Creative Climate Action Alliance - Cultural Leaders Community of Practice 

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (CoP) definition - a group of people who share a common concern, a set of problems, and interest in a topic who come together to fulfill both individual and group goals to make change.

This is not a training program, but a group of leaders determined to take ambitious creative climate action and explore the systemic challenges for leaders in the current system, acknowledging that there has been, and continues to be a crisis of cultural leadership in taking responsible action in the Earth Crisis. Working together across the system, this CoP will identify strong principles and model new ways of working through individual and shared action. This is emergent creative practice.

FOR 10-15 Decision makers across the arts system who have control of a budget and the direction of the company, organisation or significant projects/programs they initiate and manage.

We propose that this program will explore;

• Practicing First Nations first
• Developing awareness about colonial mindsets, structures and systems that underpin leadership in Australia
• Centring social justice, creative practice and the Climate and Ecological Emergency in your work
• Coping with mental health pressures and climate overwhelm in your role and teams
• Disaster preparedness & mitigation
• Beyond carbon budgeting - how to balance financial, social and environmental sustainability
• Your role and responsibilities in the wider system of arts - locally, nationally and internationally
• Structural change and how that might impact the system
• Thinking systemically, acting specifically
• How to have greater (social) and less (environmental) impact at the same time
• Specific challenges that individuals bring to the group

COST - The cost to participate will pay the hosts and guest speakers (tbc). How much depends on the resources you have access to as we attempt to practice equity and justice across our system. Mindful of sensitivities, we will be transparent about how money is spent. Suggested range $500-$3000 for the year long course. Tricky conversations start with money :-)

Proposed schedule

A year-long program delivered in a two half days starter, monthly 3 hour online meetings and a final two half day conclusion. Each session will require preparation, including a recorded provocation from a speaker on a specific theme to spark conversation, the speaker will attend the first part of the session they are informing. There will be individual goal setting and occasional smaller group work for the intervening periods between meetings. Depending on the spread of the group we may try and end with an in-person gathering. This and some of the direction of sessions will be determined by the group. 

Starting Septmeber 2025 - dates tbc

Pippa Bailey (Cultural Gardeners - Australian Cultural Alliance for Climate Justice) and Scotia Monkivitch (Creative Recovery Network) will facilitate this group.