Creative Responses to Sustainability | Green Guide for India launched!
culture360.ASEF.org is proud to announce the launch of the Green Guide for India, the 9th in the series Creative Responses to Sustainability.
Researched by Contact Base, the guide explores the evolving intersection of art and environmental stewardship in India, mapping key trends, opportunities and challenges in the field.
What you can expect to find in the guide?
- A picture of global and national conditions and policies that support India's cultural and environmental landscape
- How the arts and culture are being used to address ecological challenges in India, ranging from water scarcity, pollution, climate change to loss of traditional knowledge
- Impediments in addressing environmental challenges as observed by local arts organisations in the field
- A directory of 17 organisations spanning India's rural and urban areas, exemplifying pioneering creative initiatives
- Recommendations to all stakeholders on shaping more just and sustainable societies
The directory of 17 arts organisations listed is an attempt to highlight the diversity of work at the intersection of arts and ecology. From vernacular crafts to textiles, land art, performance art and story telling - the list shares first-person experiences and insights from those who are actively engaged in arts-based climate action.
- Read the #GreenGuide for India.
- Read the directory of arts organisations in India.
Since 2015, ASEF has been publishing the series Creative Responses to Sustainability through its arts & culture portal, culture360.ASEF.org. This series of country-specific guides looks at arts organisations that address issues of sustainability in their artistic practice in several countries of Asia and Europe. The previous guides focused on Singapore (2015), Korea (2016), Indonesia (2017), Australia (2018), Portugal (2019), Spain (2019) and United Kingdom (2021) with the spin-off in the series on the city of Berlin (2017).