My work

Community building

Our Diaspora Futures Collective

a space of meeting, dreaming and collective care for people of colour working towards climate justice in the UK.

Trusteeships and advisory boards

Platform London

Platform brings workers and communities together to create new, liberatory systems that tackle injustice and climate breakdown.

Arvae

an experiment in collaborative and transdisciplinary work between artists, scientists, and local (environmental) experts, in Arosa, Switzerland from 2021-2022.

Art for The People

the UK’s first Citizens’ Assembly on Arts and Culture, exploring the question: “How will arts, culture and creativity shape a better future for Coventry?”

Collaborations

Black Earth: Resistance, Anti-Racism and the Environment

a research project encompassing workshops, nature walks, artist commissions and Green Care Packages for members of the local communities in Watford and the South East, and the Bristol and Bath regions. 

Resource development

Creative Climate Justice Resource Hub (Julie’s Bicycle)

a free online library of justice resources, designed for the arts and culture community.

Creative Climate Justice Guide (Julie’s Bicycle)

an introductory guide to some of the key issues and challenges of climate and environmental justice.

Facilitation

The Colour Green Lab (Julie’s Bicycle)

an introductory environmental knowledge and skills programme which supports and empowers cultural practitioners and artists of colour to participate in, and lead on, environmental action in the UK.

Creative Climate Leadership (Julie’s Bicycle)

an international training and transformation programme to empower artists and cultural professionals to take action on the climate and ecological crisis with impact, creativity, and resilience.

Advocacy

Support + Feed and Billish Eillish present: Overheated Live “How to be an activist”

Brainchild Festival 2021 “Land justice, decolonisation, and our right to nature”

Resilience Hub at COP27 “Mobilising Creativity: Showcasing the Depth, Range and Potential of Creative Climate Practices”

MAIA “The Spatial Imagination” 2021

Institute of Modern Art: Net Positive “What does a better art institution look like?”

Photo: Vee Pandey