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Showing ivy growing over a concrete bollard

‘You can’t keep an ivy down – beautifying concrete’
Photograph: workshop participant © 2022

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NEW Feature: Environmental Keywords

ClimateCultures is working with the University of Bristol’s Centre for Environmental Humanities on a short project to explore interdisciplinary meanings of some keywords in our climate and biodiversity crisis. Our online materials complement recent workshops for researchers, community groups and creative practitioners. See our project pages – and our first four blog posts in the series: Walking With the Word ‘Justice’; Permeability: On Green Frogs, Imagination & Reparations, Growing With the Word ‘Resilience’ & A Nature More Resilient. More soon!

NEW in our Creative Showcase

The latest feature of recent work from our members is Art of Shading the Sun, a poetic film from artist Evgenia Emets that speaks from the perspective of the land 100 years in the future. Explore this, and Remember, a collaboration between composer Stanley Grill with choreographer and dancer Mariko Endo that serves as a reminder that we are by nature part of the earth and over a dozen other works: fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, comic books, courses, zines and more.

New Members

David de la Haye – A musician, field-recordist and sound technician with a passion for exploring underwater soundscapes to raise biodiversity awareness and support the cultural value of aquatic spaces.
Gabi Brown – A folk-pop musician, producer, community musician and facilitator, working on the joy found in activism, imagining climate-balanced futures and concern for the liveability of our planet.
Kim Goldsmith – An artist exploring layers of nuance, complexity and hidden elements to present rural, regional and remote landscapes and communities in ways that make the familiar, unfamiliar.
Briony Latter – A climate change researcher who focuses on communication, public engagement and understanding UK university and research culture and practices in the context of the climate emergency.

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