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SEPTEMBER 15
FRIDAY
ALL DAY
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
DREAM DOME EXPERIENCE
MENTORING TENT
SOLARPUNK GARDEN
INDIGENOUS DEEP
KNOWLEDGE CIRCLE
FUTURING
(ART FOR BUILDING NEW WORLDS)
ECOEXPO
SUSTAINABLE SOUNDS
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
IE Free Bookstore Pop-Up
Our friends from Earth Sessions and Intersectional Environmentalist will be hosting a pop-up free book giveaway at the Book Bartending station inside the Mentoring Tent! Come discover the collection of books on climate action, radical imagination, and environmental education and turn your ideas into actions.
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Follow Intersectional Environmentalist
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Mentoring Tent and Zoom
Armchair Talk: Spirituality, Stewardship and Policy
How can listening to the natural world, and to wisdom from spiritual traditions, provide paths forward in confronting the climate and biodiversity crisis? Two powerful voices in the advocacy space Roberto Múkaro Borrero, chief of the Guainía Taíno Tribe, president of the United Confederation of Taíno People, and Rev. Serene Jones, President of Union Theological will discuss climate, faith practices, and traditional ecological knowledge in a probing discussion moderated by Visions2030 founder Carey Lovelace. Borrero is strategic advisor for the Center for Earth Ethics, which is housed at Union Theological in New York City.
Presented in partnership with the Center for Earth Ethics and Union Theological Seminary.
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
LIVE MUSIC: FreiStyle (FreeStyle) Solar Performances
Enjoy freestyle acoustic performances every afternoon in the SolarPunk Garden. These musical events are led by Latinx with Plants, a Boyle Heights art project and plant store that cultivates community through plantitas, and Drip Dome, an exciting set design destination. Hosted by Pedro Hernandez and John Threat.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
EcoExpo
EcoExpo Tours
Are you curious to see what the LA green economy is doing for a sustainable future? Visit the DIY-designed EcoExpo and hear from a range of entrepreneurs, innovators, community builders, and organizers.
The EcoExpo is co-curated by artist Leslie Labowitz Starus and Marie Vigneau for Visions2030.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
DIALOGUE: UnSchool: Long Form Ecological Art Practice meets Hacktivism
Let’s talk ecology, disruption, and creativity! Join LA-based environmental artist and activist Lauren Bon and solarpunk futurist John Threat in a conversation about how these ideas come together to make real change in the world.
Follow Metabolic Studio
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
Armchair Talk: Pillars of Intersectional Environmentalism + Radical Imagination
Countering the catastrophic storytelling surrounding the climate conversations, how can we amplify environmentalism with joy, imagination, and optimism? Meet Intersectional Environmentalist co-founders Leah Thomas and Kiana Kazemi and explore how empowering eco-communication and democratizing access to resources can expand new environmental possibilities.
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Follow Kiana Kazemi
Follow Earth Sessions
Follow Intersectional Environmentalist
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: FreeStyle Sound Bath
Relax and allow healing sound waves to wash over you. Join Jennifer Bloom of Bloom Holistic Healing for a multi-sensory experience of sound and creative expression. Bloom uses various high-vibrational instruments, movement activities, and art to help expand vision and eco-consciousness.
Follow Bloom Holistic Healing
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Site of Dispositivo III
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: “Letters to the Future” with Michele Lorusso
Write a letter to your future self in a time-capsule letter-writing exercise led by Mexico-born artist Michele Lorusso. This creative writing activity will take place at the Dispositivo III site. Presented in conjunction with Futuring, an exhibition curated by Vera Petukhova.
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Near Lumisphere (by the tennis courts)
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: Goat Yoga Meet and Bleat
Commune with gentle goats while engaging in fun, light-hearted yoga poses for Ghoato-Ops! These adorable goats from Hello Critter will open your heart, deepen your stretch, and strengthen your core as they nimbly jump on, rebound off, trot around, and crawl under you. Bring your love for animals and sense of humor!
Follow Hello Critter
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
UnSchool: Freedom Eco Dreams with Dr. Shamell Bell
Dancer/choreographer, mother, community organizer, and documentary filmmaker, the inspiring Dr. Shamell Bell, PhD, currently a visiting Teacher Scholar in Residence at the Berea College at the bell hooks center and full-time faculty at Harvard University in theater dance and media, will envision ways to dream of our Earth being healed and our basic needs being met, drawing inspiration from philosophies discussed in Robin Kelley's Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination and bell hooks' All About Love, — translating them into actionable steps.
Follow Dr. Shamell Bell
6:30 PM - 7:15 PM
Sustainable Sounds
LIVE MUSIC: Lioness-Sia
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
LIVE MUSIC: FreeStyle Lunar Opening Party
When the moon rises in the early evening, get ready to shake things up in the SolarPunk Garden powered by Latinx with Plants and Drip Dome. Join KCRW’s DJ Novena Carmel for electric sets and musical acts by local artists, along with Mocktails by Chicas on the Rocks. Hosted by Pedro Hernandez and John Threat.
Follow Novena Carmel
Follow Matt LeVeque
Follow Chicas on the Rocks
SEPTEMBER 16
SATURDAY
ALL DAY
11:00AM - 4:00PM
3:00PM - 10:00PM
DREAM DOME EXPERIENCE
MENTORING TENT
SOLARPUNK GARDEN
INDIGENOUS DEEP
KNOWLEDGE CIRCLE
FUTURING
(ART FOR BUILDING NEW WORLDS)
ECOEXPO
SUSTAINABLE SOUNDS
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Futuring Screening Room (D300)
SCREENING: The Scale of Hope
This important 2022 film about climate change was produced by Patagonia. It features Molly Kawahata, former climate advisor to the Obama White House. It’s a story about struggle, hope, and what it will take to solve the greatest issue of our time.
Follow Molly Kawahata
Follow Patagonia
11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
EcoExpo
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: Seed Bombs with Metabolic Studio
Unlock your inner gardener. Stop by Metabolic Studio’s booth at the EcoExpo and make a “seed bomb” with clay, compost, and seeds from native plants. These small earth balls allow for sowing seeds in an unconventional way, especially in areas where tilling the soil is not feasible. The clay and compost protect the seeds from being eaten by birds and insects while providing them with the nutrients and conditions they need to grow.
Follow Metabolic Studio
11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Family Activities Area
FAMILY: Utopia Dream Zine
Come make a utopian dream zine using recycled paper and materials. Carolina Ibarra Mendoza, Chelo Montoya, and Paola Gil of Crop Collective will help you take vision boarding to the next level with basic materials.
Follow Carolina Ibarra Mendoza
Follow Chelo Montoya
Follow Paola Gil
Follow Crop Collective
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: FreeStyle Sound Bath
Relax and allow healing sound waves to wash over you. Join Jennifer Bloom of Bloom Holistic Healing for a multi-sensory experience of sound and creative expression. Bloom uses various high-vibrational instruments, movement activities, and art to help expand vision and eco-consciousness.
