Creativity, Climate and the Future We Share brings together artists, scientists and the public for a special Climate Action Week screening and panel discussion. 

Including a screening of the short films Shared Terrain by Louis Haugh and Forest Songs by Cracking Light Productions (Maeve Stone and Alex Gill in collaboration with composer Tom Lane), this event highlights the vital role of the arts and creativity in shaping our understanding of the natural world and what is at stake as the climate crisis intensifies. The work was made as part of the Nature and Place programme which focused on the public forests in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and involved collaboration between DLR, the Dublin Mountains Partnership and Coillte, and supported by the Creative Ireland programme.

Moderated by Professor Quentin Crowley, geologist, environmental scientist, and Trinity College Dublin lead for Ireland’s Knowledge Centre for Carbon, Climate and Community Action (IKC3), the three artists will explore why creativity matters for climate action, and how we can protect the ecosystems that protect us.

This event is supported by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s Climate Action team, Economic Development Unit and Arts Office. It is funded by Creative Ireland and DLR.

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