The sixth episode centres around the transformative power of the arts in addressing climate change and how the arts can open spaces for experimentation and innovation in imagining new realities and societal models that integrate ecological awareness and sustainability. The episode features Dr. Jen Rae and Sarah Suib. They discuss art and design highlighting the need to learn and respect indigenous knowledge systems for a societal shift from extractivism to relational and interconnected ways of living. Dr. Jen Rae, an artist, researcher, and advocate for rewilding practices, emphasizes the role of the arts in community resilience, particularly in adapting to and preparing for climate-related disasters. of indigenous and nature-informed wisdom
Dr Sarah Suib
Sarah is a consultant and the founder of Hint Studio, Brussels. She is also a designer and mender with years of experience in sustainable design and product development projects, user experiences, cleaner productions, ESG research, and frugal innovations. Her expertise lies in design thinking, design for sustainability, user research, and the circular economy. She works with small and medium sized companies to integrate sustainability and circularity strategies in their products and practices. Sarah is an alumnus of CCL Benelux (2023).
Dr Jen Rae
Jen is an award-winning artist-researcher whose practice-led expertise is situated at the intersections of art, speculative futures and climate emergency disaster adaptation and resilience. Her work is predominantly articulated through transdisciplinary collaborative methodologies and multi-platform projects, community alliances and public pedagogies. Jen is Co-founder and Creative Research Lead at the Centre for Reworlding, a member of the Australian Task Force for Creative Recovery and a 2023 Creative Australia Fellow. Jen is an alumnus of CCL Australia (2023).
Links and references:
Centre for Reworlding - https://www.centreforreworlding.com/
Hint Studio - https://hint-studio.com/
Alfred Russel Wallace - https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/who-was-alfred-russel-wallace.html
Maria Campbell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Campbell
Refuge (2018) - https://www.doherty.edu.au/news-events/events/refuge-2018-pandemic
The Past is a Sustainable Country - https://www.creativeclimateleadership.com/alumni/sarah-suib/
The Relationship is the Project - https://therelationshipistheproject.com/