Join us at We Make Tomorrow 2022, a day for creativity, community and connection.
It has been two transformational years since We Make Tomorrow 2020, two years where the cultural community mobilised on climate action, and connections between environmental, social, and cultural justices were exposed.
Var: Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Pris: £22.15 – £117.01
Ytterligare information: With performance, conversation and workshops this day will delve into themes beyond operational action, and, through the voices of many pioneers, celebrate creative climate leadership, and appreciate what more we can learn.
This one-day summit will look at political, demographic, economic and social changes driven by our changing climate, and explore how working with shared purpose can generate social, economic and creative value that helps us all to imagine, and craft a better tomorrow.
Join us for a day of valuable knowledge-sharing on Thursday 13 October at the Birmingham Rep & Library or online to spark ideas and inspire you to lead on the climate agenda.
Our creative partners providing artistic, musical, practical and theatrical interventions throughout the day include: social justice creatives MAIA, neighbourhood economics lab Civic Square, cross-cultural folk music curators, Nest Collective, and critically acclaimed dramaturg, Anthony Simpson-Pike. Climate activist and school climate strike coordinator Noga Levy-Rapoport will MC the day.
he We Make Tomorrow 2022 programme will include the sessions on the following topics:
We need one another
What is needed now? A conversation about leading climate action with care, honesty, and respect.
Making justice work
What can be learnt from those who’ve stepped up against the odds to take action on climate, changing the conditions around them?
Funding climate justice
Does financial decision-making reflect values that integrate justice? Exploring principles and frameworks for funding climate justice in our work.
Our place in the world
Learning from local placemaking that tackles creative climate action, leveraging our role as cultural catalysts in local climate policy and civic activism: when to step up and when to step aside?
We don’t care when your net zero target is!
How do we challenge the ‘net zero’ tag without losing the critical 1.5 degrees limit on warming? What imaginative responses might culture make to reach net zero locally, nationally and globally?
Adaptation and upheavals
How can cultural organisations respond to social and physical upheavals, adapt, thrive and build resilience to climate impacts?
Seeing the big picture: creative climate justice
How do we practice solidarity and connect injustices to build equitable, healthy, and regenerative systems for our planet, here and internationally?
Making space for wellbeing
What does personal resilience mean, and what makes a caring, healthy environment in which we can thrive?
A legacy that matters
Creating legacies now: which frameworks and relationships can support ongoing change?
Full programme to be announced soon.