Climate Cultures Call: Our Grantees

“Artistic Approaches on Ecological Repair” aims to provide a holistic approach and a new narrative about sustainability in the local community of Şirince, in the Izmir Province in Turkey. During the project residents and volunteers of Nesin Villages, artists and local actors will come together, discuss permaculture ethics and establish relationships among equals. The project consists of four major activities: building  an upcycle system, growing a garden based on permacultures, a piece of art related to the project and a dinner prepared with the harvests of the project. More Information.

It all started with a headline, “They destroyed the sand dunes on Makronissos beach and nobody will do anything about it”. And all for a couple of extra sunbeds on the Cypriot coast. COAST LINE(S) WANING is an artivisitc campaign across the entire island of Cyprus, addressing the loss of unique and valuable ecosystems to greed and social indifference. It strives for a future where tourism isn’t an excuse to destroy the environment but a reason to preserve it. More Information.

Ecology and Theater Junction stresses the importance of educating young children in Algiers, Algeria, on environmental matters and developing a caring culture for the climate. The way in which the program dynamically engages with children, parents, and communities will impact the students’ abilities to creatively advocate for a sustainable and inclusive future and address climate change. In that sense, it activates the potential of the young generation to drive change in their communities. It is a catalyst to change public policy and push public authorities to rethink the role of schools and reinvent educational methods in this new global reality.

The new live journalism show “JIVE Climate” celebrated its premiere in Berlin in autumn. On stage, journalists presented their solution-oriented stories for a more climate-friendly urban development. Stories were interwoven by artistic interludes. Organizers are the research center CORRECTIV and the organisation Headliner gUG. Here you may find a review of the program.

In addition to the technological, economic, socio-political and security-related discussions, the climate crisis requires cultural change. With its wealth of expertise, the intercultural Climate-Alliance Germany will initiate relevant debates with activities in this field. The project aims to lobby politicians and umbrella organizations to gain a better understanding of the cultural aspects of climate protection. More Information.

The 9th edition of the Mountains of Literature Festival will take place from 7 to 16 July 2023 in Kłodzko Land, the southern, border part of the Lower Silesia. The Festival was founded in 2015 on the initiative of Olga Tokarczuk. The writer and Nobel Prize winner strives to create a unique cultural and social event whose main goals are: cultural and civic activation of residents, cultural and ecological education, fight for equal rights, freedom of speech, and diversity. The sustainable development of the region based on culture as well as ecological and social consciousness is another important goal. More Information.

REACT  (“Enhancing Albanian and Italian Youth to Support Disadvantaged Communities to become Climate Change Resilient through Art and Culture”) aims to enhance the resilience of communities affected by climate change by empowering young people through an international education program based on culture and art. The program will enable  fresh, youth-led activists to become agents of change in their communities. It will support disadvantaged communities such as the Roma minority in Albania and the Miglionico community in Italy in making positive changes to their way of life and mitigating the effects of climate change. The project will draw on the expertise and experience of the implementing organizations, IRCA and APS Giallo Sassi.

The Glaciers Caravan is a journey at high altitude to witness how dramatically and rapidly our Alpine glaciers are shrinking due to climate change. It is an itinerant information and awareness-raising campaign taking place in the Alpine regions of Italy, Austria, and Switzerland, run by Legambiente and Cipra. The project aims at establishing alliances for a new climate culture, adressing public administrators, local communities, economic operators, tourists, media and the general public. It will raise awareness on the effects caused by the climate crisis and promote the adoption of urgent individual and collective behaviors needed to effectively face climate change. More information.

The “Nomade Pluriversity” is an artistic and pedagogical initiative, characterized by it’s non-institutional, rhizomatic, autonomous and nomadic structure. Its speculative work in progress aims to move from a “uni-versal” knowledge perspective to a “pluri-versal” sense and comprehension located at the crossroads of Art, Science, Technology and Society.  It responds to eco-social challenges by collectively creating cross-cutting, hybrid content, with a modular and decentralized structure, adaptable to various educational spaces and structured throughout a number of themes. The team is mainly composed of women, sexual dissidents and people with various migratory conditions that generate intersectional sensitivities. The project is based in Majorca, Barcelona, San Sebastián, Toulouse and Vienna. More information.

This project - run by Systemic Justice – aims to build the power of Black, indigenous, and people of colour-led organizations working at the intersection of climate and racial, social, and economic justice. It connects BIPOC leaders in the European climate movement and amplifies their collective voices to ensure that Europe’s attempts to address the climate crisis will targes the many intersecting harms that BIPOC communities across the region are facing and resisting. More information.