The Natural History Museum is pleased to co-produce a series of expeditions and events on the occasion of the 13th Clean Energy Ministerial in Pittsburgh on September 20-23, 2022. This work is dedicated to frontline communities and will shine a spotlight on the costs, health impacts and environmental devastation caused by extractive and fossil fuel-based energy initiatives.
EXPEDITION OVERVIEW
In September, 2022, the House of Tears Carvers will embark on a 15-day journey from the Pacific Northwest with a newly carved totem pole, pausing in communities across the country for blessings and prayer. An inter-tribal delegation of youth and elders will escort the pole to its destination: the 13th Clean Energy Ministerial in Pittsburgh, PA.
As the world’s energy ministers convene with business leaders to discuss technological solutions to the climate emergency, Indigenous, Gulf South, and Appalachian grassroots leaders will come together for the Clean Energy Justice Convergence–a series of events and expeditions that shine a spotlight on the costs, health impacts and environmental devastation associated with extractive and fossil fuel-based energy initiatives.
Co-produced by The Natural History Museum, Breathe Project, and more than 45 local and regional groups, this 4-day series features art and ceremony, “toxic tours” of gas, steel, and petrochemical infrastructure, round-tables and rallies calling for truly clean energy and an end to false solutions and fossil fuels.
Join the journey.