Bill McKibben, founder of an international environmentalist movement called 350.org, wrote an essay entitled āWhat the warming world needs now is art, sweet art,ā in which he bemoans the lack of artistic reaction to climate change: āā¦ if the scientists are right, weāre living through the biggest thing thatās happened since human civilization emerged. One…Read more Art & Sustainability quote from Bill McKibben: “Where are the books? The poems? The plays? The g***d***** operas?ā
‘I hear of press conferences of petitions, of signatures of campaigns & lobbying but no words will come…’
The lines in the heading are a quote from an amazingly heartfelt poem Requiem for a Rainforest by celebrated Malaysian poet/lawyer, Cecil Rajendra. Cecil read it during the keynote presentations at the first Culture |Futures Symposium at the UN Climate summit, Cop15. I went up to him later to thank him for this poem and…Read more ‘I hear of press conferences of petitions, of signatures of campaigns & lobbying but no words will come…’
Organising a Night Vigil for Climate Justice on Mt Leinster joins others across the world
I've been back a few days from Copenhagen and the Cultures | Futures symposium. It was a great experience to be in one place with so many different perspectives on how the cultural communities / practitioners / arts councils and international arts bodies from around the world are joining together to discuss cultural responses to…Read more Organising a Night Vigil for Climate Justice on Mt Leinster joins others across the world
