How the Climate Movement Is Changing Tactics After Trump’s Win – the New York Times
Faced with a president-elect who has called global warming a “scam,” activists are changing their strategies and pushing a message of hope.
As Teenagers, They Protested Trump’s Climate Policy. Now What? – the New York Times
Some young climate activists who were galvanized under Donald Trump’s first presidency are taking a different approach to his second.
This trio hopes ‘Won’t Give Up’ will become an anthem for the climate movement – NPR
Performers Pattie Gonia and Quinn Christopherson teamed up with cellist Yo-Yo Ma to spread a message of hope and joy.
Dive Into Artist’s Beautiful, Sobering Visualization Of NASA Water Data – Forbes Magazine
“Art can serve as an exceptional vehicle for fostering a deeper understanding of pressing issues,” (Yiyun) Kang, a visiting lecturer at London’s Royal College of Art, said in an interview. “I also believe the role of art is particularly crucial in addressing highly complex issues like the climate crisis, which demand collective efforts from everyone…”
A Climate Change Poem Turned Hip-Hop Song – Whakaata Māori
Based on poetry by Audrey Brown-Pereira, a hip-hop version of ‘They Taking Pictures of Us in the Water’ premiered at the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion for COP28…“I heard her poem and I was like ‘I’m in, this is ticking so many boxes for me in terms of exploring our culture, exploring a kaupapa that’s very important to us all, exploring creative artistry in terms of not only but the music production and the visual production. From the outset, it was all go…” – Anonymouz
Natural causes: artists address climate crisis in inventive ways – The Art Newspaper
What can art do about a crisis? This is a question that a growing number of museums across the world have been faced with as they mount exhibitions addressing the climate emergency. In the past six months alone, institutions ranging from London’s Hayward Gallery (Dear Earth, now closed) to the Museum of Modern Art in New York (Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism, until 20 January 2024) have opened eco-themed exhibitions. This month, a spate of new shows across London take up the baton, offering fresh perspectives on the subject’s relationship to wider society and taking the conversation out into the “real world”…
The Fantastical Mind of Benjamin Von Wong – Jejune Magazine
Bringing an idea to life takes innovation, passion and a whole lot of patience. What’s more powerful is if the creation brings people to another world for just a moment and sparks a new notion in the viewers…Benjamin Von Wong is doing it as we speak. The Canadian-born artist is a big advocate for Ocean Plastics and has been creating art pieces to bring awareness to the most critical issue faced today — Pollution…
A theater kid who decided to take climate stories mainstream – the Temperature Check Podcast
Maya Lilly has been in the arts pretty much her entire life. She started out in theater and eventually landed at the Juilliard School, and that’s where she had an epiphany. It was a realization that changed the course of her life. She’s now a producer for the YEARS Project, a multimedia storytelling platform focused on climate change. This is her story…