"Can climate Art save the world?"
"Artists have long struggled to make environmental activism cool.
A new wave of culture could make a difference:
In 2015, the United Nations feared that the climate crisis was reaching a point of no return, threatening our very existence. With the
Paris summit round the corner and a rare opportunity to get world leaders to commit to meaningful change, it needed a way to get the message out to every citizen in order to save the world from global catastrophe.
But in the past few years, as the climate crisis has become a political emergency, artists have discovered a crucial role for themselves, making an issue that sometimes seems abstract instead feel emotional and urgent.
But the bigger impact can be felt in how climate activists have engaged with, and pushed back at, popular culture. Extinction Rebellion did not exist a year ago; it is now the fastest-growing activist group in the world. It has understood how art, advertising and popular culture pushes people to consume and waste more – and how it can be exploited to make a quick and permanent change."www.theguardian.com/...
CPG/Freewriters EcoArt project:
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P1- "Lost Angel of a ruined Paradise"
August 2 9:30 pm edt
Link:
Classic Poetry Group
dailykos.com
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Part two will be the next week same time:
Friday 8/9