If you answer yes to these questions and want to know more, email [email protected].

This fully funded art and environment project for young people 16-23 will give you the opportunity to get your voice heard about environmental issues.

Through workshops and field trips with artists and scientists, you will look at creative solutions to climate change problems facing young people today, have fun and meet new friends too!

Join the Youth Eco Project social evening for pizza and collage workshop

A social evening will be held on the 19th July from 4pm at the Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre for any young people who are interested in the project.

There will be pizza and a climate change collage workshop and a chance to let tus know what you actually think of climate change.

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Essex Book Festival is hosting its 2nd Manifesto for Essex Youth Summit as part of EASUSTAIN: a new festival focusing on the Environment, Culture & Entrepreneurship, which is taking place at Firstite Gallery in Colchester, 14th & 15th January 2023.

EASUSTAIN’s mission is to increase knowledge and awareness of environmental issues via a series of talks and performances by leading environmentalists and environmental artists. It has a formidable line-up of speakers. These include Tony Juniper, Chair of Natural England; Costa Book Award Winner & Naturalist Helen MacDonald; Charles Clover, Writer & Director & Founder, Blue Marine Foundation; Veronika Sekules, Director of GroundWork Gallery specialising in contemporary art and environment; Lord Deben, Member House of Lords & Chairman of the UK’s independent Committee on Climate Change.

We are hugely excited to be part of this event. We are even more excited to invite young people living across Essex who are passionate about culture and the environment to help shape our 2nd Manifesto for Essex Youth Summit, which in turn will feed into next year’s Essex Book Festival programme of activities.

If you are interested in being involved or want to know more, please join our Hear My Voice zoom event at 6pm on Wednesday 16th November. Go to our eventbrite page to reserve your place on the zoom.

You may have an idea for a long table discussion about rising waters and flooding involving other festival speakers, an idea for a workshop based around re-wilding local habitats. You might like to take part in a panel discussion, stage a performance, or make a podcast/film of the day. This is your chance to lead the debate. For more information, email Ros [email protected]

We can’t wait to meet you and hear your ideas

#HearMyVoiceEssex

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Partnering with exciting arts and cultural organisations, the ‘Summer of Culture’ programme will be delivered through a broad series of events, talks and activities taking place throughout the county.

Celebrate our environment and reconnect with the world around you through the Summer of Culture.

Working with partner organisations – such as Essex Cultural Diversity Project, Mercury Theatre, Essex Book Festival, children’s theatre production, What! A Load of Rubbish and Mersea Island based artist duo, Landscape Imaginary – the Summer of Culture 2022 aims to promote the projects and events produced by the county’s creative sector.

Find out more at explore-essex.com

Browse the Summer of Culture programme

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