PP Green is our newest pillar that focuses on how art can help bring about environmental & social sustainability. Throughout history, art has been a catalyst for social change, yet, its potential in the context of sustainability remains unexploited. Efforts in this direction remain fragmented and isolated and the Cultural and Creative Sector (CCS) is still not treated as a relevant stakeholder by the EU’s sustainability policies. To change the value proposition of CCS, we are building a network of environmentally-engaged artists, we equip them with innovative knowledge and tools to tackle climate change and we facilitate collaborations among policy-makers and the creative and environmental sectors.
In my opinion, art should not exist for its own sake, it should be a tool that works towards an end goal. Such a goal could be the fight against climate change. What I enjoy the most about my work is that at PP Green, we strive to bring these two fields closer together while offering a platform to the artists and experts involved in our projects and helping our environment and the communities involved. In my projects, I try to build on the experiences I have gained in my personal life and in my artistic adventures, so a do-it-yourself attitude and a community-centered, participatory approach are particularly important to me.
Pro Progressione’s Green Pillar emphasizes the integration of artistic practices with the more-than-human environment. We lead and collaborate on various projects, focusing on sustainability and connecting artists with critical environmental issues. Recognizing the need for a comprehensive approach and consistent methodology for sustainable creative practices, we initiated the development of our Eco-Metrics methodology in spring 2024, set for publication soon.
Climate change is long-term and one of the major challenges to modern society. The current and future developments in terms of mitigation and adaptation to climate change impose the question of a comprehensive transformation of the whole society, including necessary changes in the fields of culture and art. The RE-IMAGINE project is one of the pioneering European cooperation projects in this field, focusing on the green transformation of the performing arts sector, especially in the context of the less developed EU countries.
Project full name: Beautiful, sustainable, together: validation of the New European Bauhaus approach for the reimagination of public buildings as boosting projects for the transformation of their neighbourhoods
Project number: Project 101113886 — LIFE22-ENV-ES-LIFEBauhausingEurope
GREEN E.Th.I.Cs – Green Experience through Theatre Inspiring Communities is a European social and community theatre project developed by 18 partners in 12 countries. It implements cultural initiatives of civic engagement to create climate change awareness and foster citizens’ critical thinking and proactivity with respect to the European Green Deal, through performing arts. It adopts playfulness to make climate activism more engaging, via board games, online games and theatre.
With our flagship project, The Big Green, we are bringing environmentally-engaged artists under one large-scale umbrella initiative and experiment with innovative ways of using art to promote sustainability.
The international cooperation future.repair.machine investigates the concept of repair as a sustainable and innovative tool in the cultural and social environments of five European cities: Graz, Eindhoven, Budapest, Berlin and Munich.
