Climate Emergency

There is a long history of performance entwining with environmental activism in Brazil. This series builds upon the HowlRound series and convening, Theatre in the Age of Climate Change, to highlight some of these Brazillan performances, research, and training initiatives. These works of eco-performance and ecopoetic theatre model creative paths forward for the reparative processes necessary to face climate change.

Green New Theatre (GNT) is a movement building tool that provides a set of actionable principles for the arts field to adapt and evolve in the face of the climate crisis. Our approach is multi-layered and emergent. It adapts for organizations and individuals at every level of production.

A biweekly livestream with experts of change from around the world: artists, activists, politicians and philosophers.

Dancer Kimi Eisle speaks on climate change in the Southwest after her experience of dancing a duet with a cactus.

The climate crisis has been called a “crisis of imagination.” The phrase refers to our inability to grasp the magnitude and violence of the changes we are facing, our reluctance to let the reality of it permeate our collective consciousness, and our resistance to envision positive futures. But imagination is the currency of artists. Here, theatre artists, practitioners, and scholars reflect on the ways in which they use their imagination to create the stories that will support us through, and lift us out of, this transformative moment. This ongoing series was originally prompted by Chantal Bliodeau, playwright and artistic director of the Arts and Climate Initiative, and it was curated by her from 2015-2025. Since then, the HowlRound team has added additional pieces. Interested in contributing your own piece? Send us your ideas through the contribute content form!  

A record of the experience of teaching a devising class that would center on the environment.