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Take climate action by getting involved in live art
As part of World Environment Day on Wednesday, June 5, a live and interactive art installation will highlight the importance of planting trees to combat climate change.
TREE AID is taking over College Green from 8.30am to 2pm, encouraging people to paint a tree sapling on the piece. Eventually covering the entire structure, made of 100 per cent recycled wood, the installation will spell ‘TIME’ in large letters to highlight that now is the time to act on climate change.
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TREE AID’s chief executive officer John Moffett highlights the need to tackle the climate emergency, explaining that the charity works “in some of the driest parts of Africa where the desert is spreading, and deforestation and climate change have catastrophic impacts on the environment and people’s lives”.
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Local artist Jay Roerade worked with Bristol Design Forge to create the art installation. “Creativity brings people together,” says Jay. “Collaborative live art is a simple and effective way of raising awareness and communicating a clear message.”
Jay Roerade constructing the wooden installation
Supporters of the installation incude TV presenter and Bristol resident, Professor Alice Roberts and Bonnie Wright, actress well-known for her role as Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter films.
The art installation is part of a government-supported appeal to help 1,000 women in Mali reverse the effects of climate change in Africa. The government will match all public donations to the She Grows appeal before June 30 through the UK Aid Match Scheme.
To donate and find out more, visit the TREE AID website: www.treeaid.org.uk
Read more: UK Government is doubling donations to TREE AID’s new appeal
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