Creative Climate Conversations- with Bridget McKenzie, Climate Museum UK - 19/2/21

“Possitopia”

At the start of our creative climate conversations about the Earth crisis, Bridget McKenzie invited us to hold a possitopian picture of the future - a helpful alternative to the paralysing polarities of dystopia and utopia.

Different eco-lenses

During this rich and stirring 3 hour workshop, Bridget also invited us to take an everyday object and describe its material /function/history through a range of different types of lenses. These included lenses:

• for deep listening
• to show an other species’ view
• to show time/ possible futures
• to show what’s broken
• an archaeological lens

Our examples of objects included: a cardboard coaster showing a picture of a migrant thrush, a ‘bumblebee’ agate, a mug of tea, earthworms’ view.

Curating contexts for catalysing conversations...

We hope this will be the first of a number of conversations on sustainability and one-planet living, and what they mean for us as practitioners,  as part of AMED’s Exploring Urgent Social Issues.

Watch this space...

Thanks to all participants who donated a total of £120 to the Climate Museum UK alongside AMED’s donation.