Our hub is a space for individuals and organisations from various backgrounds who want to come together to explore ways that culture can respond to climate and ecological emergencies.

I want to support the many ways West Midlands’ communities make it a vibrant global biophilic city. Birmingham is the UK’s only member of the Biophilic (love of nature/life City network.

We would like to help…

1. As many people and organisations as possible in The West Midlands and Birmingham declare a climate and ecological emergency.
2.  Individual artists and organisations in the culture sector to explore and develop their practices and programs in response to the crisis.
3. To amplify The West Midlands and Birmingham’s role as the UK’s only Biophilic (love of nature/life) City.
4. Community organization partners to develop inclusive co-production artist engagement projects.
5. University partners responding to the climate and ecological emergency to build strong inter-disciplinary artist and community-engaged practice.
6. Sustainability sector partners to develop work that integrates culture and engages communities.

How to join

CDE West Midland and Birmingham – Jaime Jackson on email@jaimejackson.org.

Image credits (left to right)
Jahzeyah, Birmingham ‘Mother Nature’ This painting is about a woman who is mother nature and her hair is divided into the earth and the forest. I used real flowers for her shirt and I put crosses in her eyes to show that mother nature is dying.

Daisy, Birmingham ‘Moonlight’ Lonely, sad, wanted, night sky, environment, friendly, save the environment, needed, friendless, must keep fighting, contribution, helpful, help, hard work, failing, never give up, forever loved, caring, moonlight, night sky, dying, nature friendly, loving, heartbroken, angry, annoyed, payback

Akshita, Birmingham, ‘Nurture the Nature’. We need to protect our planet that Mother Nature has given us, just like mothers protect and nurture their children.

Siyona, Slough ‘Colors are smiles of nature’  Nature brings a smile to our faces and joy to our hearts. Nature is nurturing and always surprises us with beautiful colours. We must preserve it for our future generations.

Desire, Walsall ‘Designed Disaster’ My artwork is a reflection of the beautiful gift nature presents to us and the fatality of our way of life as it affects environmental sustainability