The rate at which anthropogenic disturbances and climate change are impacting the Great Barrier Reef system, in Queensland Australia, is surpassing its regenerative capacity with up to half of the 2300km coral system succumbed to death in the last decade. The project transcends the narrative of independent coral restoration study and dives into deeper examination of Queensland’s manufactured landscapes from; unregulated carbon intensive mines (contributing to climate change and coral bleaching) to tree felling (at a rate of 1000 rugby fields a day) in lieu of coastal industrial agriculture and ocean poison runoff. The narrative advocates for new healing and regenerative connection between land (reforestation of Goonyella mine for carbon sequestration), coast (restoration of Haypoint Coal Terminal and rerouted network of waterflows from industrial agriculture), and deep sea (regeneration of Molar Reef corals), all of which are emblematic of larger regional issues.
