Mon, 14 Nov
|Online Event
Live Letter Readings at COP26's Resilience Hub, Blue Zone
A curation of Letters from the Caribbean, South Africa, indigenous communities in the Amazon and Peru and from Refugee House Calais will be read by international performers and activists at the Resilience Hub, to delegates in the Blue Zone at COP27. Tune in online!
Time & Location
14 Nov 2022, 16:30 GMT – 15 Nov 2022, 18:00 GMT
Online Event
About the event
Attending COP27 by invitation from Julie's Bicycle and the Climate Heritage Network and as part of the new CultureCOP programme, Letters to the Earth will have a curation of their letters read to delegates at the Resilience Hub on the theme of ‘Culture and Resilience’ on 14th November. Alongside a letter reading from Calais, the curation will also include written letters from South Africa, the Caribbean, and indigenous communities from the Amazon, Chile and Peru.
Drawing on examples of arts-led and creative practice, this session showcases the depth, range and potential of creative climate practices to reimagine and shape resilience on the ground. Through activism, artistry, or creativity, these responses highlight the potential of arts and creative industries to bring diverse perspectives together to innovate, change narratives, and mobilise climate action.
The event also features artists and practitioners contributions, as well as representatives of the bedouin tribes who are involved in Egypt’s first long distance hiking trail, The Sinai Trail.