Culture for Climate is a grassroots initiative aimed at greening the cultural sector. The collective was created in 2020 by employees of cultural institutions, NGOs, local authorities, and independent artists and curators.
Culture for Climate promotes 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.
Culture for Climate is a collective 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, dialogue and mutual reinforcement. At the same time, as a grassroots self-generated 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 the Warsaw Observatory of Culture. The creation of the website was made possible thanks to the assistance of EIT Climate-KIC – a European association developing innovative projects for climate, as well as the Nowy Teatr theatre in Warsaw. It is through combining grassroots and structural, local and international forces that we see an enormous opportunity to deepen real, systemic changes in the model of how culture works.
The Culture for Climate team conducts workshops and training sessions, participates in seminars and discussions, and develops cultural and artistic initiatives addressing the climate crisis. Thanks to numerous meetings and exchanges with cultural and artistic practitioners, we have insight into the directions of pro-environmental change, knowledge of proven and inspiring practices, as well as awareness of the numerous dilemmas faced by individual organisations.
We invite you to use the Culture for Climate guide and to get in touch with us: kulturadlaklimatu@protonmail.com
Cultural anthropologist, Polish philologist, museum professional and curator of contemporary art. She heads the Museum Practices Lab at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews – a unit dealing with the development of cooperation between the museum and contemporary artists as well as interdisciplinary initiatives combining contemporary art, research, and activism. A member of the Climate Collective, which produced a climate manifesto in cooperation with the We Are Museums organisation in 2019. A co-founder of the Museums for Climate group and Culture for Climate collective, initiator of the green team at the POLIN Museum.
Cultural studies specialist, curator of contemporary art, facilitator, author of texts and artistic and social events. Between 2009 and 2015, she created the programme of Municipal Gallery Arsenał in Poznań. Since 2015 she has been a curator of exhibitions and social projects at the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw and since April 2025 she has been a Deputy Director responsible for development. She carries out long-term interdisciplinary projects, mainly at the intersection of contemporary art, social and environmental activism. A co-founder of the Culture for Climate collective.
An art historian by education (Jagiellonian University). Graduate of Postgraduate Curatorial Studies at the Jagiellonian University. She has collaborated with many international cultural institutions, including DAAD and Hamburger Bahnhof. Author of several books and over a hundred articles on culture. Between 2010 and 2019, she worked at the Museum of Art in Łódź. She was one of the protagonists of ‘Women for Climate’ (2020), a project by the Institute of Public Affairs and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. She also works as a facilitator, trainer, coach and mediator.
A culture manager, producer and programmer with many years of experience in producing and organising cultural events in Poland and abroad. She has worked on numerous performances, exhibitions and interdisciplinary projects.
Committed to promoting eco-friendly practices and responsible attitudes towards the climate crisis, particularly in the field of performing arts. A co-founder of the Culture for Climate collective.
Between 2009 and 2021 she served as deputy director of Nowy Teatr in Warsaw and between 2022 and 2023 she was co-director of the Theatertreffen festival in Berlin. Since 2024, she has been a freelancer. A beneficiary of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (KPO) which allowed her to participate in courses and workshops on sustainable development.
Ewa Chomicka, Anna Czaban, Aleksandra Jach, Aleksandra Janus, Iza Kaszyńska, Magdalena Klepczarek, Magdalena Komornicka, Joanna Nuckowska, Maria Wilska
Graphic design: Zofka Kofta
UX design: Patrycja Żołędowska
Website programming: Katarzyna Werner
Website content publishing: Maria Dutkiewicz
Content consultation: Agata Szczotka-Sarna, Joanna Murzyn, Bureau for Air Quality Protection and Climate Policy of the City of Warsaw
Translation: Magda Konopka
Editing of Polish texts: Anna Lewandowska
Proofreading of Polish texts: Malwina Łozińska
Editing and proofreading of English texts: Magda Konopka, Stephen Russell
Marbling: Zuzanna Kofta, Earth, marbling on paper, 2021
The website was created with support from the Culture Department of the City of Warsaw and EIT Climate-KIC. Website maintenance and updating with the support of the Culture Department of the City of Warsaw, Nowy Teatr and the Warsaw Observatory of Culture.
Climate Community Lab is an initiative of the EU organisation EIT Climate-KIC, which aims to build community and support activities addressing climate challenges in Central and Eastern Europe. It seeks to strengthen the potential for cross-sector cooperation and strives for systemic change in the region. It brings together climate innovators and creates a European community dedicated to local challenges. It offers tools, knowledge and a wide network supporting systemic solutions to local challenges and tests various possibilities for accelerating adaptation and strengthening resilience to climate change, acting for the benefit of the region’s inhabitants.
Participation in courses and training programmes to improve skills in the field of sustainable development, with a particular focus on digital ecology, thanks to ‘KPO for Culture’ scholarship support. The National Recovery and Resilience Plan (KPO) is a programme supporting the activities of entities in the cultural sector and creative industries in order to stimulate their development. The aim of the programme is to strengthen the cultural and creative sector by financing projects that promote cultural and ecological achievements.
