This Changes Everything

May. 12, 2015 - Jun. 13, 2015 NY, NY

The Natural History Museum designed a pop-up exhibition to function as a backdrop and stage set for The Foundry Theatre’s Dialogue Series, inspired by Naomi Klein’s book This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. the Climate. Installations featured quotes and graphics inspired by the book.

The dialogue series featured celebrated thinkers, activists, journalists, policy-makers and artists exploring ways to make our world last longer. A series of four events examined the impact of climate change on the body, the community, the country and the planet.

The Natural History Museum team moderated and participated in two of the dialogue events, with academic and author Vijay Prashad,Paulina Helm-Hernandez–director of the Atlanta-based movement organization Southerners on New Ground, and Elizabeth Yeampierre–director of UPROSE, a community-based climate justice organization in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

 

Programs

This Changes Community

May. 25, 2015 NY, NY

How does climate change and environmental injustice affect our communities? How do communities respond and adapt to environmental disasters?How do communities build capacity, resilience and infrastructure to resist climate change?

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This Changes Country

Jun. 1, 2015 NY, NY

How are countries affected by and responsible for climate change? Are countries the right vehicles – the right organizational forms – for addressing climate change? What are the limitations and failures of countries (especially our own) in this work?

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