Support Vital Climate Education in UK Schools

 

Hot Poets is an ambitious, award-winning, internationally focused arts organisation, working to powerfully communicate climate change science and action through spoken word poetry. They do this by creating dynamic arts and science collaborations and partnerships with top climate change organisations and world class artists – exploring beyond the climate crisis to the science and imagination needed to save our world.

Hot Poets works in partnership with leading climate change, academic, government and arts organisations at a global and grassroots level, including the UNFCCC’s: Resilience Frontiers, The Met Office, London School of Economics, RSPB, UCL, Southbank Centre, The Gaia Foundation and 3M.

Founded in 2021 by UK Artists and change makers Liv Torc – who is a much-loved member of OBOD – and Chris Redmond, Hot Poets has generated £250,000 of project funding, worked in five continents, with over 50 artists, facilitating UN spaces and shows at Adaptation Week in Botswana (2022) and South Korea (2023) and in the Blue Zone at COP26 in Glasgow (2021), COP27 in Sharm El Sheik (2022) & COP28 in Dubai (2023).

Learning from world renowned global experts, they have researched, written and filmed 30 poetry commissions and published 2 books, with subjects as diverse as Whale Poo to Climate Litigation. Our poems have been viewed, heard and seen live over 5 million times.

HOT POETS NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

Since launching their education programme, they have been inundated with schools keen to bring these experiences into their classrooms. Demand is growing rapidly. More schools are asking us to visit than they can currently support.

They have the partnerships, the poets, the resources and the demand from schools. What they need now is the capacity to meet that demand and ensure this work reaches as many young people as possible. So they have set up a Crowdfunder Campaign. If you wish to donate to this wonderful project click here.  
To learn more visit the Hot Poets Website.

Liv Torc will also be chatting to Penny Billington all about the project on Tea with a Druid this coming Monday at 8pm UK time on the OBOD YouTube Channel!