Climate change

The Earth is Watching…Let’s Act.

Part 2: Green Rooms 2020
The Earth is Watching… Let’s Act

June 2020 | Livestream

  • Opening Picnic
  • Climate Despair: Harnessing Grief as an Agent of Transformation
  • How Artists Respond: Climate Crisis
  • Leadership and Structures for Change
  • Averting Climate Breakdown: Insights from Ecological Economics
  • The Future: What is it?
  • Dance Like The Earth Is Watching
  • The Closing Act

As part of its response to the escalating climate crisis – and in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic – NAC English Theatre in partnership with Festival of Live Digital Art (FOLDA), the Canada Council for the Arts, The City of Kingston, HowlRound Theatre Commons, National Theatre School of Canada and York University brought together participants for an extraordinary three-day/three-country digital experiment that reflected on the future of theatre.

The Green Rooms were fueled with spirited conversations with leaders in fields such as climate activism, ecological economy and environmental humanities, as well as with theatre artists and leaders who have found innovative ways to engage with the climate crisis.

A limited number of active participants joined the event on Zoom from eight cities across three countries: Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, and Halifax, as well as London (U.K.) and New York. In addition, a livestream of the event was accessible to spectators everywhere.

Please note: If participants were not in one of those cities, they were still able to participate by joining the city closest or most meaningful to them.

We invite you to view the proceedings recorded and available on this site and read the reports too!

Co-curated by Sarah Garton Stanley and Chantal Bilodeau.

All Green Rooms events are in English only

Speakers

  • Speaker Dr. Jennifer Atkinson
  • Keynote Speaker Eriel Tchekwie Deranger
  • Speaker & Curatorial Consultant Kendra Fanconi
  • Speaker Tom Green
  • Speaker Ravi Jain
  • ariel-martz-oberlander-500px
    Guest Speaker Ariel Martz-Oberlander
  • Knowledge Keeper Georgina Riel - Waabishki Mukwa Kwe
  • Speaker Ken Schwartz
  • anthony-simpson-pike-500px
    Speaker & Curatorial Consultant Anthony Simpson-Pike
  • Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
  • Speaker Jordan Tannahill
  • j'^
    Guest Speaker Aidan Tomkinson
  • syrus-marcus-ware-500px
    Assistant Professor, SOTA McMaster, artist activist scholar Syrus Marcus Ware
  • kevin-matthew-wong
    Speaker Kevin Matthew Wong

Artists

  • erin-ball-500px
    Performer Erin Ball
  • lal-500px
    Performers LAL
  • landon
    Contributing Artist Landon Krentz
  • Playwright, director, dramaturg, actor, and educator Yvette Nolan
  • Playwright, actor, composer, director Corey Payette
  • Contributing Artist Deborah Pearson
  • Composer José Rivera
  • Sound Designer Matt Rogalsky
  • debris
    Composer Debashis Sinha
  • Contributing Artist Elspeth Tilley
  • Contributing Artist Mary Vingoe
  • laura.-square
    Contributing Artist Laura Vingoe-Cram
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    Contributing Artist Adrienne Wong
  • marcus
    Contributing Artist Marcus Youssef

City Room Facilitators

  • molly-braverman-500px
    Molly Braverman
  • derek-chan-bio
    NAC English Theatre Artist in Residence Derek Chan
  • Frank Donato
  • charles-douglas-500px
    Charles Douglas
  • Tracey Guptil
  • Stewart Legere
  • murdoch-schon-500px
    Murdoch Schon
  • angelica-schwartz-500px
    Angelica Schwartz

Curatorial Team

  • Co-Curator Chantal Bilodeau
  • VP of Programming, Arts Commons Sarah Garton Stanley (SGS)
  • bio-sophie-traub
    Curatorial Associate Sophie Traub
  • Curatorial Consultant & Carbon Emission Report Ian Garrett
  • bio-mcdermid
    Curatorial Consultant Sonali McDermid
  • Curatorial Consultant & Contributing Artist Clayton Thomas-Müller
  • tarah-wright
    Curatorial Consultant Dr. Tarah Wright

Creative Team

  • Green Rooms Coordinator Meghan Froebelius
  • Graphics Christo Graham
  • Digital Director Martin Jones
  • Technical Director Jesse MacMillan
  • Cultural Strategist Vijay Mathew
  • Rapporteur Mieko Ouchi