VENUE: THE PLAYTRAIL AMPHITHEATRE
The Gathering is a collaboration of earth and water protectors, community groups, activists and individuals who come from all over the island of Ireland to share their campaigns and inspire and support each other. Campaigns have and continue to include work against waste crime and illegal dumping along the River Foyle, the Rights of Nature, anti-extractivism, language, clean air and water, and many more.
Join us for a full day of discussion, workshops, music, performance, creativity, exchange and laughter in celebration of Mother Nature!
All ages welcome
12:15 – 12:30 Introduction
12:30 – 1:00 Zero Waste NW – “celebrating the Groundswell” - 10 years of activism.
1:00 – 1:30 The Gathering sub-group updates.
1:30 – 2:00 Music / entertainment from the language group
2:00 – 3:50 “Nurturing the Groundswell” - Collaboration for Change Workshop
4:00 Close (decant to eco hub for tea and buns / ZWNW)
ARTITUDE CLIMATE FESTIVAL
A free three day community-led celebration of art, climate action and the circular economy.
Showcasing creative, community-led responses to the climate emergency, the festival is delivered in collaboration with The Gathering, Zero Waste North West (ZWNW), Northern Ireland Resources Network (NIRN), Environmental Justice Network Ireland (EJNI) Friends of the Earth NI and Making Relatives - a visit of water and land protectors from Ojibwe Nation, US.
Emerging from The Playhouse's Artitude: Climate, Culture and Circularity project, the festival is part of a unique and transformational programme of activity, using the arts and creative practice to engage communities in the DCSDC area in exploring climate action and the circular economy, with a view to encouraging positive behavioural change.
The Playhouse works with partners Zero Waste North West, Northern Ireland Resources Network, Queens University and Derry City and Strabane District Council to use the arts to co-ordinate and deliver the 18 month programme.