Follow Bloom Holistic Healing
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
ARMCHAIR TALK: Changing the Climate Narrative with Molly Kawahata
A former climate advisor to the Obama White House, Molly Kawahata will talk about the potential to transform the climate through storytelling and action. Explore how hope influences our mental health. Molly is the subject of a 2022 documentary film by Patagonia, The Scale of Hope.
Follow Molly Kawahata
Follow Patagonia
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Futuring Screening Room (D300)
Screening: The AlloSphere, The Intersection of Arts and Science: Exploring Complex Systems through the Senses
The AlloSphere is a three-story metal sphere in an echo-free chamber, used to project dazzling computer-generated imagery and sounds. As an interactive multi-user instrument, it allows scientists, artists, and other researchers to be immersed in information that traverses scale, from the atomic to the galactic–a conversation of quantum consciousness. In the world of climate, it allows the visualization of complex data, making new understanding and discoveries possible.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
Workshop: Good Energy's Climate Lens
One key in creating momentum in the climate conversation is the “stories” we tell about it. Join screenwriter and playwright Rae Binstock and transdisciplinary artist and Fulbright Scholar Jes Vesconte in Good Energy's Climate Lens Workshops, which allow writers (and everyone else!) to start seeing any modern story through a Climate Lens. In a one-hour workshop, you can investigate how climate impacts characters’ emotions and actions, and review case studies of existing climate appearances in TV and film. You'll also get to practice applying the Climate Lens, ranging from modeling solutions, to brief mentions, to climate-driven characters and plots, exploring the rich array of human emotions (beyond despair!) that climate change can evoke. These workshops will be held twice daily on weekends.
Follow Good Energy Story
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
EcoExpo
TOUR: EcoExpo Overview
Are you curious to see what the green economy is doing for a sustainable future? Visit the DIY-designed EcoExpo, and hear from a range of entrepreneurs, innovators, community builders, and organizers.
Located on the bridge leading into CalArts, exhibitors including the AlloSphere, AltaSea, Banter & Barter by Calarts students, Centro CSO, Compton Community Garden, Metabolic Studio, Los Angeles Ecovillage, Los Angeles Urban Farms, Plant Chica, Rag Reserve, and Woodlake Botanical Garden. The EcoExpo is co-curated by artist Leslie Labowitz Starus and Marie Vigneau from Visions2030.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
LIVE MUSIC: FreiStyle (FreeStyle) Solar Performances
Enjoy freestyle acoustic performances every afternoon in the SolarPunk Garden. These musical events are led by Latinx with Plants, a Boyle Heights art project and plant store that cultivates community through plantitas, and Drip Dome, an exciting set design destination. Hosted by Pedro Hernandez and John Threat.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Indigenous Deep Knowledge Circle
FAMILY: Indigenous Storytelling and Cultural Knowledge Sessions
Sit with culture-bearers Dennis and Ted Garcia (Fernandeño Tataviam/Chumash) and learn about traditional lifeways through song and storytelling.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Site of Dispositivo III
FAMILY: Musical Chairs with Michele Lorusso
Participate in a game of musical chairs at the site of Dispositivo III by Mexico-born artist Michele Lorusso. There is a modular table structure that opens into the shape of a yin-yang, creating an ideal site for play and deep reflection. Join us as we rock out to a selection of tunes or start your own game anytime at the site. All ages are welcome! Presented in conjunction with Futuring, an exhibition curated by Vera Petukhova.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
ARMCHAIR TALK: How to Take Action on the Climate
Receive a planetary update including what is happening in the south and north poles, then learn about how you can take local and legislative action. Presented by Andrew Ellis, Legislative Committee Chair of the Los Angeles Chapter of Climate Reality Project.
Follow Climate Reality Los Angeles
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
Workshop: Good Energy's Climate Lens
One key in creating momentum in the climate conversation is the “stories” we tell about it. Join screenwriter and playwright Rae Binstock and transdisciplinary artist and Fulbright Scholar Jes Vesconte in Good Energy's Climate Lens Workshops, which allow writers (and everyone else!) to start seeing any modern story through a Climate Lens. In a one-hour workshop, you can investigate how climate impacts characters’ emotions and actions, and review case studies of existing climate appearances in TV and film. You'll also get to practice applying the Climate Lens, ranging from modeling solutions, to brief mentions, to climate-driven characters and plots, exploring the rich array of human emotions (beyond despair!) that climate change can evoke. These workshops will be held twice daily on weekends.
Follow Good Energy Story
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: FreeStyle Sound Bath
Relax and allow healing sound waves to wash over you. Join Jennifer Bloom of Bloom Holistic Healing for a multi-sensory experience of sound and creative expression. Bloom uses various high-vibrational instruments, movement activities, and art to help expand vision and eco-consciousness.
Follow Bloom Holistic Healing
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sustainable Sounds
Earth Moves with Dr. Shamell Bell
This Earth Moves workshop will begin with intention setting and making connections with the earth and each other. A chance to dance and co-create choreography inspired by the earth, acknowledging our impact on climate change through movement with community organizer and dancer/choreographer Dr. Shamell Bell. Participants of all dance abilities are welcome.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Site of Dispositivo III
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: “Letters to the Future” with Michele Lorusso
Write a letter to your future self in a time-capsule letter-writing exercise led by Mexico-born artist Michele Lorusso. This creative writing activity will take place at the Dispositivo III site. Presented in conjunction with Futuring, an exhibition curated by Vera Petukhova.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
UnSchool: Resistance and Environmental Revolution with Zapantera Negra
How can art be a vehicle for non-violent resistance – and at the same time convey a message of self-determination and empowerment? Zapatanera Negra highlights the collective works of artists under the leadership of Emory Douglas, co-founder and former minister of culture for the Black Panthers, along with Zapatista Communities in Chiapas Mexico. Join Caleb Duarte, co-founder of Zapantera Negra, exploring questions of the role of revolutionary art for disenfranchised and climate-impacted communities.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
Armchair Talk: How to Protect People and Planet with Tania Roa
Hear from Tania Roa, wildlife and environmental advocate, who is co-founder and co-host of the podcast Closing the Gap. Tania's work emphasizes interconnections between climate and biodiversity. She highlights how they relate to exploitation, especially of underserved communities, as well as animals. In promoting solutions to today’s ecological and social crises, Tania demonstrates the need to include all voices.
Follow Tania Roa
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Near Lumisphere (by the tennis courts)
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: Goat Yoga Meet and Bleat
Commune with gentle goats while engaging in fun, light-hearted yoga poses for Ghoato-Ops! These adorable goats from Hello Critter will open your heart, deepen your stretch, and strengthen your core as they nimbly jump on, rebound off, trot around, and crawl under you. Bring your love for animals and sense of humor!
