Sarah and Connor are joined for this final episode by Pim to continue the conversation about the future of our salt marshes and to examine the metaphors we use when we talk about our relationship with the sea.

This series was developed and produced by the Story Engineer, Connor McMullen, as is distributed in collaboration with the Dutch International Storytelling Centre.

The Living Dikes Project is a consortium of Universities, research institutes, and Dutch Water Boards and provinces researching nature-based solutions for our coastlines. In this episode we hear from Sarah Dzimballa, a PhD Candidate at the University of Twente and Pim Willemsen is a Researcher at Deltares with expertise in sludged coastal ecosystems, Nature-based Solutions and ecosystem services for climate adaptation and mitigation.

Special thanks to the sound artists whose Creative Commons sounds and recordings helped bring our stories to live. Most of the birds, animals, and nature sounds you hear in these stories are from the collection of Klankbeeld, the Dutch Sound Museum.

In this episode Arjan and Connor are joined by Elien to talk about the many things salt marshes bring to our coastal communities, the future of salt marshes, and how the story might change how we see our world.

This series was developed and produced by the Story Engineer, Connor McMullen, as is distributed in collaboration with the Dutch International Storytelling Centre.

The Living Dikes Project is a consortium of Universities, research institutes, and Dutch Water Boards and provinces researching nature-based solutions for our coastlines. In this episode we hear from Arjan Conijn, a PostDoc at Groningen University, and Elien Sipma, a PhD Candidate at the University of Twente.

Special thanks to the sound artists whose Creative Commons sounds and recordings helped bring our stories to live. Most of the birds, animals, and nature sounds you hear in these stories are from the collection of Klankbeeld, the Dutch Sound Museum.

Connor is joined by Arjan and Esmee to try and make sense of the chaotic meeting. They talk about the inspiration for these characters, how the meeting in the story is different from the best practices of today, and the importance of working with young people to help determine the future of our salt marshes.

This series was developed and produced by the Story Engineer, Connor McMullen, as is distributed in collaboration with the Dutch International Storytelling Centre.

The Living Dikes Project is a consortium of Universities, research institutes, and Dutch Water Boards and provinces researching nature-based solutions for our coastlines. In this episode we are joined by Arjan Konijn, a PostDoc at Groningen University and Esmee Bannenberg, a PhD candidate in the Policy Analysis section of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management.

Special thanks to the sound artists whose Creative Commons sounds and recordings helped bring our stories to live. Most of the birds, animals, and nature sounds you hear in these stories are from the collection of Klankbeeld, the Dutch Sound Museum.

Tori and Connor are joined by Paran to talk about the importance of plants during a storm, and how they test their impact during storms using field experiments and models.

This series was developed and produced by the Story Engineer, Connor McMullen, as is distributed in collaboration with the Dutch International Storytelling Centre.

The Living Dikes Project is a consortium of Universities, research institutes, and Dutch Water Boards and provinces researching nature-based solutions for our coastlines.

In this episode we hear from Victoria Mason, a PhD Candidate at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Paran Pourteimouri, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Twente and a guest researcher at Deltares.

Special thanks to the sound artists whose Creative Commons sounds and recordings helped bring our stories to live. Most of the birds, animals, and nature sounds you hear in these stories are from the collection of Klankbeeld, the Dutch Sound Museum.

In this episode Marte and Connor are joined by Thomas to talk about the plants of the marsh, how they respond in stormy conditions, and how humans help sustain marshes through things like brushwood dams.

Contrary to what you will hear in this episode, Sea Spinach (Atriplex prostrata) is actually relatively common in the salt marshes of The Netherlands. So go have a look and see if you can spot it, but please respect the nature and leave your shopping for your local market!

This series was developed and produced by the Story Engineer, Connor McMullen, as is distributed in collaboration with the Dutch International Storytelling Centre. In this episode we hear from Marte Stoorvogel, a Postdoc at University of Twente, and Thomas van Veelen, a postdoc within the Marine and Fluvial Systems research group at the University of Twente.

The Living Dikes Project is a consortium of Universities, research institutes, and Dutch Water Boards and provinces researching nature-based solutions for our coastlines.

Special thanks to the sound artists whose Creative Commons sounds and recordings helped bring our stories to live. Most of the birds, animals, and nature sounds you hear in these stories are from the collection of Klankbeeld, the Dutch Sound Museum.

After the first chapter of Isabella's story, we are joined by Dimitris to reflect on the meaning of Isabella's story. We talk about what happens when it storms, how they model this using Delta Flume experiments, and the capacity salt marshes have to help reduce the impact of storms on our communities.

This series was developed and produced by the Story Engineer, Connor McMullen, as is distributed in collaboration with the Dutch International Storytelling Centre.

The Living Dikes Project is a consortium of Universities, research institutes, and Dutch Water Boards and provinces researching nature-based solutions for our coastlines.

In this episode we are joined by Jos Muller, a PhD candidate at the University of Twente and Dimitris Dermentzoglou a PhD candidate at TU Delft.

Special thanks to the sound artists whose Creative Commons sounds and recordings helped bring our stories to live. Most of the birds, animals, and nature sounds you hear in these stories are from the collection of Klankbeeld, the Dutch Sound Museum.

We talk about their inspiration for this story, and get a glimpse at their podcast proposal before exploring the MythLab process that draw Isabella's story from their research on coastal ecosystems. In this episode you will hear from:

Marte Stoorvogel, a Postdoc at University of Twente.

Victoria Mason, a PhD Candidate at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research.

Arjan Conijn, a PostDoc at Groningen University.

Sarah Dzimballa, a PhD Candidate at the University of Twente.

Jos Muller, a PhD candidate at the University of Twente, was not able to join us for this episode. You will be hearing him open the first chapter of our story in the next episode.

This series was developed and produced by the Story Engineer, Connor McMullen, as is distributed in collaboration with the Dutch International Storytelling Centre.

The Living Dikes Project is a consortium of Universities, research institutes, and Dutch Water Boards and provinces researching nature-based solutions for our coastlines.

Special thanks to the sound artists whose Creative Commons sounds and recordings helped bring our stories to live. Most of the birds, animals, and nature sounds you hear in these stories are from the collection of Klankbeeld, the Dutch Sound Museum.