This page focuses on arts, sport and culture by, for or involving local communities. Arts, sports and cultural events and resources can help increase awareness of sustainability issues, provoke discussion and exploration of new ideas and solutions.
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) - How Germany’s ‘Orchestra of Change’ Inspires Action, reasonstobecheerful.world (Jul 11, 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)
Events[edit | edit source]
May 3 - 5, 2024 (Fri - Sun) — Jane's Walk, How to Lead a Jane's Walk, Video, janeswalk.org- May 6 - 12, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — Screen-Free Week, screenfree.org
- Aug 09, 2024 (Fri) — International Day of the World's Indigenous People, observed on 9 August each year to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world's indigenous population, un.org
- Dec 11, 2024 (Wed) — International Mountain Day, Dec 11, annually, fao.org
- Apr 18, 2025 (Fri) — International Day for Monuments and Sites, April 18 each year, icomos.org
Community action projects[edit | edit source]
Benches and seats as public art[edit | edit source]
Green Fairs[edit | edit source]
Green Fairs can be a way of promoting sustainability in a relaxed and fun setting. Some pay a lot of attention to their own carbon and environmental footprint.
Street party[edit | edit source]
A block party or street party is a party in which many members of a single community congregate, either to observe an event of some importance or simply for mutual solidarity and enjoyment. The name comes from the form of the party, which often involves closing an entire city block to vehicle traffic or just a single street. Many times, there will be a celebration in the form of playing music, games, dance and activities with food such as popcorn machines and barbecues.
As a form of activism street parties are festive and/or artistic efforts to reclaim roadways as public space by large groups of people. They were made known in Western Europe and North America by the actions of Reclaim the Streets, a widespread "dis-organization" dedicated to reclaiming public space from automobiles and consumerism.
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Other ideas[edit | edit source]
- Advocate and promote Green sports and recreation and associated community sports facilities
- Advocating environmentally friendly sports events
- Local distinctiveness events
- Community choirs
- Community maps
- Community art from recycled materials
- Adventure playgrounds created from recycled materials
- Green film festivals
- Green arts and drama events
- incorporating arts programs into the activities of community centres
- setting up Arts centres
Resources[edit | edit source]
Video[edit | edit source]
Together with the music of Rising Appalachia, the Rise Collective W is used to support many of the Smith sisters' community-based projects uniting the arts and justice. Having themselves been community activists during their travels, Leah and Chloe Smith want their art to also be a source of activism, as well as of cultural development.
More video: Belgium, Climate action
How to's[edit | edit source]
- How To Start A Social Street on Shareable
Other resources[edit | edit source]
- Making is Connecting - site about Making is Connecting project, with extracts, video, etc., by David Gauntlett W
Quotes[edit | edit source]
"With the increasing awareness of movements like Extinction Rebellion and Fridays For Future, citizen activism is a social trend that's here to stay. There's incredible technology at our fingertips and when used strategically, it has the potential to influence millions." Gabriella Tavini[1]
"The twentieth century has transformed the entire planet from a finite world of certainties to an infinite world of questioning and doubt. So, if ever there was a need to stimulate creative imagination and initiative on the part of individuals, communities and whole societies that time is now. The notion of creativity can no longer be restricted to the arts; it must be applied across the full spectrum of human problem-solving." Our Creative Diversity, UNESCO
Arts, sport and culture and polycrisis[edit | edit source]
- culture declares emergency, "a growing movement of individuals and organisations involved in arts and culture who are declaring a climate and ecological emergency. This means truth-telling, care-taking, and change-making" link checked 08:01, 22 May 2024 (UTC) Video: Culture Declares on youtube.com
- Culture takes action: Tools for an emergency response, culturedeclares.org, added 15:53, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Fossil Free Football, Kicking fossil fuels out of football, press releases from fossilfreefootball.org, added 10:20, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
- writersrebel.com, added 15:37, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
Conviviality[edit | edit source]
One root of conviviality originated in 19th‐century France. Convivialité is very common in contemporary French and has also established itself in English as a loanword, as well as more recently as a term in discussions about cohabitation in immigrant societies. Its coinage can be traced back to Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin and his book Physiologie du goût from 1825. The gastrophilosopher understood conviviality as the situation, common at the table, when different people come together over a good long meal, and time passes swiftly in excited conversations. W
The English word "conviviality" means "the enjoyment of festive society, festivity", or, as applied to people, "convivial spirit or disposition".
Appropriate Technology Movement
Based on the “intermediate technology” by the economist Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher in his work Small is beautiful, the Appropriate Technology movement encompasses convivial technological choice, to promote characteristics such as autonomy, energy efficiency, decentralization, local production, and sustainable development. W
Conviviality in left-wing politics
Conviviality, or Convivialism, is the ability of individuals to interact creatively and autonomously with others and their environment to satisfy their own needs.[citation needed] This interpretation is related to, but distinct from, several synonyms and cognates, including in French the enjoyment of the social company of others (convivialité), and Catalan popular discourse, informal neighborhood level politics, and social cohesion policy (Convivència) that views conflict in shared public space as inevitable and ultimately productive and preferable to order imposed by authorities.
This interpretation was introduced by Ivan Illich as a direct contrast to industrial productivity that produces consumers that are alienated from the way that things are produced. Its[ambiguous] focus on joyful simple living, the localisation of production systems, links to Marxist economics, and Illich’s simultaneous criticism of overconsumption have resulted in conviviality being taken up by a range of academic and social movements, including as a pillar of degrowth theory and practice.[citation needed]W
See also[edit | edit source]
- Arts, sport and culture UK
- Community involvement
- Free stuff
- Rural sustainability
- Sharing
- Social inclusion
- Urban sustainability
- Save the planet board game
- Degrowth
local information can be found, or shared, via our many location pages
External links
- Wikipedia:Intangible cultural heritage
- Wikipedia:Category:Traditional knowledge
- Greenlivingpedia:Green sports and recreation
- 350 Earth
- Climate Street Art - Using art to spark a climate change movement
- Jeepney Projects Worldwide, art for conservation
- Sing for the Climate
- streetartview.com, collaborative collection of Google Street views showing street art all over the world
- Parkrun
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