Welcome to Culture | Futures

We are Engaging the Cultural Sector in Creating an Ecological Age

Culture|Futures is an expanding spiral of engagement of cultural actors around the world who are moved to engage their work and creativity to sustain human and all life.

We do this through:

  •      our communication platform, allowing cultural actors to connect and share knowledge globally
  •     our conferences, workshops and event templates, fostering inspiration and sharing of best practices across disciplines and cultures
  •    our network of key cultural institutions/organizations around the world committed to innovating their own daily practice
  • our Culture|Futures Clubs creating networks for creative professionals and students in cities around the world
  •     linking the cultural component with some of the world’s cutting-edge urban sustainable demo-programs

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MAIN NEWS:

Culture Futures event to coincide with RIO+20

We are planning a Culture Futures event to take place this summer in connection with the RIO+20 Conference, in Brazil. The conference will be held June 21st 2012 (TBC) and speakers will include top names such as the Nobel Prize winner and newly appointed Protector of Culture Futures Rajendra Parchauri, Founder of the Ecological Sequestration Trust CBE Peter Head and the Chinese journalist and award-winning filmmaker John D. Liu.

The RIO+20 conference will honour the 20th anniversary of the historic 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). In this connection we will hold a Culture Futures event to engage the cultural sector in sustainability, and exchange ideas on a city level.

To participate or hear more about the conference, get in touch with our Director Olaf Gerlach-Hansen ogh@culturefutures.org

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Rajendra Pachauri named Protector for Culture Futures

We are thrilled to announce that the former chairman of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) has become Global Protector for Culture Futures. Pachauri, who received a Nobel Prize in 2007 with the IPCC, is Director-General of TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) in India.

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How to get involved:

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