennau 21-24 i ddysgu mwy am ddulliau ein gweithdai a sut cafodd y comic ei greu. Ar dudalennau 25-29, gallwch chi gymryd rhan drwy chwarae gêm dis OPTIC, lliwio stribed comic a chreu eich comic eich hun.
Mae rhagor o ganfyddiadau’r prosiect, gan gynnwys canlyniadau arolwg, ar gael drwy e-bostio optic@abertawe.ac.uk. Ein gobaith yw y bydd Comic yr Hinsawdd yn eich ysbrydoli i feddwl, sgwrsio a gweithredu, a byddem wrth ein boddau’n clywed gennych.
Mae Llyfr Gweithgareddau’r Comic Hinsawdd wedi’i gynllunio i sbarduno sgyrsiau ystyrlon am newid hinsawdd ar draws cenedlaethau. Mae’n ffrwyth llafur ymdrech gydweithredol sy’n cynnwys cartrefi gofal, ysgolion a phartneriaid ledled Cymru. Fe’i hariannwyd gan Gyfrif Cyflymiad Effaith UKRI Prifysgol Abertawe a’i gefnogi gan y Ganolfan Ymchwil Heneiddio a Dementia (CADR).
OPTIC was funded by the University of Stirling Ageing and Place: Pandemic Recovery and Action on Climate CHange (APPROACH) fund, as part the Social Behavioural & Design Research Programme (UK Research and Innovation). It was supported by the Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research (CADR, Swansea University) with equipment provided by the Awen Institute. We received further funding from Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (hefcw) Research Wales Innovation Fund (RWIF) through Swansea University.
Ariannwyd OPTIC gan gronfa APPROACH Prifysgol Stirling (Ageing and Place: Pandemic Recovery and Action on Climate Change), fel rhan o raglen Ymchwil Gymdeithasol, Ymddygiadol a Dylunio UKRI (Ymchwil ac Arloesi yn y DU). Fe’i cefnogwyd gan y Ganolfan Ymchwil i Heneiddio a Dementia (CADR, Prifysgol Abertawe) a darparwyd y cyfarpar gan Sefydliad Awen. Derbyniwyd cyllid pellach gan Gronfa Arloesi Ymchwil Cymru Cyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru (CCAUC) drwy Brifysgol Abertawe.
Reviews
This comic is just such an example of how generations can be brought together in our shared efforts to save our planet and our peoples.
Delyth Jewell MS
Senedd (Welsh Parliament)
My daughter absolutely LOVED the comic… her friends spent all lunchtime reading it together yesterday.
Chloe Corbyn
Staff Comisiwn y Senedd
The dice game [..] seems a really useful method, particularly because of how changeable it is. Same as the comic, this gave food for thought of fun ways to encourage participation and conversation for those we engage with.
Gareth Rees
Amgueddfa Cymru