Faculty of Design

Illustration

Yani Feng

Sounds for Survival

The island of Dominica is moving towards climate resilience as a country vulnerable to storm surges and hurricanes. With villages separated across the island, a mix of technological warnings and the sounds of conch shells are used to warn neighbours about incoming storms.

“On the forefront of climate resilience, the small island of Dominica uses technological warnings and the sounds of conch shells to warn its distant communities of hurricanes. ”