Earthy Exchange of Ideas for Arts Professionals | New Horizons

The aim of this event is to gain inspiration from artists and creatives who have embedded sustainability into their own practice or the practices of their organisation. It is also about what support and frameworks are needed so that we can all take meaningful action to reduce our impact on the environment, whilst developing long lasting, regenerative practices. Join us for an earthy exchange of ideas and methodologies, from which we hope that positive change in the way we approach our work will come.

We have been doing this for some years already, with the help of organisations such as Julie’s Bicycle and The Theatre Green Book. However now is the moment to inspire and inform each other with how we have developed uniquely local solutions to local problems, which not only reduce our carbon emissions, save energy and reduce waste but lead to better outcomes for our people & our places as well as the planet.

I believe in the power of taking personal action to combat climate change and have focused on this in my own practice since 2020, when the pandemic provided a temporary portal through which one could envision two different versions of the future; one with and one without action on the climate crisis.

The time for courage is here, and we can all play our part in constructing a better, greener future, through co-creating an environmental manifesto for the arts and culture sector in Derbyshire. Joining me on the 30th of January will be a panel made up of three arts professionals – Emily Bowman, Lucy Bird and Anna Roebuck – who each in their own unique ways are inspiring a movement towards regenerative practice in their own spheres. Come along and hear what they are doing and how you can get involved in this very exciting initiative, and whilst you are with us you can take in the fantastic sensory garden in the grounds of LEVEL.

Chaired by Clare Limb of Clare Limb Creates.

Clare Limb

Bio:

Clare is as a freelance consultant, creative producer & practitioner working to develop & deliver projects which encourage creativity, nurture nature and transform lives. Clare took part in Culture Reset in 2020 which was the beginning of her journey towards non-extractive ways of cultural production. In 2021 she was part of the UK Creative Community Fellows programme, with the National Arts Strategies (NAS) USA and Derby Museums in which she explored the relationship between creativity and wellbeing. In the most recently she has been on a Peer Learning Adventure as a Neighbourhood Creative Agent with Make/Shift Amber Valley, where she worked closely with her local Transition Network group to co-create cultural experiences which empowered members of her community to take action on the climate crisis, including a community-led Sustainable Fashion Show. Clare has lived and worked in Derbyshire for over 20 years. She is inspired by the founder of the Transition Towns movement, Rob Hopkins, whose words and work encourages us to use our imagination to manifest a fairer and greener future for all.