Green Tease workshop: Writing on nature and climate

Join us for this Green Tease where we will explore writing as a tool to connect with the natural world and act on the nature and climate crises.

This event provides an opportunity for artists and environmental professionals to meet each other and make connections, as well as to share skills around creative writing in climate work.

Creative writing can be a powerful tool for sustainability professionals - a way to explore your climate action purpose, reflect on the past, present and future, and communicate your vision to others in effective ways.

When we are busy trying to improve the lives of others and the health of our home planet, we often forget about our non-human Earth companions, who have a lot to teach us and inspire us about communication, working together and caring for our environment.

Writers Gazelle Buchholtz and Joana Avi-Lorie will lead you through a series of writing prompts using pen and paper. You will have the opportunity to connect with others through the writing by sharing your text and/or thoughts on the topic at the workshop, and reflect on how to integrate this as a tool in your work.

About the organiser

Creative Carbon Scotland is Scotland’s leading arts and sustainability charity and Creative Scotland is the development body for the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland. Green Tease is our ongoing informal events programme connecting cultural practices and environmental sustainability across Scotland. If you have an idea for an event please apply here. Green Tease events are open to people from creative and environmental backgrounds and free to attend.

Collaborators

Gazelle Buchholtz holds workshops centred on connection to the natural world in various contexts. With a Master of Science, Communication of Scientific Knowledge from her home country Denmark, she combined the fascination for written communication and natural science. The fiction writing grew during a Minor in creative writing. Her debut book ‘Søvnløse spor’ has been published by H. Harksen Productions. Some of her short stories in English are published on various online platforms, see more on www.gazelletext.com. She’s an associate at The Surefoot Effect CIC, and has a part-time position as climate change coordinator at Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector.

Joana Avi-Lorie is a Portuguese-born creative writer, illustrator and storyboarding artist with an interest in nature connection, nature communication and community action. You can check her work at www.joanaavilorie.com. With a background in Architecture and Arts-based Public Health research, she is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh researching how fictional stories can help children understand and communicate their experiences of eco-anxiety. Joana is also a part-time Story Weaver managing and contributing to 1000 Better Stories blog at the Scottish Communities Climate Action Network (SCCAN).

About Green Tease

Green Tease is Creative Carbon Scotland’s ongoing informal events programme connecting cultural practices and environmental sustainability across Scotland. Since 2013 Green Tease has provided a platform for those interested in teasing out the links between the arts, climate change and environmental sustainability through the exchange of ideas, knowledge and practices. Green Tease events are equally open to people from creative and environmental backgrounds and free to attend.

Do you need support to attend?

Everyone is welcome at our events.

We know that it’s sometimes difficult for everyone to attend because of unintended barriers. We want to make any necessary adjustments to our events so that no one is excluded. These adjustments will, most likely, differ from event to event and person to person, so we need your help to get it right. Please inform us of your accessibility requirements for this event during the Eventbrite registration process or get in touch by emailing maja.rimer@creativecarbonscotland.com if you would like to provide more information or ask any questions.

You’ll understand that some adjustments may take more time to arrange than others, so we appreciate you giving us as much notice as possible about what you need so that we can support you to get the most out of this event.