Leeuwarden, both a city and municipality, is situated in Friesland in the Netherlands; and alongside Friesland, won the title of European Capital of Culture 2018 (ECOC). Visibly celebrating its accolade of European Capital of Culture, it felt like the perfect place to host the Creative Climate Leadership (CCL) Policy Lab as part of our Creative Europe co-funded CCL … Read more CCL Policy Lab: Lucy from JB reports
(New) Narratives on the Climate Story By Harpreet Kaur, Creative Consultant and participant of the inaugural Creative Climate Leadership Course in March 2016. Over the past 6 months I have been researching and talking to artists in England that touch or focus on Climate Change in their work. I am now pleased to be able to … Read more CCL in Action: Harpreet Kaur, (New) Narratives on the Climate Story (UK)
Following our second Creative Climate Leadership course which took place between 8th-14th October 2017 in Slovenia, with Slovenian-based sustainable development and training NGO PiNA, hear some insights straight from the participating artists and creative professionals. As they engaged with the course on the Slovenian coast, ten of our inspiring participants shared their experiences of the … Read more CCL Slovenia: Conversations with Participants
When Julie’s Bicycle was founded 11 years ago our challenge was very different: we had to make the case that climate had some bearing on the arts and culture, and that we had some capacity – maybe even responsibility – to do something about it. That argument is no longer relevant. Our starting point in … Read more The Seven Creative Climate Trends
A year of nature programming at Wellcome Collection, London I’m going to talk about some of the programming that Wellcome Collection has been doing over the last year engaging our visitors on environmental themes but I want to begin by briefly looking at Wellcome Collection’s particular approach. This will, I hope, provide some context for … Read more Curating the Natural World