Culture connects on climate…
C-Change has resulted in new support and collaboration on climate action in Wrocław. Highlights include climate literacy training – 4 sector trainers in place, 48 people trained so far from 27 cultural organisations – and a pilot programme with five engagement actions – including the city library’s eco-DIY initiative and Entropia Gallery’s animated film on ocean pollution. The pilot actions formed part of the Wrocław C-Change Festival 2021, 11 events over 3 weeks, including ‘Earthling’ an online theatre performance and a gallery workshops on waste for families.
The municipality has now started a new Green Culture programme to continue what was started with C-Change. A new working group has also been set up to bring cultural organisations together on how to act and produce culture in an environmentally friendly way.
The city’s new Cultural Council, elected in 2020, has been tasked with developing an integrated cultural strategy. C-Change has helped to highlight the importance of making climate and environmental action and engagement a part of this strategy.
Watch the Wrocław film
“Sharing and exchanging what we had been doing through C-Change meetings enabled us to scale up action. Working together helped us develop a sense of direction and collective purpose while at the same time building recognition of the unique role the arts and culture sector could play on climate action and engagement”
Katarzyna Roj, BWA Dizajn Gallery Wrocław
“C-Change is not only a slogan, not only the implementation of best practice and solutions. It is primarily the people who created this project - their commitment, enthusiasm, vision, their responsibility for the city and the environment….. We will continue the co-operation started through C-Change under the new municipal programme ‘Green Culture’.”
Malgorzata Brykarz, Director, Department of Water and Energy, Wrocław
Hear what Wrocław C-Change training participants have to say about the value of sector training and carbon footprinting
Hear Katarzyna Szymczak-Pomianowska’s reflections on C-Change
