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Electric Picnic (Global Green), Ireland
For 18 years, Global Green has been a vibrant and dynamic area at Electric Picnic, Ireland’s largest music and culture festival. Curated by Cultivate and featuring contributions from over 30 organisations and hundreds of artists and activists, Global Green has evolved into a hub of creativity and conviviality. Over three days, the area hosts a wide array of activities, including local food stalls, thought-provoking exhibits, a community garden, and a variety of artistic and cultural expressions, including spoken word, music, and dance in its Village Hall.
Global Green’s Elements of Change tent fosters meaningful conversations and inspires individuals to imagine how their local communities can thrive amidst the formidable social and ecological challenges we are facing. The Artivist tent harnesses the transformative power of creativity and diversity through a series of workshops and performances; participants engage with art as a tool for social change and personal transformation. Global Green has helped to raise awareness of sustainability issues among thousands of festival goers each year. By providing a platform for dialogue, action, and inspiration, the area serves as a catalyst for positive change.
Roskilde Festival, Denmark
Global Green’s Elements of Change tent fosters meaningful conversations and inspires individuals to imagine how their local communities can thrive amidst the formidable social and ecological challenges we are facing. The Artivist tent harnesses the transformative power of creativity and diversity through a series of workshops and performances; participants engage with art as a tool for social change and personal transformation. Global Green has helped to raise awareness of sustainability issues among thousands of festival goers each year. By providing a platform for dialogue, action, and inspiration, the area serves as a catalyst for positive change.
For over fifty years, tens of thousands of volunteers have united to bring
Northern Europe’s largest genre-spanning musical festival to life,
forming a temporary urban metropolis in the south of the city from
which the festival takes its name. For the eight days of its duration the
festival becomes Denmark’s fourth largest city.
In 2023, the Roskilde Festival Charity Society- who have run the event on a not-for-profit basis since 1972 – adopted a new theme and mission statement to inform their curatorial approach to the event: ‘Utopia’. This theme guides decisions on the musical line-up, the choice of artworks and the provenance of the food on offer.
The ‘Utopia’ theme was arrived at following consultation with the Society’s network of activist groups, NGOs, and artists to discuss the major challenges of the day. The overwhelming feedback was a recognition of the unprecedented challenges facing young people in the world today, a generation living through the climate and biodiversity crises, wars in Europe and the Middle East, and financial insecurity.
Attendees at the 2023 event were invited to not only imagine but to fully immerse themselves in what a better world could look like, and to explore the zeitgeist where culture, experience and the polycrises meet to generate new imaginaries. Since its inception in 1971, Roskilde has turned over more €55 million for humanitarian and cultural charities, with an estimated 13-15 million Danish Krone (€1.8m) raised in 2023.
Groundswell, Lannock Manor Farm, Hertfordshire, England
Entering its eighth year, The Groundswell event provides a forum for farmers and anyone interested in food production or the environment to learn about the theory and practical applications of Conservation Agriculture or regenerative systems, including no-till, cover crops and re-introducing livestock into the arable rotation, with a view to improving soil health.
Groundswell is a practical show aimed at anyone who wants to understand the farmer’s core asset, the soil, and make better informed decisions. It is a two-day event featuring talks, forums and discussions from leading international soil health experts, experienced arable and livestock farmers, agricultural policy experts, direct-drill demonstrations and AgTech innovators. With wide appeal across the food and farming spectrum, Groundswell is relevant for conventional, organic, livestock, arable, landowners or tenant farmers.
Groundswell was founded by the Cherry family on their mixed farm in Hertfordshire. John and Paul Cherry have farmed for over thirty years, converting to a no-till system in 2010.
Keywords: Music, performance, dialogue, sustainability, utopia, polycrises, youth, conviviality, creativity, immersive learning, regenerative farming, rural transformation.
Links to the wellbeing economy: Polycrises, dialogue, learning, utopian and immersive learning, food, regenerative practices.
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