The project description:
You ride a bike, are vegetarian, and have a brand new solar hot water system… So what?
As climate change grows in awareness, so do the number of people committed to take action. We have seen the evolution of public consciousness around climate change from ignorance and scepticism to gradual acceptance, and with this, a growing realization of the need to change one’s personal consumption and behaviour patterns. Governments and civil society groups at all levels are urging people to make these personal changes. However this personal change alone can leave unchallenged political, economic, and social structures which severely limit our transition to a truly sustainable society.
So after reducing ones’ own carbon footprint, what's the next step? This thought-provoking interactive installation shows creatively the plethora of different ways that people can take action on climate change beyond their own backyard. Participants explore, decide, and commit to various actions for themselves – actions which are not based on their role as a mere consumer, but rather as a citizen, eco-system member, and ancestor of the future.
The project follows a participatory mapping project (iMap) that I co-organised last year - http://www.melbournefutures.blogspot.com/)
