This campaign took to COP27, in Egypt, the words of refugees fleeing climate change and the conditions that have made life is impossible in their countries. We met Eritrean Ethiopian and Iranian refugees in Calais, France, documenting and amplifying the stories of the migrants and how the climate breakdown intensified the migration crisis. The campaign struck a chord as the pressure for financing the loss and damage of climate breakdown took centre stage at COP27.
Letters to the Earth is a global participatory campaign.
It began in February 2019 in collaboration with Culture Declares Emergency, when the British public were invited to put pen to paper and write a creative response to the climate and ecological emergency. The invitation was open to interpretation and open to all. Within a month. over 1000 letters poured in from all over the world - from 4 year olds to great grandparents, artists, scientists, nurses.
A new story began to emerge.
We sent batches of letters to over 50 venues and community spaces worldwide for them to organise their own readings on a day of joint action, Friday 12th April, a day of Global Youth Strike.
Some venues opened their doors free of charge to the public, others live-streamed and others took to the streets to read the letters aloud. High profile readers alongside young people and local communities were involved in the presentation of these letters.
Some venues held open conversation as part of the day's activity to bring people together in the face of this crisis; some wrote their own letters together.
Since then letters have continued to be written and presented - by individuals and in communities all over the world.
We align with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:
