conscient podcast

The climate crisis and the broader ecological crisis is a symptom of the deeper disease, which is that rift from nature, that seed of domination, of accumulation, of greed and of the urge to dominate others through colonialism, through slavery, through othering – the root is actually othering – and that is something that artists can touch. That is what has to be healed, and when we heal that, what...

We need toallow for time to pass without any action, without any solutions and to just experience it. I think that a slowdown is an absolute - if there is any chance to survive - that kind of slowing down through listening and meditation and through not doing so much. I think there's some hope in that. Hildegard Westerkamp, conscient podcast conversation with Claude Schryer, March 31, 2021, Vancou...

I think capitalism is over, but the problem is we have nothing to replace it with. Here's when we need artists, and others, to tell us what kind of vision they have for a future that is different than that: a future of play and meaningful work would be one future that I think is not just utopic, but very possible. So there's a possible future moving forward that could be much better than it is rig...

(episode script) [frogs 2017 05 22, Preston River, QC] Welcome to the  conscient podcast . My name is Claude Schryer.  Season 1 was about exploring how the arts contribute to environmental awareness and action.  I produced 3 episodes in French, 15 in English as well as a series of bilingual blogs and videos. You can see and hear them at  https://www.conscient.ca/ .  Season 2 is about accepting rea...

I think the arts and culture more widely has a huge role to play in shaping our belief systems and values that determine the way that we relate to the environment. Sholeh Johnston, e08, conscient podcast Creative Climate Leadership USA   (ccl usa) was developed by  Julie’s Bicycle , an international  leader in arts, culture and climate change based in London (led by  Alison Tickell ) and brought t...

What does it mean to be creative facilitators in the age of climate change in the midst of a disaster? Some learnings: self-care is community care, good solutions scale up and the need to work with those who have been disproportionately targeted. Em Piro, Creative Climate Leadership USA, March, 2020 (episode 10 of 10 in Creative Climate Leadership USA Series) Creative Climate Leadership USA   was...

It’s about asking where do I start?  Maybe you don't know exactly where you want to end up yet, but if you start somewhere and are curious, try things and get feedback, and you keep iterating, ultimately, meaningful things will emerge. Lauren de la Parra, Creative Climate Leadership USA, March, 2020 (episode 9 of 10 in Creative Climate Leadership USA Series) Creative Climate Leadership USA   was d...

The way to make artists and arts organizations thrive is to make sure that climate change is a part of their thoughts, business plans and strategic plans because the timeline is short and severe climate change effects are within a strategic planning time horizon.  Matthew Chasansky, Creative Climate Leadership USA, March, 2020 (episode 8 of 10 in Creative Climate Leadership USA Series) Creative Cl...

Scientists tell us the what (observable evidence of what's happening or what's coming). Artists can provide the so what (why is it important? what does it mean? why should we care?). Sustainablists provide the now what (what do we do and how do we move forward?) Marda Kirn, Creative Climate Leadership USA, March, 2020 (episode 7 of 10 in Creative Climate Leadership USA Series) Creative Climate Lea...

There's a textile metaphor of culture where our actions just weave into the weft that's already there and change the pattern and shift and alter things…  Andrew Freiband, Creative Climate Leadership USA, March, 2020 (episode 6 of 10 in CCL USA Series) Creative Climate Leadership USA   was developed by  Julie’s Bicycle , an international  leader in arts, culture and climate change based in London (...

I look for artists and the cultural sector to help us envisage a future that's positive. We've tended to spend our whole time talking to each other about how bad it is and I'm looking for some hope. Diana Liverman, Creative Climate Leadership USA, March, 2020 (episode 5 of 10 in CCL USA Series) Creative Climate Leadership USA   was developed by  Julie’s Bicycle , an international  leader in arts,...

Ask yourself: what are you? What do you, as an artist, want to perpetuate in the world? Is what you're doing perpetuating the values and the culture that you want to see?  Eliana Dunlap, Creative Climate Leadership USA, March, 2020 (episode 4 of 10 in Creative Climate Leadership USA Series) Creative Climate Leadership USA   was developed by  Julie’s Bicycle , an international  leader in arts, cult...

Art is a practice of expanding consciousness, which gives us a tremendous opportunity to explore and to embody possibility and to engage with the earth as it continues to change and with each other. Rebecca Mwase, excerpt from an interview at Creative Climate Leadership USA, March, 2020 (episode 3 of 10 in Creative Climate Leadership USA Series) Creative Climate Leadership USA   was developed by ...

It’s like this critter, this virus, this nature, has moved in to this realm of culture and we're watching things drop away that we created and use to define ourselves as human, versus animal: this little virus is just going Bing, Bing, Bing, Bing these aren't real. Ellen McMahon, CCL USA, March, 2020 (episode 2 of 10 in Creative Climate Leadership USA Series) Creative Climate Leadership USA   was...

I think the arts, and culture more widely, has a huge role to play in shaping our belief systems and values that determine the way that we relate to the environment. Sholeh Johnston, CCL USA, March, 2020 (episode 1 of 10 in Creative Climate Leadership USA Series) Creative Climate Leadership USA was developed by  Julie’s Bicycle , an international  leader in arts, culture and climate change based i...

Are we willing to divest from our arts practices, or to change radically our performance practices, in order to make necessary changes and concessions? milton lim, conscient podcast, january 2020, ottawa Milton Lim is a media artist and performance creator based in Vancouver. Lim holds a BFA (Hons.) in theatre performance and psychology from Simon Fraser University. His current work utilizes publi...

I really believe that what we call arts in this culture now, its role is to inform, form and transform the nature of cultures in relation with the world.  I think that's what we're talking about when we're talking about work that addresses the climate crisis. beth carruthers, conscient podcast, October 2019, ottawa Beth Carruthers  is an artist and researcher whose work focuses on studying the imp...

Art can speak to people in meaningful ways that really does call on us to respond to this differently. So wherever you are, anywhere in the world, you will almost certainly have some kind of creative cultural allegiance and how do we use that in a purposeful way is a critical question for us all… alison tickell, conscient podcast, october 2019, ottawa Meet UK musician and climate change activist a...

What triggered my climate denial bubble to burst? I feel compelled to share this personal experience, in the hope that it might help others who are also struggling with the current sustainability crisis and searching for a path forward… In this first episode of the conscient podcast I narrate my 'terrified' essay, about his climate change anxiety and the role of arts and culture in raising environ...