Follow Hello Critter
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
FreiStyle (FreeStyle) Lunar Party
When the moon rises in the early evening, get ready to dance and play in the SolarPunk Garden powered by Latinx with Plants and Drip Dome. Experience a variety of electrifying musical acts and performances. Hosted by Pedro Hernandez and John Threat.
Follow Latinx with Plants
Follow Drip Dome
5:10 PM - 5:55 PM
Sustainable Sounds
LIVE MUSIC: Pride Month Barbie
6:10 PM - 6:45 PM
Sustainable Sounds
LIVE MUSIC: untitled (halo)
7:00 PM - 7:45 PM
Sustainable Sounds
LIVE MUSIC: Beli
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Sustainable Sounds
LIVE MUSIC: Kaili
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Sustainable Sounds
LIVE MUSIC: Gbenga
SEPTEMBER 17
SUNDAY
ALL DAY
11:00AM - 4:00PM
3:00PM - 7:00PM
DREAM DOME EXPERIENCE
MENTORING TENT
SOLARPUNK GARDEN
INDIGENOUS DEEP
KNOWLEDGE CIRCLE
FUTURING
(ART FOR BUILDING NEW WORLDS)
ECOEXPO
SUSTAINABLE SOUNDS
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Futuring Screening Room (D300)
SCREENING: The Scale of Hope
This important 2022 film about climate change was produced by Patagonia. It features Molly Kawahata, former climate advisor to the Obama White House. It’s a story about struggle, hope, and what it will take to solve the greatest issue of our time.
Follow Molly Kawahata
Follow Patagonia
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
EcoExpo
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: Seed Bombs with Metabolic Studio
Unlock your inner gardener. Stop by Metabolic Studio’s booth at the EcoExpo and make a “seed bomb” with clay, compost, and seeds from native plants. These small earth balls allow for sowing seeds in an unconventional way, especially in areas where tilling the soil is not feasible. The clay and compost protect the seeds from being eaten by birds and insects while providing them with the nutrients and conditions they need to grow.
Follow Metabolic Studio
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Family Activities Area
FAMILY: Utopia Dream Zine
Come make a utopian dream zine using recycled paper and materials. Carolina Ibarra Mendoza, Chelo Montoya, and Paola Gil of Crop Collective will help you take vision boarding to the next level with basic materials.
FollowCarolina Ibarra Mendoza
Follow Chelo Montoya
Follow Paola Gil
Follow Crop Collective
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
ARMCHAIR TALK: Changing the Climate Narrative with Molly Kawahata
A former climate advisor to the Obama White House, Molly Kawahata will talk about the potential to transform the climate through storytelling and action. Explore how hope influences our mental health. Molly is the subject of a 2022 documentary film by Patagonia, The Scale of Hope.
Follow Molly Kawahata
Follow Patagonia
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: FreeStyle Sound Bath
Relax and allow healing sound waves to wash over you. Join Jennifer Bloom of Bloom Holistic Healing for a multi-sensory experience of sound and creative expression. Bloom uses various high-vibrational instruments, movement activities, and art to help expand vision and eco-consciousness.
Follow Bloom Holistic Healing
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Futuring Screening Room (D300)
Screening: The AlloSphere, The Intersection of Arts and Science: Exploring Complex Systems through the Senses
The AlloSphere is a three-story metal sphere in an echo-free chamber, used to project dazzling computer-generated imagery and sounds. As an interactive multi-user instrument, it allows scientists, artists, and other researchers to be immersed in information that traverses scale, from the atomic to the galactic–a conversation of quantum consciousness. In the world of climate, it allows the visualization of complex data, making new understanding and discoveries possible.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
Workshop: Good Energy's Climate Lens
One key in creating momentum in the climate conversation is the “stories” we tell about it. Join screenwriter and playwright Rae Binstock and transdisciplinary artist and Fulbright Scholar Jes Vesconte in Good Energy's Climate Lens Workshops, which allow writers (and everyone else!) to start seeing any modern story through a Climate Lens. In a one-hour workshop, you can investigate how climate impacts characters’ emotions and actions, and review case studies of existing climate appearances in TV and film. You'll also get to practice applying the Climate Lens, ranging from modeling solutions, to brief mentions, to climate-driven characters and plots, exploring the rich array of human emotions (beyond despair!) that climate change can evoke. These workshops will be held twice daily on weekends.
Follow Good Energy Story
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
EcoExpo
TOUR: EcoExpo Overview
Are you curious to see what the green economy is doing for a sustainable future? Visit the DIY-designed EcoExpo, and hear from a range of entrepreneurs, innovators, community builders, and organizers.
Located on the bridge leading into CalArts, exhibitors including the AlloSphere, AltaSea, Banter & Barter by Calarts students, Centro CSO, Compton Community Garden, Metabolic Studio, Los Angeles Ecovillage, Los Angeles Urban Farms, Plant Chica, Rag Reserve, and Woodlake Botanical Garden. The EcoExpo is co-curated by artist Leslie Labowitz Starus and Marie Vigneau from Visions2030.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
LIVE MUSIC: FreiStyle (FreeStyle) Solar Performances
Enjoy freestyle acoustic performances every afternoon in the SolarPunk Garden. These musical events are led by Latinx with Plants, a Boyle Heights art project and plant store that cultivates community through plantitas, and Drip Dome, an exciting set design destination. Hosted by Pedro Hernandez and John Threat.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Site of Dispositivo III
FAMILY: Musical Chairs with Michele Lorusso
Participate in a game of musical chairs at the site of Dispositivo III by Mexico-born artist Michele Lorusso. There is a modular table structure that opens into the shape of a yin-yang, creating an ideal site for play and deep reflection. Join us as we rock out to a selection of tunes or start your own game anytime at the site. All ages are welcome! Presented in conjunction with Futuring, an exhibition curated by Vera Petukhova.
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Sustainable Sounds
LIVE MUSIC: sille
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
Workshop: Good Energy's Climate Lens
One key in creating momentum in the climate conversation is the “stories” we tell about it. Join screenwriter and playwright Rae Binstock and transdisciplinary artist and Fulbright Scholar Jes Vesconte in Good Energy's Climate Lens Workshops, which allow writers (and everyone else!) to start seeing any modern story through a Climate Lens. In a one-hour workshop, you can investigate how climate impacts characters’ emotions and actions, and review case studies of existing climate appearances in TV and film. You'll also get to practice applying the Climate Lens, ranging from modeling solutions, to brief mentions, to climate-driven characters and plots, exploring the rich array of human emotions (beyond despair!) that climate change can evoke. These workshops will be held twice daily on weekends.
Follow Good Energy Story
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: FreeStyle Sound Bath
Relax and allow healing sound waves to wash over you. Join Jennifer Bloom of Bloom Holistic Healing for a multi-sensory experience of sound and creative expression. Bloom uses various high-vibrational instruments, movement activities, and art to help expand vision and eco-consciousness.
