Protest, Protect, Build with Satish Kumar

“Millions of people around the world are engaged in actions for change. For the want of a better name I call it the holistic environmental movement. I include the adjective ‘holistic’ to indicate that this global movement is and needs to be committed to enhancing the natural environment, the social environment and the spiritual environment.”

On the Road to COP, we look at the road to COP27 against a backdrop of rising urgency and optimism. In conversation with those on the frontline of the climate justice movement, we will be exploring the roadblocks to advancing climate justice, what is at stake, who is stepping up, and how everyone can join our journey towards a better future.

Here in our sixth installment, we speak with Eric Njuguna about participation, representation and the roadblocks ahead of COP27.

On the Road to COP, we look at the road to COP27 against a backdrop of rising urgency and optimism. In conversation with those on the frontline of the climate justice movement, we will be exploring the roadblocks to advancing climate justice, what is at stake, who is stepping up, and how everyone can join our journey towards a better future.

Here in our fifth instalment, we speak with Naomi Flores about inclusivity, diversity, and the roadblocks ahead of COP27

On the Road to COP, we look at the run up to COP27 against a backdrop of rising urgency and optimism. In conversation with those on the frontline of the climate justice movement, we will be exploring the roadblocks to advancing climate justice, what is at stake, who is stepping up, and how everyone can join our journey towards a better future.

Here in our fourth instalment, we speak with Jefferson Estela about loss and damage, and the Philippines response to the climate crisis.

On the Road to COP, we look at the road to COP27 against a backdrop of rising urgency and optimism. In conversation with those on the frontline of the climate justice movement, we will be exploring the roadblocks to advancing climate justice, what is at stake, who is stepping up, and how everyone can join our journey towards a better future.

Here in our third instalment, we speak with Ati Gunnawi Viviam Misslin Villafaña Izquierdo about inclusivity, diversity, and the roadblocks ahead of COP27

How do we find hope in trying times? Read this incredible interview between Jane Goodall and Satish Kumar for words of hope, inspiration, and imagination.

“Although we’re surrounded by doom and gloom, there are also so many amazing things happening. One of my greatest reasons for hope is the young people, because once they understand the problems, they take action – they just go with it.”

On the Road to COP, we look at the road to COP27 against a backdrop of rising urgency and optimism. In conversation with those on the frontline of the climate justice movement, we will be exploring the roadblocks to advancing climate justice, what is at stake, who is stepping up, and how everyone can join our journey towards a better future.

Here in our second instalment, we speak with Melissa Cáceres about inclusivity and diversity within climate discussion.

The role and impact of individual, collective, and systemic action is a conversation that continues to divide opinion when it comes to making effective change. Rather than seeing any of these types of actions as less or more beneficial than the others, let us think of them as intrinsic to one another.

On the Road to COP, we look at the road to COP27 against a backdrop of rising urgency and optimism. In conversation with those on the frontline of the climate justice movement, we will be exploring the roadblocks to advancing climate justice, what is at stake, who is stepping up, and how everyone can join our journey towards a better future. Here in our first instalment, we speak with Elijah McKenzie-Jackson and Jerome Foster II about inclusivity and diversity within climate discussion.

Art has the ability to raise awareness and to tell stories; art can reflect back at us the world we live in, depict visions of the future, and shed light on histories and cultures gone by, both key to reimagining the world we want to cocreate.

But beyond raising awareness and contributing to storytelling, art can play an active role in effecting change.