Field Notes9 min read
Field Notes: Open Day at the Hatchery
A Tidewright field note from Triabunna: 300 neighbours, forty schoolkids and one microscope queue at the Holdfast kelp hatchery's first community open day.
Naomi Reyes ·
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Field Notes7 min read
Field Notes: A Ranger Knowledge Exchange in Lofoten
Four Kudjela sea-country rangers fly north to our Lofoten project. A week of sugar kelp, winter light, and two very different coasts trading what they know.
Jack Callum ·
Field Notes8 min read
Field Notes: The School Group That Met a Forest
Twenty-four fourth-graders, forty masks, and one restored kelp bay. Field notes from a Tinderbox school snorkel day — and why it matters to the program.
Jack Callum ·
Blue Carbon7 min read
Consent Before Credits: FPIC and Community Rights in Blue Carbon Projects
What free, prior and informed consent means in practice for blue carbon projects — who must be asked, what must be shared, and how consent is kept alive.
Priya Raman ·
Farming11 min read
Winning the Shoreline: Community Relations for Seaweed Farms
Consent gets the lines in; relations keep them there. The ongoing craft of being a good harbour neighbour: incidents, viewscape, shared gear, schools and winter check-ins.
Naomi Reyes ·
Farming9 min read
Winning Social Licence: Community Consent for New Seaweed Farms
A seaweed farm permit is paper; social licence is people. How to consult fishing communities, councils and neighbours before — and long after — your lines go in.
Naomi Reyes ·
Farming8 min read
Permitting a Kelp Farm: Leases, Licences and the Long Road to the Water
Permitting a kelp farm takes years, not months. How to sequence the approvals, surveys and consultations on the long road to your first seeded line.
Naomi Reyes ·
Field Notes6 min read
Field Notes: Showing the Forest to the Council
Four councillors, one RIB, two spare wetsuits and a young kelp bed. Notes from a field day with the people who sign our permits.
Jack Callum ·