Climate Justice: The Story of Our Time

As cultural leaders, how can we communicate and advocate for Climate Justice in Oxfordshire? Join Green Arts Oxfordshire Network and ClimArts to explore how creatives can work with climate experts to tell the most compelling stories of our time, and create a better world in the process.

This free event will include a performance by ClimArts, a creative workshop with artist Julia Utreras of Common Books, and will be facilitated by artist, activist and producer of Marmalade Usha dapur Kar.

Speakers include:
🌱 Neelambaree Prasad & Kripa Iyer, Founders of ClimArts
🌱 Councillor Shaista Aziz, Cabinet Member for Inclusive Communities and Culture
🌱 Rawz, Sound Artist, Poet, MC and Steering Group Member for Oxford Cultural Anti-Racism Alliance
🌱 Feng Ho, CUT (Clean Up the Tropical Timber Trade) Campaign
🌱 Maryam Ahmed, Cowley Climate Collective

We hope you can join us! In the interest of limiting the carbon footprint of this event, please consider public transport or active travel like walking on cycling to travel here, if that is a possibility for you.

Thank you to the Old Fire Station for their support with this event.

This event is part of Marmalade Festival 2023, which takes place in 6 venues across Oxford from 11 to 14 April.

The Old Fire Station will be hosting over 90 events including discussions, performances, film screenings and much more. Topics will include how to learn, homelessness, young people and mental health amongst other subjects.

You can find out more here: www.marmalade.io

Community Building: Oxfordshire Great Big Green Week

Join us in building a community to create Oxfordshire Great Big Green Week 2023!

Monday 20th March 2023, 6-8pm

Do you have an idea for an event or project that could be part of Oxfordshire Great Big Green Week 2023? Or would you like to learn how you can get involved? Share your ideas and connect with artists, organisations, activists and potential collaborators at this gathering, open to all. Join this creative climate conversation in the Fusion Arts space at 95 Gloucester Green.

Oxfordshire Great Big Green Week is 9 days of events (10th – 18th June 2023) helping and encouraging people and organisations to act to tackle the climate crisis, and to protect and improve our environment. It is part of the national Great Big Green Week campaign. Last year we held 129 events across Oxfordshire as a community! Come together as a creative community to co-create this event.

Come along to this open meeting to:

• Be inspired by stories from last year’s Great Big Green Week
• Meet others interested in producing creative green events and projects
• Exchange ideas and explore how we can collaborate with each other
• Come away with an action plan for getting involved with the Great Big Green Week 2023

We hope you can join us! In the interest of limiting the carbon footprint of this event, please consider public transport or active travel like walking on cycling to travel here, if that is a possibility for you.

Thank you to Fusion Arts for providing a space for this meeting at 95 Gloucester Green.

Energy Prices & The Climate Crisis: Making the connections and making an impact

By Oxford Friends of The Earth, curated by Green Arts Oxfordshire Network

5th – 18th November 2022

An exhibition about saving energy is one of the latest to pop up in Friars Entry near Gloucester Green, where windows have been transformed into galleries by Fusion Arts. Energy Prices & The Climate Crisis: Making the connections and making an impact is an exhibition of 8 posters about the intersection between the energy crisis and the climate crisis. The posters share useful information about what changes the government needs to make, and how to save energy at home.

Created by Oxford Friends of the Earth for Oxfordshire Great Big Green Week, and curated by Green Arts Oxfordshire Network, the pop up is one of a growing number of cultural events and exhibitions addressing the climate crisis. The exhibition calls for the government to lead and fund the transition to clean and cheap energy in the UK. Governments have been accused of falling woefully short of the Paris Climate pledges, as analysis shows that the world is on track for a catastrophic 3C temperature increase if present trends continue. Energy production causes around two thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions, whilst the cost-of-living crisis is driving millions into fuel poverty. Energy Prices & The Climate Crisis explores how cutting our energy use and transitioning can help us to address both crises. 

For tips and advice on quick and easy ways to save energy, lower your bills and reduce your carbon footprint, visit: https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/hub/quick-tips-to-save-energy
To learn more about Oxford Friends of the Earth, visit: https://www.oxfoe.co.uk/

Lighting The Way

By Julia Mallaby & Green Arts Oxfordshire Network

5th – 18th November 2022

Lighting The Way is a new exhibition of community made artwork popping-up in the Fusion Arts window galleries along Friar’s Entry near Gloucester Green. As part of Oxfordshire Great Big Green Week in September, Green Arts Oxfordshire Network collaborated with artist Julia Mallaby to hold creative workshops about the energy crisis. The cyanotype printed banners exhibited were made by Julia and members of the local community at free workshops in Barton and Botley, at Beautiful Barton Bash and St Frideswide’s Church Climate Day.

Cyanotype printing is one of the earliest forms of photography, exposing coated paper or fabric to sunlight to create blue negative prints. The banners explore how people feel about the energy crisis, and imagine a future built on renewable energy, like solar, wind and hydropower.

The UK Government is planning to ban solar farms from most of England’s farmland, yet in a recent poll 75% of the public said that they support solar power being installed on farmland. Lighting The Way expresses the public support for a transition away from fossil fuels, celebrating the sustainable energy solutions that we already have.

To learn we can meet our energy needs in a way that’s good for people and good for the planet, visit www.lowcarbonhub.org

To see more artwork by Julia Mallaby, visit www.juliamallaby.com

Oxfordshire Great Big Green Week: What’s Next?

Oxfordshire Great Big Green Week 2022 saw over 100 community organised events across the county, including festivals, film screenings, exhibitions, talks, workshops and much more.

For 9 days, Oxfordshire celebrated community action to tackle climate change and protect nature. So what’s next?

If you hosted an event or would be interested in getting involved in 2023, join this informal conversation where we’ll chat about what went well, what we learned and what’s next for Great Big Green Week.

10th -18th June have been announced as the dates for 2023! Come along to have your say in co-producing as a creative climate conscious community.

This event is co-hosted Green Arts Oxfordshire Network and the Tandem Collective.

About Green Arts Oxfordshire Network:

Green Arts Oxfordshire Network unites Oxfordshire’s artists and cultural organisations in their work to tackle the climate & ecological emergency.

About the Tandem Collective:

Tandem Collective’s mission is to influence positive change towards social justice and environmental sustainability through arts and creativity.