East Devon District Council is set to launch a new programme of creative events this summer to raise awareness of climate change.

The programme, 'Climate Conversations', was created as part of the council's commitment to recognising the severity of climate change, as expressed in declarations by the Devon Climate Emergency Response Group and the University of Exeter.

The programme will include exhibitions and family-friendly activities at the Thelma Hulbert Gallery in Honiton and also at Ocean in Exmouth.

The first event, an exhibition by photographic artist Mike Perry entitled 'Land/Sea', will launch on 20 May at the Thelma Hulbert Gallery and on 8 June at Ocean.

About the exhibition, the artist said: "After collecting pieces of plastic washed up on the beaches near where I live, I bring them back to the studio. I then photograph the objects one to one, straight on to camera and with flat natural light.

"The purpose is to make us think about the materiality of these objects, where they might have come from, how they physically break down into the food chain and how nature sculpts these man-made objects into strange new forms."

Click here to view upcoming exhibitions at the gallery.

Click here for a full list of events.