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Stay updated with the latest global news on Arts, sport and culture, highlighting innovative strategies and community efforts aimed at increasing awareness of sustainability issues and exploration of new ideas and solutions to enhance the health and wellbeing of their localities and the planet.
I used to conserve artworks. Now I am in prison for taking climate action, Margaret Reid, theguardian.com (Oct 29, 2024) - We need stories, characters, mythologies to firm up our resolve to tackle climate catastrophe. Swarm Dynamics are animating these, for NGOs and others, Daily Alternative (Oct 28, 2024)
- Parkrun: The local jog that became a worldwide hit, BBC News (Oct 05, 2024)
- There is a rage for urban swimming in Europe right now - in the Seine for the French Olympics, but in Copenhagen, Glasgow and London too, Daily Alternative (Jul 17, 2024)
- “Sing Wild Seeds”, guided by Brian Eno, invites songwriters and musicians to become social futurists with their skills. First gig? Glastonbury, Daily Alternative (Jul 11, 2024)
- How Germany’s ‘Orchestra of Change’ Inspires Action, reasonstobecheerful.world (Jul 11, 2024)
- Public luxury for the everyday citizens of Mexico City—with “100 Utopias” being built by new Mayor Clara Brugada, Daily Alternative (Jul 06, 2024) — "brilliant example of collective amenity and a public infrastructure of care", David Madden
- How artistic organisations can express their role in helping the survival of biodiverse and human life on this troubled planet, Daily Alternative (Jun 05, 2024)
- Inside the exquisite Tibetan monasteries salvaged from climate change, bbc.com (May 01, 2024)
- A class act: the therapy school for children raised in Delhi’s red light district, positive.news (Apr 15, 2024)
- Resist The Devil We Know, Alternative Editorial (Apr 14, 2024)
- She moved me’: the UK dancers inspired by India’s 112-year-old environmentalist, theguardian.com (Mar 03, 2024)
- Hector Bellerin at Real Betis: Championing sustainability and tackling social issues, BBC News (Feb 16, 2024)
- ‘A powerful message through song’: the UK’s Climate Choir Movement is growing, theguardian.com (Feb 07, 2024)
- Green Football Weekend: how to make a Premier League club truly ‘sustainable’, theconversation.com (Feb 01, 2024)
2023[edit | edit source]
- Concern over 3 continents format for 2030 world cup., globalvoices.org (Oct 12, 2023) — "FIFA's announcement is totally detached from reality … Not only does it contradict their own pledge to cut emissions, but it sends the wrong message to football fans around the world that such a tournament is compatible with a sustainable future and a healthy environment. FIFA is saying one thing and doing another." Freddie Daley, Cool Down Network
- Berliners rave against motorway extension threatening cultural venues, bbc.co.uk (Sep 03, 2023)
- The sports movement spreading positivity in war-torn Yemen, positive.news (Aug 16, 2023)
- These Chicago Afghans Have Built A Community On The Soccer Field, borderlessmag.org (Jul 18, 2023)
2021-2022[edit | edit source]
- Epitaph for a baobab: remembering South African poet and activist Don Mattera, The Conversation (Jul 26, 2022)
- Vermont Green: The new US club attempting to do things differently, BBC Sport (May 11, 2022)
- Participatory performance as policy-making, cusp.ac.uk (May 12, 2021)
- Rugby bringing African communities together, Feb 4, 2021...BBC News
- The secret artists creating miniature buildings for street mice, Jan 10, 2021...BBC News}}
2018-2020[edit | edit source]
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UK arts' leading figures join call for green recovery from coronavirus crisis[1] Jun 22, 2020
- Royal Shakespeare Company to end BP sponsorship deal.[2] Oct 2, 2019
- A new, collective business model for traditional crafts in Oaxaca.[3] May 2, 2019
- Building a fair art market in a sharing economy.[4] Apr 29, 2019
- Singing Cicadas Collective amplifies power of creative storytellers in Hong Kong, Dec 17, 2018...[5]
- South Bronx teens get creative about climate change, Oct 23, 2018...[6]
- "The mission is to remind people what they have in them already": Common Wealth are making movements from theatre, Sep 3, 2018...[7]
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2008-2017[edit | edit source]
- World's first solar panel mural unveiled in San Antonio, Nov 17, 2017...[1]
- Singing for Peace – Dahab, Egypt, Nov 11, 2017...[2]
- Berlin's Holzmarkt Shows the Incredible Potential of Urban Villages, Aug 23, 2017...[3]
- How an open source board game is saving the planet. Students learn how to solve environmental problems while having a good time and contributing to the maker community. Jul 28, 2017...[4]
- How Crowdfunding and Collaboration Helped Create a Vibrant Cultural Space in Buenos Aires, Apr 17, 2017...[5]
- Creative Communities and Arts-Based Placemaking, Jun 13, 2015...[6]
- Linking Sport and the Environment to the Peace and Poverty Agenda in Kenya, UNEP and Underprivileged Children and Youth Kick Off New Reconciliation Initiative, 2008...[7]
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