Follow Bloom Holistic Healing
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Site of Dispositivo III
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: “Letters to the Future” with Michele Lorusso
Write a letter to your future self in a time-capsule letter-writing exercise led by Mexico-born artist Michele Lorusso. This creative writing activity will take place at the Dispositivo III site. Presented in conjunction with Futuring, an exhibition curated by Vera Petukhova.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Near Lumisphire (by the tennis courts)
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: Goat Yoga Meet and Bleat
Commune with gentle goats while engaging in fun, light-hearted yoga poses for Ghoato-Ops! These adorable goats from Hello Critter will open your heart, deepen your stretch, and strengthen your core as they nimbly jump on, rebound off, trot around, and crawl under you. Bring your love for animals and sense of humor!
Follow Hello Critter
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Sustainable Sounds
LIVE MUSIC: Greg Spero and the Tiny Room Band
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Follow Tiny Room Studios
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
FreiStyle (FreeStyle) Lunar Party
When the moon rises in the early evening, get ready to dance and play in the SolarPunk Garden powered by Latinx with Plants and Drip Dome. Experience a variety of electrifying musical acts and performances. Hosted by Pedro Hernandez and John Threat.
Follow Latinx with Plants
Follow Drip Dome
SEPTEMBER 18
MONDAY
ALL DAY
DREAM DOME EXPERIENCE
MENTORING TENT
SOLARPUNK GARDEN
INDIGENOUS DEEP
KNOWLEDGE CIRCLE
FUTURING
(ART FOR BUILDING NEW WORLDS)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
ARMCHAIR TALK: On Abolition and Healing with Crenshaw Dairy Mart
Join Crenshaw Dairy Mart's Executive Director Ashley Blakeney and Co-Founder noé olivas in conversation about their abolitionist pod. Learn about their process of building spaces of respite and sustainability toward healing and food justice.
Follow Crenshaw Dairy Mart
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
LIVE MUSIC: FreiStyle (FreeStyle) Solar Performances
Enjoy freestyle acoustic performances every afternoon in the SolarPunk Garden. These musical events are led by Latinx with Plants, a Boyle Heights art project and plant store that cultivates community through plantitas, and Drip Dome, an exciting set design destination. Hosted by Pedro Hernandez and John Threat.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Indigenous Deep Knowledge Circle
FAMILY: Indigenous Storytelling and Cultural Knowledge Sessions
Sit with culture-bearers Dennis and Ted Garcia (Fernandeño Tataviam/Chumash) and learn about traditional lifeways through song and storytelling.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Site of Dispositivo III
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: “Letters to the Future” with Michele Lorusso
Write a letter to your future self in a time-capsule letter-writing exercise led by Mexico-born artist Michele Lorusso. This creative writing activity will take place at the Dispositivo III site. Presented in conjunction with Futuring, an exhibition curated by Vera Petukhova.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
FreiStyle (FreeStyle) Lunar Party
When the moon rises in the early evening, get ready to dance and play in the SolarPunk Garden powered by Latinx with Plants and Drip Dome. Experience a variety of electrifying musical acts and performances. Hosted by Pedro Hernandez and John Threat.
Follow Latinx with Plants
Follow Drip Dome
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
North East corner of the CalArts campus across from the Broad Studios
PERFORMANCE: Other Frequencies
Join musician Benjamin Cortez in collaboration with Phillip Byrne, Beatriz Cortez and Tatianna Guerrero for a sound performance that incorporates sound frequencies and conversations outside the realm of human subjectivity. It will feel like a once in a lifetime experience of signals originating from Earth and other dimensions. Other Frequencies is a collaboration between Phillip Byrne, Beatriz Cortez, and Tatiana Guerrero with a live performance by Benjamin Cortez.
Follow Beatriz Cortez
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SEPTEMBER 19
TUESDAY
ALL DAY
DREAM DOME EXPERIENCE
MENTORING TENT
SOLARPUNK GARDEN
INDIGENOUS DEEP
KNOWLEDGE CIRCLE
FUTURING
(ART FOR BUILDING NEW WORLDS)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
Armchair Talk: Communicating About Climate Change
Are our current modes of discussing climate effective How can we better motivate action? Allison Agsten, Director, Center for Climate Journalism and Communication and Curator, Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Southern California will discuss strategies and examine what works, what doesn’t, and how to do it.
Follow USC Annenberg Center for Climate Journalism and Communication
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
LIVE MUSIC: FreiStyle (FreeStyle) Solar Performances
Enjoy freestyle acoustic performances every afternoon in the SolarPunk Garden. These musical events are led by Latinx with Plants, a Boyle Heights art project and plant store that cultivates community through plantitas, and Drip Dome, an exciting set design destination. Hosted by Pedro Hernandez and John Threat.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
ARMCHAIR TALK: How to Take Action on the Climate
Receive a planetary update including what is happening in the south and north poles, then learn about how you can take local and legislative action. Presented by Andrew Ellis, Legislative Committee Chair of the Los Angeles Chapter of Climate Reality Project.
Follow Climate Reality Los Angeles
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Site of Dispositivo III
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: “Letters to the Future” with Michele Lorusso
Write a letter to your future self in a time-capsule letter-writing exercise led by Mexico-born artist Michele Lorusso. This creative writing activity will take place at the Dispositivo III site. Presented in conjunction with Futuring, an exhibition curated by Vera Petukhova.
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Zukunft Garten
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: Building a Seeded World with Cindy Bonaparte
Get your hands dirty and set your imagination free with community educator Cindy Bonaparte. She will lead you through gratitude exercises that set intentions for our beautiful planet.
Follow Cindy Bonaparte
SEPTEMBER 20
WEDNESDAY
ALL DAY
DREAM DOME EXPERIENCE
MENTORING TENT
SOLARPUNK GARDEN
INDIGENOUS DEEP
KNOWLEDGE CIRCLE
FUTURING
(ART FOR BUILDING NEW WORLDS)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Mentoring Tent and Zoom
Armchair Talk: Ethics, Spirituality — and Changing Futures Through Policy Making
Explore ways we can harness collective impact in an interdisciplinary discussion focusing on how advocacy policy-making — and changes in consciousness — can lead to real change. Speakers will include leading activist Karenna Gore, Founder & Executive Director of the Center for Earth Ethics, New York City, and Anthony Rendon, Speaker Emeritus of the California State Assembly and Chair of the Joint Committee for the Arts. Visions2030 founder Carey Lovelace will moderate.
Presented in partnership with the Center for Earth Ethics.
