Culture|Futures

an ecological age by 2050

Play a lead role in expanding
cultural engagement to
sustain human and all life

Culture|Futures
is an expanding positive spiral of engagement of cultural actors around the world who are moved to engage their work and creativity to sustain human and all life.

The cultural sector has a unique part to play in creating an Ecological Age by 2050. It is trusted, collaborative, interactive and transformative - and it is everywhere in all communities, in rich and diverse shapes and forms.

Cultural actors are people, institutions and enterprises in art, design & architecture, film & media, cultural heritage, sport, education, leisure, communication and many more areas. In diverse and wonderful ways they express identity, communicate and bring their perspectives alive in practice.

Many cultural actors choose to express their perspectives about sustaining human and all life. As they do so, the thinking and behaviours of people and communities are affected and surely, they begin to change.

And as living in a way which sustains human and all life gradually becomes normal, an Ecological Age evolves.

Culture|Futures creates an enabling environment for those cultural actors who are moved to express their perspectives about creating an Ecological Age, by recognising, encouraging and supporting them.

The Culture|Futures expanding spiral of engagement began its journey at the Launch Symposium on 7th December. Participants were invited to explore the Culture|Futures proposition and to grow the spiral of engagement supporting the COP climate change negotiations.

At the Launch and at the Working Seminar on 8th and 9th December, artists, musicians, film makers, architects, designers and many more cultural actors and organisations from 27 countries and 5 continents, agreed to find ways to work together to deliver an Ecological Age by addressing global warming and the limited biocapacity of the planet, and how to improve conditions for human development.

The Culture|Futures Launch Symposium and Workshop took place in Copenhagen on 7 – 9 December. Artists, musicians, film makers, architects, designers and many more cultural actors and organisations from 27 countries and 5 continents agreed to find ways to work together to address global warming and the limited biocapacity of the planet, and how to improve conditions for human development.

The initial formulation of the outcomes of the gathering are given on the outcomes page and further updates will be posted here over the coming days and weeks.

Culture|Futures
Events Office
Danish Cultural Institute
Att. Merete Fugl Petersen
Vartov
Farvergade 27L, 2nd floor
DK-1463 Copenhagen K
Denmark

E-mail: mfp@dankultur.dk
Tel: +45-33135448
Fax: +45-33151091

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