Climate Matters Symposium

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EXHIBITIONS

Those are open and available to visit between 12 - 8 pm on both days of the event.

• WONDERLAND : An exhibition of print by Accumulate Art School for the Homeless, on climate change, and working with DGHE through print workshops.
• DEPICTIONS OF LIVING III: The third in this series of exhibitions (London 2020, Venice 2022) by a group of international artists working at the intersection of politics and the environment.
• DESIGN MATTERS: A Curated exhibition of the most thought-provoking works taking on the implications of climate emergency, selected from an open call.
• RESEARCH MATTERS: Exhibition of DGHE BSc (Hons) Criminology & Criminal Justice (Top-Up) research projects, presented as posters, highlighting crimes against nature.

TALKS AND WORKSHOPS

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Climate Change - What Greenpeace is doing and what you can do (Thursday)

Anne Bisset-Smith (Greenpeace)

Anne, a dedicated Greenpeace speaker with over a year of experience, passionately educates on pressing environmental issues like the Climate Emergency, Plastics, and Oceans, primarily engaging with schools. She skillfully leads Q&A sessions following film screenings on climate-related topics and recently earned a Post Graduate Certificate in Climate Change. Anne's diverse career spans 32 years in NHS management, during which she delivered compelling presentations to various audiences and conducted workshops on a wide array of subjects. Anne will lead an interactive discussion on the current situation regarding Climate Change, what Greenpeace has been doing to address this, and what individuals and organizations can do to reduce the human component of climate change.
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1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Sith Hadra: A Tale of the Green Saint (film screening + Q&A) (Thursday)

Gal Leshem

Gal Leshem is a London-based artist & facilitator, renowned for site-specific, research-driven work. She exhibited at Christie's, Untitled Art Miami Beach, Photo Paris, and more. She has an MA from Slade School of Art and a BA in Fine Art & Art History from Goldsmiths. 'Sith Hadra: A Tale of the Green Saint' is a film that tells the story of a sacred tree in the Carmel Mountain in Israel/Palestine. The oak tree, sacred to the local Druze community, was for many years at the centre of a land dispute between the community and the nature and parks authorities. In the work, the tale of the tree functions as a gateway for a reflection on myth-making and narratives, land rights, and the spirit of trees. She will present a talk about the broader context of the work and the politics of green spaces in Israel/Palestine. Through elements in the work such as the tree, the fence, and the walk, she aims to analyze some of the intricacies surrounding indigenous land use and state governance.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Workshop for kids: The Science Behind Climate Change workshop (Thursday)

Samuel Ivan Roberts

Samuel Ivan Roberts is an artist and an educator covering a range of science topics with young people and workshops and lectures related to the climate crisis and artistic practice for young people and adults. Samuel holds an MA in Art and Science from Central Saint Martins and a BSc in Human Sciences from King's College London where he specialised in Abnormal Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry. The Science Behind Climate Change workshop will cover the historic and current causes of the climate and ecological crisis, at a global and local level, with a range of interactive demonstrations and experiments. It will also include highlighting those working towards solutions and creative exercises aimed to empower students. Suitable for ages 5-10.
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5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The case of lithium extraction in Chile (Thursday)

Daniela Soto Hernandez

Daniela Soto is a Chilean social anthropologist and doctor in International Development. Daniela has worked as a researcher and consultant for over 12 years. Her research topics include extractivism, the energy transition, labour and gender, and indigenous entrepreneurship. Daniela Soto's focus is on the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions to limit warming to 1.5°C. The key point emphasizes keeping fossil fuels in the ground for a rapid transition to renewables. However, the current techno-managerial energy transition falls short, as it is more mineral-intensive and environmentally harmful. Lithium extraction, vital for ion-lithium batteries, damages the Atacama Desert and its indigenous communities. Her presentation analyzes power dynamics in our environmental relationship, advocating for fossil fuel reduction and a shift in focus. Using the Chilean lithium case, it questions the current transition and explores alternative paths.
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Imagining new worlds: working towards transformative futures (Friday)

Lucila Newell

Lucila is a Human Geography Lecturer in the Department of Geography and International Development at the School of Global Studies. She specializes in environmental politics and sustainable development, with an interdisciplinary background in Sociology and Human Geography. Her research, including a focus on waste and recycling politics in Buenos Aires, has led her to international development and relations. Currently, Lucila is exploring ways to drive personal and societal change towards sustainability and studying innovative methods employed by different actors in this endeavor. This talk will focus on ways forward towards sustainability. It will discuss different approaches to change, and describes a teaching and research project that aims at encouraging the imagination of different, more sustainable futures futures.
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3:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Workshop: Ink making from Foraged Materials (Friday)

Gal Leshem

Gal Leshem is London-based artist & facilitator, renowned for site-specific, research-driven work. She exhibitited at Christie's, Untitled Art Miami Beach, Photo Paris, and more. She has an MA from Slade School of Art, and a BA in Fine Art & Art History from Goldsmiths A workshop to discover how to make natural ink from plants. Join artist Gal Leshem for a foraging walk in the area to discover local green spaces and unnoticed places where weeds might grow. Learn how to produce colour from plants and which are best to use. After foraging we will make ink from our plants and use our ink for quick drawings.
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5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Panel Discussion: What is Activism? (Friday)

Mark Godber (Artsadmin)

XR Tower Hamlets

Amy Mc Allister

Lola Brichet & Arthur Perez(The Village)

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Workshop: Screen printing with Patricia (Friday)

Patricia Mulligan