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Follow Anthony Rendon
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
LIVE MUSIC: FreiStyle (FreeStyle) Solar Performances
Enjoy freestyle acoustic performances every afternoon in the SolarPunk Garden. These musical events are led by Latinx with Plants, a Boyle Heights art project and plant store that cultivates community through plantitas, and Drip Dome, an exciting set design destination. Hosted by Pedro Hernandez and John Threat.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Indigenous Deep Knowledge Circle
FAMILY: Indigenous Storytelling and Cultural Knowledge Sessions
Sit with culture-bearers Dennis and Ted Garcia (Fernandeño Tataviam/Chumash) and learn about traditional lifeways through song and storytelling.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
Armchair Talk: Because the Earth Needs a Good Lawyer (and Good Storytellers)
From Earthjustice, the premier environmental law nonprofit, Linda Rogers and Lindsey Muzzio will outline career paths and pathways for action available at the intersection of environmental work and social justice. Learn how Earthjustice attorneys wield the power of law to protect health, preserve magnificent natural environments, advance clean energy, and combat climate change. Explore how communications professionals craft solutions-focused narratives that inspire action. Leave informed and empowered to use your skills to power progress.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
Transformative Earth Meditation with Gina Belafonte
This meditation session invites you to connect deeply with the healing energies of Mother Earth. Through mindfulness and visualization, you'll create a harmonious exchange of energy, rejuvenating both yourself and the Earth. Join Gina Belafonte artivist, listener and all around badass in this meaningful meditation, where you'll not only experience inner peace but also play an active role in nurturing and preserving the precious gift of Mother Earth. It's time to give back to the source of all life.
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
Armchair Talk: Transforming Politics with the Sierra Club
In this session you will learn how you can accelerate the transition to 100% clean energy by joining the Sierra Club's network of grassroots leaders. Founded in 1892, the Sierra Club is the most enduring and influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. They protect wild places, work for resilient water policy, support the transition to clean energy, and help you become more effective advocates. Presenters include Morgan Goodwin, Sr. Chapter Director of The Sierra Club Angeles Chapter, and Diane Trautman, political chair of the Santa Clarita Valley group, secretary for the Angeles Chapter, and a long-time Sierra Club leader.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Site of Dispositivo III
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: “Letters to the Future” with Michele Lorusso
Write a letter to your future self in a time-capsule letter-writing exercise led by Mexico-born artist Michele Lorusso. This creative writing activity will take place at the Dispositivo III site. Presented in conjunction with Futuring, an exhibition curated by Vera Petukhova.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
FreiStyle (FreeStyle) Lunar Party
When the moon rises in the early evening, get ready to dance and play in the SolarPunk Garden powered by Latinx with Plants and Drip Dome. Experience a variety of electrifying musical acts and performances. Hosted by Pedro Hernandez and John Threat.
Follow Latinx with Plants
Follow Drip Dome
SEPTEMBER 21
THURSDAY
ALL DAY
DREAM DOME EXPERIENCE
MENTORING TENT
SOLARPUNK GARDEN
INDIGENOUS DEEP
KNOWLEDGE CIRCLE
FUTURING
(ART FOR BUILDING NEW WORLDS)
11:00 PM - 12:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
UnSchooling: Afrofuturism & Afropresent-ism in the Garden with Def Sound
In this session, the un-class will consider Random Acts of Flyness and its fluid, stream-of-conscience approach to creativity. Join CalArts students to “unlearn” with some free-flowing discussion in the radical solarpunk Zukunft Garten with Afro-Caribbean multi-hyphenate CalArts faculty member Def Sound. Enrollment limited!
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
Armchair Talk: Circular Design, Creating with Intention
In circular design, designers consider all stages of a product's lifecycle. Be inspired by Armando Cañas, sustainable designer and fabricator, who will share principals of circular design and how to be mindful of waste and efficiency throughout the process of creation and consumption
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
LIVE MUSIC: FreiStyle (FreeStyle) Solar Performances
Enjoy freestyle acoustic performances every afternoon in the SolarPunk Garden. These musical events are led by Latinx with Plants, a Boyle Heights art project and plant store that cultivates community through plantitas, and Drip Dome, an exciting set design destination. Hosted by Pedro Hernandez and John Threat.
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
UnSchooling: “Flow and Tell” with Def Sound
Explore the ways in which Hip-Hop culture has become a powerful tool to probe and challenge the larger global consciousness. Join Cal Arts faculty Def Sound, Afro-Caribbean multi-hyphenate artist, for a remixed approach to teaching music. During this session participate in deep listening and music making — all in the radical solarpunk Zukunft Garten.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
ARMCHAIR TALK: Regenerative Strategies in a Degenerating World with Jenna Didier from LA River Public Art Project
How can we use our skills and talents to be ecosystem engineers? Designed for creative thinkers, this session, led by Jenna Didier, Executive Director of the LA River Public Art Project, will examine strategies artists use to improve the conditions between humans and nature.
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
UnSchooling: Live from the UN General Assembly on the International Day of Peace
Learn how to cultivate peace and pivot out of the war economy. This live-stream event will feature Jodie Evans, co-founder of CODEPINK, political activist, author, and documentary film producer, sharing real-time footage from the “Making Peace Visible” gathering in New York City.
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Follow Code Pink
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Site of Dispositivo III
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: “Letters to the Future” with Michele Lorusso
Write a letter to your future self in a time-capsule letter-writing exercise led by Mexico-born artist Michele Lorusso. This creative writing activity will take place at the Dispositivo III site. Presented in conjunction with Futuring, an exhibition curated by Vera Petukhova.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
ARMCHAIR TALK: Introduction to California Native Plants: Conserving Water and Sustaining Wildlife
California native plants provide us with a rich, sustainable future. Join Evan Meyer, Executive Director of Theodore Payne Foundation for this introductory discussion on the unique adaptations of California native plants and their important relationship with pollinators, people and place. Leave with a sense of awareness of the environment around you and how conservation begins one plant at a time.
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5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
FreeStyle Lunar: CalArts Creative Commons Open Mic
When the moon rises in the early evening, get ready to dance and play in the Zukunft Garten (Garden of the Future) powered by Latinx with Plants and Drip Dome. Experience electrified musical acts and performances of all varieties. This session welcomes Open Mic contributions from the Calartians and beyond. Hosted by Matthew Cuban Hernandez of Da Poetry Lounge.
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Follow Da Poetry Lounge Co.
Follow Janelle Safford
Follow Chicas on the Rocks
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Site of Paige Emery's installation To Recalibrate with Tree Divination
PERFORMANCE: Lecture and Tea Ceremony On Divinatory Ecologies
Featured artist Paige Emery will offer a performance lecture on her work, On Divinatory Ecologies for More-Than-Human Time, accompanied by an herbal tea ceremony. This performance lecture will explore our relationship with the future to ask how we might relate to more ecologically-conscious futures through cultivating the senses and undoing what Emery sees as dominating linear-timescapes.
