The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12, 2021. On this occasion, Culture Montréal is hosting a forum that will highlight the culture's contribution to environmental transition and rally cultural and environmental figures around this important issue. How can culture be a stakeholder in this movement towards empowerment? In what ways can culture help us to overcome climate change and to build a societal model that better respects both humankind and the environment?
This forum will bring together different artists and cultural figures from Quebec, Scotland and England, as well as environmental organizations.
Programme:
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. (UK: 2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. ) Panel- What can artists do with respect to climate change?
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. (UK: 3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.) Panel- How can culture limit its environmental impacts?
11:55 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. (UK: 4:55 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.) Taking action for the environment through culture
Panelists:
Cathie Boyd : Artistic Director / Founder CRYPTIC
Laurence Lafond-Beaulne : SOFT FABRIC / Half of Milk & Bone / Co-founder of the ACT movement
Becky Hazlewood : Environmental Sustainability Project Manager, Julie's Bicycle
Emmanuelle Hébert : Director of Development and Strategic Partnerships, Ecological Transition Campus
Anne-Catherine Lebeau : Executive Director and Co-Founder, Écoscéno
Roy Luxford : Program Director, Edinburgh International Festival
Annie roy : Co-founder, general and artistic director ATSA, When Art goes to Action
Registration is mandatory. This is a virtual event. Register on official website.