Non-UBC Events
October 1, 2024, 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Climate Crawl through Arts, Culture & Action
Join us on Tuesday, Oct 1st, 2024 from 1pm - 7pm at Performance Works!
This will be an immersive experience to explore how the Arts can contribute to climate action and make an IMPACT across the generations. Engage with thought-provoking short film documentaries, participate in interactive line dancing and eco-creative workshops, and take part in a powerful letter-writing campaign for our leaders.
Dive into insightful conversations at our Climate Cafe and discover how you can make a difference and be part of the solution! This event inspires, informs, and empowers attendees to take meaningful action against the climate crisis.
Join the adventure - tickets are free!
Special Emeritus College Highlight
4:15 PM - 5:20 PM – All My Relations by Frank Tester (film discussion afterwards)
All My Relations is a 48 minute film, part of a 4-part series, currently in production. Directed and produced by UBC Emeritus Professor, Frank Tester, it deals with the climate/environment emergency as a cultural, social and spiritual challenge. All My Relations confronts the idea that the climate emergency can be addressed by technical means; solar and wind power, electrical vehicles, carbon capture, etc.
With Siila Watt-Cloutier, former chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference and Nobel Prize nominee as a discussant with four students, the film identifies climate change as a human rights issue affecting not only Indigenous peoples. Based on the premise that we live in a culture that has, for hundreds of years, treated nature – all of it – as a means for economic growth, development and ‘progress’, All My Relations focuses on the Indigenous conviction that we are an integral part of nature; that our survival on the planet is a profound challenge to current beliefs and human behaviour.