Follow Paige Emery
SEPTEMBER 22
FRIDAY
ALL DAY
11:00AM - 4:00PM
5:00PM - 10:00PM
DREAM DOME EXPERIENCE
MENTORING TENT
SOLARPUNK GARDEN
INDIGENOUS DEEP
KNOWLEDGE CIRCLE
FUTURING
(ART FOR BUILDING NEW WORLDS)
ECOEXPO
SUSTAINABLE SOUNDS
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Futuring Screening Room (D300)
SCREENING: The Scale of Hope
This important 2022 film about climate change was produced by Patagonia. It features Molly Kawahata, former climate advisor to the Obama White House. It’s a story about struggle, hope, and what it will take to solve the greatest issue of our time.
Follow Molly Kawahata
Follow Patagonia
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
ARMCHAIR TALK: Modeling Impact on Climate Through Live En-ROADS Simulation
How can we measure the impact of various sustainability approaches on our future? Led by UCLA Principles of Sustainability instructor Katherine Markova, the audience can participate in a live En-ROADS simulation that will foster exploration of the long-term climate impacts of global policy and investment decisions.
En-ROADS has been developed by Climate Interactive with the help of MIT Sloan. Learn more about En-ROADS at www.climateinteractive.org/en-roads
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
LIVE MUSIC: FreiStyle (FreeStyle) Solar Performances
Enjoy freestyle acoustic performances every afternoon in the SolarPunk Garden. These musical events are led by Latinx with Plants, a Boyle Heights art project and plant store that cultivates community through plantitas, and Drip Dome, an exciting set design destination. Hosted by Pedro Hernandez and John Threat.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Indigenous Deep Knowledge Circle
FAMILY: Indigenous Storytelling and Cultural Knowledge Sessions
Sit with culture-bearers Dennis and Ted Garcia (Fernandeño Tataviam/Chumash) and learn about traditional lifeways through song and storytelling.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
ARMCHAIR TALK: Reimagining & Rebuilding Our World Through BioRegional Solutions
How do we create change on a local level? Hear from Jess Alvarez-Parfrey, former Executive Director of Transition US, and Nathan Lou, Interim Executive Director of Transition US, about the potential of bioregional solutions and strategies that nourish the well-being of people and places.
Transition US is a movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world in an ecologically and socially just manner. Learn more about Transition US at www.transitionus.org.
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Indigenous Deep Knowledge Circle
Storytelling: Alter-Native views on the Grand Canyon
Ed Kabotie of Tha 'Yoties, musician, painter, storyteller, and educator from the Tewa village of Santa Clara in northern New Mexico, and the Hopi village of Shungopavi in northern Arizona will share songs, history, and contemporary issues that impact tribes of the Grand Canyon region.
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Site of Dispositivo III
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: “Letters to the Future” with Michele Lorusso
Write a letter to your future self in a time-capsule letter-writing exercise led by Mexico-born artist Michele Lorusso. This creative writing activity will take place at the Dispositivo III site. Presented in conjunction with Futuring, an exhibition curated by Vera Petukhova.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
ARMCHAIR TALK: Bioregional Toolkit Workshop
Hear from Jess Alvarez-Parfrey, former Executive Director and interim Development Director of Transition US, as they lead an interactive space that will inspire you to see “home” in a new way, and empower you to take action at a local level, while building community resiliency and joy. Transition US is a movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world in an ecologically and socially just manner. Learn more at www.transitionus.org.
Follow Transition US
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Near Lumisphire (by the tennis courts)
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: Goat Yoga Meet and Bleat
Commune with gentle goats while engaging in fun, light-hearted yoga poses for Ghoato-Ops! These adorable goats from Hello Critter will open your heart, deepen your stretch, and strengthen your core as they nimbly jump on, rebound off, trot around, and crawl under you. Bring your love for animals and sense of humor!
Follow Hello Critter
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
FreiStyle (FreeStyle) Lunar Party
When the moon rises in the early evening, get ready to dance and play in the SolarPunk Garden powered by Latinx with Plants and Drip Dome. Experience a variety of electrifying musical acts and performances. Hosted by Pedro Hernandez and John Threat.
Follow Latinx with Plants
Follow Drip Dome
SEPTEMBER 23
SATURDAY
ALL DAY
11:00AM - 4:00PM
3:00PM - 10:00PM
DREAM DOME EXPERIENCE
MENTORING TENT
SOLARPUNK GARDEN
INDIGENOUS DEEP
KNOWLEDGE CIRCLE
FUTURING
(ART FOR BUILDING NEW WORLDS)
ECOEXPO
SUSTAINABLE SOUNDS
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Futuring Screening Room (D300)
SCREENING: The Scale of Hope
This important 2022 film about climate change was produced by Patagonia. It features Molly Kawahata, former climate advisor to the Obama White House. It’s a story about struggle, hope, and what it will take to solve the greatest issue of our time.
Follow Molly Kawahata
Follow Patagonia
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
EcoExpo
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: Seed Bombs with Metabolic Studio
Unlock your inner gardener. Stop by Metabolic Studio’s booth at the EcoExpo and make a “seed bomb” with clay, compost, and seeds from native plants. These small earth balls allow for sowing seeds in an unconventional way, especially in areas where tilling the soil is not feasible. The clay and compost protect the seeds from being eaten by birds and insects while providing them with the nutrients and conditions they need to grow.
Follow Metabolic Studio
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Family Activities Area
FAMILY: Utopia Dream Zine
Come make a utopian dream zine using recycled paper and materials. Carolina Ibarra Mendoza, Chelo Montoya, and Paola Gil of Crop Collective will help you take vision boarding to the next level with basic materials.
Follow Carolina Ibarra Mendoza
Follow Chelo Montoya
Follow Paola Gil
Follow Crop Collective
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
EcoExpo
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: LAST ONE LEFT Upcycle and Screen Printing Demo
Uplift by upcycling! Learn how to build a DIY screenprinting setup and upcycle your own garments at the LAST ONE LEFT by 1-Off Recycled Garment Project booth at the EcoExpo. Bring your own shirt or buy a recycled garment onsite.
Follow LAST ONE LEFT by 1-Off Recycled Garment Project
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: FreeStyle Sound Bath
Relax and allow healing sound waves to wash over you. Join Jennifer Bloom of Bloom Holistic Healing for a multi-sensory experience of sound and creative expression. Bloom uses various high-vibrational instruments, movement activities, and art to help expand vision and eco-consciousness.
Follow Bloom Holistic Healing
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
ARMCHAIR TALK: Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Hear from Nathan Lou, Executive Director and Co-founder of Mongol Tribe, and Matthew Teutimez, Executive Director and Founder of Laboratory for Indigenous Knowledge Systems, as they dialogue on traditional ecological knowledge and Indigenous landcare practices.
