Letters to the Earth2019
Writing to a Planet in Crisis
by Jackie Morris
The largest creative response to the climate and ecological emergency the world has yet seen.
2019 was the year of rebellion.
It was the year nurses, poets, nine-year-olds and grandparents came together to say: we know the truth about climate change – now it is time to act.
But what words describe this crisis? What words can help our children come to terms with the future they will inherit?
Earlier this year, Culture Declares Emergency invited people from all around the world to find those words by writing a letter to the earth. The invitation was open to all – to think beyond the human narrative and bear witness to the scale of the crisis. Letters of love, loss, hope and action were written by over 1000 people.
Now published as a collection, Letters to the Earth...