Culture for Climate is a grassroots initiative aimed at greening the cultural sector. The group consists of employees of cultural institutions, NGOs, local authorities, and independent artists and curators.

Our aim is to promote pro-environmental attitudes without shaming and making accusations that what is done is insufficient or inadequate. We believe that in the face of the urgency of the challenges associated with the climate catastrophe it is better to begin taking an action, however modest it may be, rather than do nothing. We deeply believe in individual and collective agency and that it is possible to implement changes in areas which we can influence, while at the same time trying to expand those boundaries, combining common efforts. 

We are convinced that when it comes to pro-environmental practices, one should start with oneself. That is why, while working on the Culture for Climate website, we consciously chose eco-friendly technological and design-related solutions, making it possible to save energy. Our website is hosted by a data centre which uses electricity from renewable sources and it has been based on universal design principles, so as to be accessible to all in the widest possible range.

Culture for Climate is a collective (currently) consisting only of women. This was not a programmed founding principle but the eco-feminist character is revealed in the philosophy of the collective based on cooperation, mutual help and building trust. At the same time, as a grassroots self-organisation pertaining to a systemic change, Culture for Climate poses a question on how to create new ecosystems of institutional agency, engage around making changes and develop organic cooperation. 

We believe that our activities will contribute to indispensable changes in regulations at  municipal, local government and state level. Our work is supported by the Culture Department of the City of Warsaw and a European association specialising in climate change and developing innovative projects (Climate-KIC). It is through combining these forces that we see an enormous opportunity in delivering real systemic changes to the model of the culture sector’s operations.