Learn more about Mongol Tribe at www.MongolTribe.org
Follow Mongol Tribe
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Futuring Screening Room (D300)
Screening: The AlloSphere, The Intersection of Arts and Science: Exploring Complex Systems through the Senses
The AlloSphere is a three-story metal sphere in an echo-free chamber, used to project dazzling computer-generated imagery and sounds. As an interactive multi-user instrument, it allows scientists, artists, and other researchers to be immersed in information that traverses scale, from the atomic to the galactic–a conversation of quantum consciousness. In the world of climate, it allows the visualization of complex data, making new understanding and discoveries possible.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
Workshop: Good Energy's Climate Lens
One key in creating momentum in the climate conversation is the “stories” we tell about it. Join screenwriter and playwright Rae Binstock and transdisciplinary artist and Fulbright Scholar Jes Vesconte in Good Energy's Climate Lens Workshops, which allow writers (and everyone else!) to start seeing any modern story through a Climate Lens. In a one-hour workshop, you can investigate how climate impacts characters’ emotions and actions, and review case studies of existing climate appearances in TV and film. You'll also get to practice applying the Climate Lens, ranging from modeling solutions, to brief mentions, to climate-driven characters and plots, exploring the rich array of human emotions (beyond despair!) that climate change can evoke. These workshops will be held twice daily on weekends.
Follow Good Energy Story
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
EcoExpo
TOUR: EcoExpo Overview
Are you curious to see what the green economy is doing for a sustainable future? Visit the DIY-designed EcoExpo, and hear from a range of entrepreneurs, innovators, community builders, and organizers.
Located on the bridge leading into CalArts, exhibitors including the AlloSphere, AltaSea, Banter & Barter by Calarts students, Centro CSO, Compton Community Garden, Metabolic Studio, Los Angeles Ecovillage, Los Angeles Urban Farms, Plant Chica, Rag Reserve, and Woodlake Botanical Garden. The EcoExpo is co-curated by artist Leslie Labowitz Starus and Marie Vigneau from Visions2030.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
LIVE MUSIC: FreiStyle (FreeStyle) Solar Performances
Enjoy freestyle acoustic performances every afternoon in the SolarPunk Garden. These musical events are led by Latinx with Plants, a Boyle Heights art project and plant store that cultivates community through plantitas, and Drip Dome, an exciting set design destination. Hosted by Pedro Hernandez and John Threat.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Indigenous Deep Knowledge Circle
FAMILY: Indigenous Storytelling and Cultural Knowledge Sessions
Sit with culture-bearers Dennis and Ted Garcia (Fernandeño Tataviam/Chumash) and learn about traditional lifeways through song and storytelling.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Site of Dispositivo III
FAMILY: Musical Chairs with Michele Lorusso
Participate in a game of musical chairs at the site of Dispositivo III by Mexico-born artist Michele Lorusso. There is a modular table structure that opens into the shape of a yin-yang, creating an ideal site for play and deep reflection. Join us as we rock out to a selection of tunes or start your own game anytime at the site. All ages are welcome! Presented in conjunction with Futuring, an exhibition curated by Vera Petukhova.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
ARMCHAIR TALK: How to Take Action on the Climate
Receive a planetary update including what is happening in the south and north poles, then learn about how you can take local and legislative action. Presented by Andrew Ellis, Legislative Committee Chair of the Los Angeles Chapter of Climate Reality Project.
Follow Climate Reality Los Angeles
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
Workshop: Good Energy's Climate Lens
One key in creating momentum in the climate conversation is the “stories” we tell about it. Join screenwriter and playwright Rae Binstock and transdisciplinary artist and Fulbright Scholar Jes Vesconte in Good Energy's Climate Lens Workshops, which allow writers (and everyone else!) to start seeing any modern story through a Climate Lens. In a one-hour workshop, you can investigate how climate impacts characters’ emotions and actions, and review case studies of existing climate appearances in TV and film. You'll also get to practice applying the Climate Lens, ranging from modeling solutions, to brief mentions, to climate-driven characters and plots, exploring the rich array of human emotions (beyond despair!) that climate change can evoke. These workshops will be held twice daily on weekends.
Follow Good Energy Story
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: FreeStyle Sound Bath
Relax and allow healing sound waves to wash over you. Join Jennifer Bloom of Bloom Holistic Healing for a multi-sensory experience of sound and creative expression. Bloom uses various high-vibrational instruments, movement activities, and art to help expand vision and eco-consciousness.
Follow Bloom Holistic Healing
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Sustainable Sounds
LIVE MUSIC: DJ Rich Cacao
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
ARMCHAIR TALK: Oak Woodlands as Indigenous Food Forests
Hear from Nathan Lou, Executive Director and Co-founder of Mongol Tribe, and Matthew Teutimez, Executive Director and Founder of Laboratory for Indigenous Knowledge Systems, as they share about Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous landcare practices.
Learn more about Mongol Tribe at www.MongolTribe.org
Follow Mongol Tribe
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Near Lumisphire (by the tennis courts)
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: Goat Yoga Meet and Bleat
Commune with gentle goats while engaging in fun, light-hearted yoga poses for Ghoato-Ops! These adorable goats from Hello Critter will open your heart, deepen your stretch, and strengthen your core as they nimbly jump on, rebound off, trot around, and crawl under you. Bring your love for animals and sense of humor!
Follow Hello Critter
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
FreiStyle (FreeStyle) Lunar Party
When the moon rises in the early evening, get ready to dance and play in the SolarPunk Garden powered by Latinx with Plants and Drip Dome. Experience a variety of electrifying musical acts and performances. Hosted by Pedro Hernandez and John Threat.
Follow Latinx with Plants
Follow Drip Dome
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Sustainable Sounds
LIVE MUSIC: Jeremy Sole
SEPTEMBER 24
SUNDAY
ALL DAY
11:00AM - 4:00PM
3:00PM - 7:00PM
DREAM DOME EXPERIENCE
MENTORING TENT
SOLARPUNK GARDEN
INDIGENOUS DEEP
KNOWLEDGE CIRCLE
FUTURING
(ART FOR BUILDING NEW WORLDS)
ECOEXPO
SUSTAINABLE SOUNDS
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Family Activities Area
FAMILY: Utopia Dream Zine
Come make a utopian dream zine using recycled paper and materials. Carolina Ibarra Mendoza, Chelo Montoya, and Paola Gil of Crop Collective will help you take vision boarding to the next level with basic materials.
Follow Carolina Ibarra Mendoza
Follow Chelo Montoya
Follow Paola Gil
Follow Crop Collective
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
EcoExpo
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: Seed Bombs with Metabolic Studio
Unlock your inner gardener. Stop by Metabolic Studio’s booth at the EcoExpo and make a “seed bomb” with clay, compost, and seeds from native plants. These small earth balls allow for sowing seeds in an unconventional way, especially in areas where tilling the soil is not feasible. The clay and compost protect the seeds from being eaten by birds and insects while providing them with the nutrients and conditions they need to grow.
