Culture and creativity can impact environmental sustainability by building awareness, influencing attitudes and behaviours, and fostering resilience and adaptability. As the impacts of climate change are felt around the world, the ability to adapt and innovate is increasingly important. Culture and creativity can help people cope with change and develop solutions to emerging problems. In communities recovering from climate-related disasters, arts and culture can build resilience. A creative hub set up in Blackheath, NSW, in the wake of the 2019-20 bushfires helped people feel they could cope with emergencies and adapt to changing circumstances. Arts and cultural engagement can affect how we feel and act. For example, people’s support for climate policy was temporarily bolstered by viewing artworks at the UN climate summit in Paris. It can also diffuse knowledge about environmental issues and bridge gaps in public awareness. Children in India learnt about issues affecting their local ecosystem through craft, drama and journal-making, and shared this knowledge with their families and community. Creative production practices can support sustainable outcomes. A studio in Ghana used recycled plastic bags to create textile art, while raising awareness of the need to reduce their consumption. This highlights how scientists and governments can harness creativity in public communications, to ensure it is accessible, engaging and will inspire action. Cultural organisations can also support environmental outcomes by programming through a sustainability lens. Cultural heritage and arts amenities around the world can help protect nature and the built environment. Australia’s CSIRO found First Nations cultural burning is the best fire management for conserving the threatened Backwater grevillea, while a study linked arts amenities and sustainable transport use in Chicago, Paris and Seoul. Sustainability is one of 5 core themes in ANA’s new report, ‘Transformative Edge 2024’. It brings together fact-based insights on how culture and creativity can help people live well - with prosperity, cohesion, security, health and sustainability - and tackle Australia’s deepest social and economic challenges. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gQtcqjSA #anewapproach #thinktank #artsandculture #creativity #sustainability
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