Thursday, September 28, 2023

Global South Music & Arts

YOUTH FOR ABERDARE ART PROJECT

Emphasising the role of art in fighting climate change.Over recent years, Kenya has borne the brunt of drastic climatic change, mainly caused by wanton destruction of our water catchments areas and forests. Aberdare forests...

RADIOWAVES AFRICA

Inspiring the world to rise to the challenge of the climate crisisThe United Nations climate talks have unfortunately been just that for 16 years – just talk and no real action, the most famous...

OUT OF THE BOX

Using puppetry to raise awareness of sustainability“Out of The Box brings together visual arts, projection, performance, dance, movement and rhythm, but most importantly it brings together people.”Our vision is to see outstanding puppetry arts...

YOUTH VISION: APE SHORT FILM AWARD WINNERS

Get On Your Bike and Save The World “Get On Your Bike and Save The World!” This is the message from TS1, a group of young Kenyans who wowed judges to win the Artists Project...

THE GROWING TREES ARE THE FUTURE FORESTS

Enabling environmental education through music and the artsProjects to mitigate climate change in Africa usually focus on rural areas, seeking to change farming practices, prepare for drought and stop deforestation. But urban residents contribute...

CREATIVE CLIMATE JUSTICE

Performance and art helping to improve community practice and opportunity. (A COPART Youth Programme.)The Arkwork Collective, have worked with a group of young men and woman from the Joza Township in Grahamstown, who are...

CLIMATE JUSTICE FLUENCY PROJECT

Social and environmental learning processes through the arts The COPART movement that is evolving in South Africa is a network centred around a series of creative social learning events which is incrementally developing an artful...

WELL WORN THEATRE

Planet B - an eco-play for our timeWell Worn is a young and vibrant Physical Theatre company with a strong environmental ethos. Started in Johannesburg in 2008, we aim to create new and stimulating...

VOICES FOR OUR PLANET

Training climate change education ambassadors“Voices for our Planet’ is a creative activism campaign. Instead of polarizing against what we don't want, we identify what we do want and then direct energy into promoting and...