![]() ![]() The poems unpack varied experiences of climate change through the poets’ narratives of how the changing climate is affecting/altering our experiences of love, companionship, desire, nostalgia, and other emotions in today’s world. The campaign brought together India’s seven leading performance poets to pen down experiences of love in contemporary times-the era of climate change. The team decided to run the initiative for seven weeks. One of our colleagues came up with the title of ‘Love In The Times of Climate Change,’ inspired by Marquez’s poems, and our journey began. We discussed several poems that have been written keeping in mind several social issues, such as Love in the Time of Cholera by Spanish Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez. Singh continued to discuss several ideas to lay out the research paper in an artistic manner and leverage the platform of performance poetry in order to connect with the young generation. In his poem, he beautifully conveys how “the earth is our home, and we all have a responsibility to look after it. Following this, the team connected with Simar Singh, the founder of UnErase Poetry, who went on to create a poem out of the research paper’s executive summary known as ‘Portrait of a Silver Lining’.Ī scientific report with an artist’s impression of what it means-that is what ‘Portrait of a Silver Lining’ is. In search of popular art mediums, performance poetry emerged as one of the most trending forms of communication that the youth were engaging with. And from there, our team’s task was to find the ways in which we can supplement and complement reached messages in a way that is reachable not only to policymakers but to the general public. But we were struggling to figure out how to get the science out there in a way that was the opposite of a PDF report. We had co-authored this 168-page report that talked about ‘unlocking a better future’ and we wanted to put it out for the world to know about what the report had. The entire world was together for the conference in Stockholm last year. Sen said it all started with a 168-page scientific report that the think tank had prepared last year in June as an independent scientific report for the UN international meeting, ‘Stockholm+50: A Healthy Planet For The Prosperity Of All-Our Responsibility, Our Opportunity’. To learn about how the initiative came into being, the NDTV-Banega Swasth India team spoke to Alina Sen, Senior Communications Specialist and Archivist at CEEW. The campaign offers a fresh approach to sustainability literature by exploring the theme of ‘love’ while acknowledging climate change as an accepted reality. Love in the Times of Climate Change is an ensemble of spoken-word poems on climate change in Hindi and English by seven leading Indian performance poets. The intent was to engage youngsters in climate change discussions through the power of poetry. With this unique campaign, CEEW’s aim was to reach out to youth between the ages of 18 to 25 years, and sensitise them about climate change. It was a programme containing seven poems written and recited by seven poets in the span of seven weeks. The duo came up with an initiative called, ‘ Love in the Times of Climate Change‘. ![]() ![]() The think tank put their idea into action by collaborating with UnErase poetry, a community based in Mumbai that produces spoken word poetry. Poems have been a reflection of the times they belong to and yet hold relevance for generations that follow.ĭrawing on the power of poems, the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW), one of India’s leading not-for-profit policy research institutions based out of Delhi, came up with the idea of using poetry as a medium to raise awareness about climate change and sustainability. From fighting for civil, political, socio-economic rights to raising awareness among masses and mobilising them for a common cause, poetry has been more than just an art form. New Delhi: Be it to express feelings of joy, solitude, love or revolt, poetry has been an integral part of human life and history. ![]()
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