Follow Metabolic Studio
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
EcoExpo
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: LAST ONE LEFT Upcycle and Screen Printing Demo
Uplift by upcycling! Learn how to build a DIY screenprinting setup and upcycle your own garments at the LAST ONE LEFT by 1-Off Recycled Garment Project booth at the EcoExpo. Bring your own shirt or buy a recycled garment onsite.
Follow LAST ONE LEFT by 1-Off Recycled Garment Project
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: FreeStyle Sound Bath
Relax and allow healing sound waves to wash over you. Join Jennifer Bloom of Bloom Holistic Healing for a multi-sensory experience of sound and creative expression. Bloom uses various high-vibrational instruments, movement activities, and art to help expand vision and eco-consciousness.
Follow Bloom Holistic Healing
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
Armchair Talk: Water, Mountain & Urban Forestry: Connecting with Earth’s Elements
TreePeople will share strategies for direct engagement with the earth's elements through environmental education and their community efforts. Presenters from TreePeople include Talia Dotson, Urban Greening Community Organizer, Kyle Kohlbrenner, Community Forestry Coordinator, and Alyssa Walker, Mountain Forestry Program Manager.
Learn more about TreePeople at www.treepeople.org/
Follow TreePeople
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Futuring Screening Room (D300)
Screening: The AlloSphere, The Intersection of Arts and Science: Exploring Complex Systems through the Senses
The AlloSphere is a three-story metal sphere in an echo-free chamber, used to project dazzling computer-generated imagery and sounds. As an interactive multi-user instrument, it allows scientists, artists, and other researchers to be immersed in information that traverses scale, from the atomic to the galactic–a conversation of quantum consciousness. In the world of climate, it allows the visualization of complex data, making new understanding and discoveries possible.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
Workshop: Good Energy's Climate Lens
One key in creating momentum in the climate conversation is the “stories” we tell about it. Join screenwriter and playwright Rae Binstock and transdisciplinary artist and Fulbright Scholar Jes Vesconte in Good Energy's Climate Lens Workshops, which allow writers (and everyone else!) to start seeing any modern story through a Climate Lens. In a one-hour workshop, you can investigate how climate impacts characters’ emotions and actions, and review case studies of existing climate appearances in TV and film. You'll also get to practice applying the Climate Lens, ranging from modeling solutions, to brief mentions, to climate-driven characters and plots, exploring the rich array of human emotions (beyond despair!) that climate change can evoke. These workshops will be held twice daily on weekends.
Follow Good Energy Story
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
EcoExpo
TOUR: EcoExpo Overview
Are you curious to see what the green economy is doing for a sustainable future? Visit the DIY-designed EcoExpo, and hear from a range of entrepreneurs, innovators, community builders, and organizers.
Located on the bridge leading into CalArts, exhibitors including the AlloSphere, AltaSea, Banter & Barter by Calarts students, Centro CSO, Compton Community Garden, Metabolic Studio, Los Angeles Ecovillage, Los Angeles Urban Farms, Plant Chica, Rag Reserve, and Woodlake Botanical Garden. The EcoExpo is co-curated by artist Leslie Labowitz Starus and Marie Vigneau from Visions2030.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
LIVE MUSIC: FreiStyle (FreeStyle) Solar Performances
Enjoy freestyle acoustic performances every afternoon in the SolarPunk Garden. These musical events are led by Latinx with Plants, a Boyle Heights art project and plant store that cultivates community through plantitas, and Drip Dome, an exciting set design destination. Hosted by Pedro Hernandez and John Threat.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
Armchair Talk: Art Museums Taking a Leadership in Climate
How can the art world engage in a meaningful way to help bring about a thriving, sustainable world? In a first for a major U.S. art museum, in 2020 the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) announced the creation of an Environmental Council focused on climate, conservation, and environmental justice.
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Hear from Kelsey Shell, MOCA's newly appointed Environmental & Sustainability Strategist in conversation with David G. Johnson, founder of Act 4 Entertainment, Life Trustee of MOCA, and co-founder of its Environmental Council. Important initiatives made possible by the Council within the first year include working toward institution-wide carbon negativity, carbon-free energy, and environmentally-focused museum-quality exhibitions. What are some of the particular challenges artists and art institutions face in helping a green world?
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Site of Dispositivo III
FAMILY: Musical Chairs with Michele Lorusso
Participate in a game of musical chairs at the site of Dispositivo III by Mexico-born artist Michele Lorusso. There is a modular table structure that opens into the shape of a yin-yang, creating an ideal site for play and deep reflection. Join us as we rock out to a selection of tunes or start your own game anytime at the site. All ages are welcome! Presented in conjunction with Futuring, an exhibition curated by Vera Petukhova.
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
Workshop: Good Energy's Climate Lens
One key in creating momentum in the climate conversation is the “stories” we tell about it. Join screenwriter and playwright Rae Binstock and transdisciplinary artist and Fulbright Scholar Jes Vesconte in Good Energy's Climate Lens Workshops, which allow writers (and everyone else!) to start seeing any modern story through a Climate Lens. In a one-hour workshop, you can investigate how climate impacts characters’ emotions and actions, and review case studies of existing climate appearances in TV and film. You'll also get to practice applying the Climate Lens, ranging from modeling solutions, to brief mentions, to climate-driven characters and plots, exploring the rich array of human emotions (beyond despair!) that climate change can evoke. These workshops will be held twice daily on weekends.
Follow Good Energy Story
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sustainable Sounds
LIVE MUSIC: Neza & the Blue Js
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: FreeStyle Sound Bath
Relax and allow healing sound waves to wash over you. Join Jennifer Bloom of Bloom Holistic Healing for a multi-sensory experience of sound and creative expression. Bloom uses various high-vibrational instruments, movement activities, and art to help expand vision and eco-consciousness.
Follow Bloom Holistic Healing
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Mentoring Tent
Armchair Talk: Into the Eco-Science’s Future with the Allosphere
A three-story metal sphere in an echo-free chamber, the AlloSphere is used to project dazzling computer-generated imagery and sounds. In the world of climate, it allows the visualization of complex data, making new discoveries possible. Join Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, a former avant-garde composer and its inventor, to discuss this interactive multi-user instrument — and to probe her work with famed eco-artist Newton Harrison on his final project, “Sensorium, the Voice of the World Ocean.”
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Near Lumisphire (by the tennis courts)
ACTIVITY FOR ALL: Goat Yoga Meet and Bleat
Commune with gentle goats while engaging in fun, light-hearted yoga poses for Ghoato-Ops! These adorable goats from Hello Critter will open your heart, deepen your stretch, and strengthen your core as they nimbly jump on, rebound off, trot around, and crawl under you. Bring your love for animals and sense of humor!
Follow Hello Critter
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
SolarPunk Garden
Plant Riot
In the spirit of radical generosity, join us at the SolarPunk Garden for the culminating plant and stuff "adoption" event. Want a souvenir? Take home art, wood, gadgets, furniture, and more. Everything must go!
Follow Latinx with Plants
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