Green Culture Conference - Cultural sector wants to contribute to climate protection
According to the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Claudia Roth,Leipzig's culture is a pioneer when it comes to climate protection. "For example, a climate-neutral production is currently being prepared at the opera house, which will celebrate its premiere in mid-December," the Green politician told the German Press Agency at the end of the Green Culture Conference in Leipzig on Friday. At the conference, representatives from the worlds of culture, politics, administration and science discussed how the cultural sector can contribute to climate protection.
Specifically, they discussed, for example, how audiences can be involved, how productions can become more climate-friendly and also how the topic can be approached artistically, said Roth. The Green Culture Conference focused on theaters and opera houses. The event, which was attended by around 200 participants, was hosted by Oper Leipzig and its artistic director Tobias Wolff.
"I sensed a great deal of openness and passion when it came to the question of how the cultural sector can play its part in climate protection," said Roth. Among other things, they discussed how cultural institutions can become more resilient to the climate crisis and how their carbon footprint can be reduced in the future.
According to the Federal Commissioner, cultural institutions in Germany had paid a high price during the coronavirus pandemic. Now they must also be put in a financial position to make their contribution to climate protection.
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- Claudia Roth, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, praised Leipzig's cultural sector for its pioneering efforts in climate protection, highlighting an upcoming climate-neutral opera house production.
- During the Green Culture Conference in Leipzig, Roth discussed strategies for engaging audiences, making productions more climate-friendly, and exploring climate topics artistically, with a focus on theaters and opera houses.
- Roth expressed her observations of the event's participants, expressing their openness and passion for figuring out the cultural sector's role in climate protection.
- To successfully contribute to climate protection, Roth proposed that German cultural institutions must be financially positioned to make necessary changes and adaptations.
- Oper Leipzig, alongside its artistic director Tobias Wolff, hosted the Green Culture Conference, where participants debated ways for cultural institutions to become more resilient against climate change and reduce their carbon footprint, following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on these institutions.
Source: www.stern.de
