Joe Smith – The CSPA

ashdenizen: four podcasts on culture and climate change now online

A new series of four podcasts onÂ Culture and Climate Change is now online atÂ iTunes U. The discussions bring together artists, writers, film-makers, scientists, academics and journalists with a comedian, a choreographer, a campaigner, and an entrepreneur.

TheÂ Mediating Change series is hosted by Quentin Cooper and contributors include Tim Smit, Marcus Brigstocke, Siobhan Davies (see pic), Roger Harrabin, Joe Smith and two of the Ashden Directory’s editors, Wallace Heim and Robert Butler.Â More details here.

The producer, Vicky Long, says:

Cultural activity in this area is gathering real momentum, with ‘Greenland’ opening at the National Theatre and ‘The Heretic’ opening at the Royal Court early next year. We feel itâ€™s vital a critical framework is developed alongside this emerging work.

This series represents a first sustained exploration of culture and climate change in a publicly-available broadcast-quality format.

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ashdenizen: tipping point launches first of four discussions

At this weekend’sÂ Tipping Point conference, thereâ€™ll be a panel discussion on the first morning at the Examination Schools, Oxford (pic), which will examine ‘A History of Cultural Responses to Climate Change’.

The discussion is chaired byÂ Quentin Cooper (presenter of Radio 4â€™sMaterial World) and the panel includesÂ Diana Liverman,Â Nigel Clark,Siobhan Davies andÂ Wallace Heim, the Ashden Directory co-editor, and guest blogger here.

This is the first of four discussions on culture and climate change, organised byÂ Joe Smith and myself. The discussions will be recorded and made available on the Open UniversityÂ iTunesU.

This blog will be reporting on the panel discussion and, more widely, on the two days of the Tipping Point conference.

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