Climate Change: Creative and Hopeful Responses



Overview

Artist/academic Anya Gleizer and climate educator Bill Finnegan invite you on a journey of creativity and hope in the face of the climate crisis. They are the creators of the Museum of Climate Hope, a museum trail and interactive learning experience developed in partnership with the Environmental Change Institute (ECI) and Oxford’s Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM).  

This hands-on, half-day event will explore the psychological, philosophical and theological roots of the concept of hope, and the relationship between hope and climate action. The event will also explore the stories behind the objects in the Museum of Climate Hope, and how they represent the themes of resilience, innovation and transformation.  

Anya will then lead an interactive activity in which participants will create art together which will be included in an online gallery.

After the event, participants are encouraged to spend the afternoon visiting the ‘Museum of Climate Hope’ trail for a self-guided tour in their own time.

This event will close to enrolments at 23:59 BST on 9 April 2025.

Programme details

9.45am:
Registration at Rewley House reception

10am:
The Theory of Hope and why it matters for climate change
Bill Finnegan

11.15am:
Tea/coffee break

11.45am:
Creative responses to climate change: learn and do
Anya Gleizer

1pm:
End of day

Fees

Description Costs
Course Fee (includes tea/coffee) £85.00

Funding

If you are in receipt of a UK state benefit or are a full-time student in the UK you may be eligible for a reduction of 50% of tuition fees.

Concessionary fees for short courses

Tutors

Dr Bill Finnegan

Speaker

Bill Finnegan is a climate education researcher and practitioner at the University of Oxford with roles in the Department of Education, Department for Continuing Education, and Environmental Sustainability Team. His research explores pedagogies of hope and he leads work on the curriculum priority of the University’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy, as well as the Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium on Climate Change. Bill created the Museum of Climate Hope initiative with Oxford’s gardens, libraries and museums and the Environmental Change Institute.

Anya Gleizer

Speaker

Anya Gleizer is a performance artist and a DPhil candidate in the School of Geography and the Environment in the University of Oxford. Working interdisciplinarily, her art and research practices aim to engage communities emotively with environmental research, and challenge the means and methods with which research itself is performed. Gleizer founded the Art, Biodiversity and Climate Research Network in the University of Oxford, teaches art and drama at the Lyceum primary school in Oxford, and works as a public engagement officer at the Natural History Museum, London. In 2022 she, Bill Finnegan and Tina Fawcett began work on the Museum of Climate Hope – a project that unites Oxford museums, libraries and gardens around the themes of environmental resiliency, adaptation and innovation. 

Application

Please use the 'Book' button on this page. Alternatively, please contact us to obtain an application form.

Accommodation

Accommodation is not included in the price, but if you wish to stay with us the night before the course, then please contact our Residential Centre.

Accommodation in Rewley House - all bedrooms are modern, comfortably furnished and each room has tea and coffee making facilities, Freeview television, and Free WiFi and private bath or shower rooms. Please contact our Residential Centre on +44 (0) 1865 270362 or email res-ctr@conted.ox.ac.uk for details of availability and discounted prices. For more information, please see our website: https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/about/accommodation

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