A dozen ways to honour Earth Day at CSM, King's Cross and beyond
- Written byInternal Communications
- Published date 17 April 2023
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UAL's Climate Emergency Network and friends across CSM and UAL bring us a bursting programme of events, workshops and interactive activities, to celebrate the amazing planet we call home this Earth Day.
Granary Square and King’s Cross
- Discover Lucy Orta’s Fabulae Naturae installation of three incredible 60ft draperies adorning the Granary Building, highlighting species loss in the UK. See them until 29 April
- And you are invited to a very special Earth Day ritual on Saturday 22 April: three 10-minute Lost Species performances combining costume, dance and drumming against the backdrop of the draperies. Please do book.
- Shop FAIR’S FAYRE at the Kings Cross Canopy Market, highlighting UAL Postgraduate artists and makers working in the field of climate action and community building. 21-23 April
- The Waters are Coming. Come to see a thought-provoking installation by Phil Barton at Granary Square Fountains, which highlights the rising tides and the countries at risk. 18-29 April. Just show up
The Green House: at the Lethaby Gallery
Please book for these events
- Make a zine with Roots + Routes! A great way to engage critical dialogues towards a more sustainable, equitable and accountable fashion industry
- Soothe some of your climate fears through craft! Recycled bag weaving workshop
- Celebrate our entangled connection to moss in this participatory workshop
- Meet Collective Canvas, who will be painting a live mural on the Lethaby Gallery windows, responding to this year’s theme: climate justice
- Nourish our collective imaginations, over a vegan breakfast with the Climate Emergency Network – 26 April
- Amplify your individual agency by unpacking Climate Justice at a workshop with the Climate Advocates. 26 and 27 April.
- Get comfy for a series of network films showing how purpose-led storytelling can inspire and bring about the change the world needs. The Green Screening
UAL-wide
- Eat helpful food on campus! UAL Food Regenesis will be collaborating with UAL canteens for a regenerative, plant-based menu for Earth week
- Create worldly connections as Mathew Lubari speaks live from Rhino Refugee Camp, Uganda with the Camberwell Repair Café – Camberwell College of Arts, Wilson Road
- Make time to repair and embolden your skills in stitching, patching, and mending with the Camberwell Repair Café and Renée Materials – Camberwell College of Arts, Wilson Road
- Join the CCW Emergency Film Club for a screening of Death By Design + Landfill Harmonic