In 2023 the University of Exeter's Sustainability team collaborated with students and poet Sean Borodale to create poetic responses to the nature and biodiversity of the Streatham campus. These poetic responses have been combined with the ambient sounds surrounding Reed Hall to create a series of poetic soundscapes.
The trail focuses on trees and the life within them - we have over 10,000 trees from six continents on our grounds and 133 Champion Trees. They are managed by our Grounds team (more info can be found here). There are five posts in the trail, each with a leaf engraved on a plaque - see below for the names of the trees the leaves came from. The poems don't necessarily correspond to each leaf but are a response to the landscape in general.
You can access the map and sound files here.
The Sound Trail is a joint project between the Sustainability team, the Grounds team, Arts and Culture and students at Exeter.
Sound Trail Posts: Green Space
Photos: Jim Wileman
Sound: Danny Cooke and Tim Stephens
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