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Green Peace Proposal
THEMES
The ash represents the damage and violence that underpin industrial meat and dairy. Climate-critical forests across Brazil are burnt to make space for cattle and to grow soya for UK meat and dairy production – displacing and destroying Indigenous Peoples’ lives
installations, interventions, public art, public sculpture, live art, performance, etc. We are particularly interested in creative and collaborative approaches that have been seen less often.
lobbying companies and governments, consumer pressure and mobilising members of the general public
This system is driving the climate and biodiversity crises and oppressing communities, while maximising the profits of a handful of corporations. It sits within a global economic model that fuels inequity and profits from systemic racism – particularly from the assault on the rights of Indigenous People in forest areas.
the biggest meat companies do as much damage as fossil fuel giants. Parts of the Amazon rainforest now emit more carbon than they absorb. Without significantly reducing meat and dairy, emissions from the global food system alone would make it impossible to limit warming to 1.5°C.
The ash in Bad Taste represents the big business of animal agriculture and the damage and violence it perpetuates. The ash is remnants of burnt Amazon rainforest, which along with other forests across Brazil, is torn down and burned to make space for cattle and to grow soya that is shipped to countries like the UK to produce meat and dairy found on supermarket shelves and restaurant kitchens.
Globally, feeding crops to farmed animals wastes enough food to feed billions of people.
reduce the amount of grains and beans we feed to farmed animals and instead use them directly as humans, current croplands can feed a lot more people. Reducing our reliance on agrochemical fertilisers and pesticides would lead to healthier soils and more wildlife. On top of that, a shift to more plant-based diets would help do the essential work of reducing emissions.
The transition away from industrial meat and dairy requires support and incentives to be in place for farmers to produce food for all more sustainably; freeing up land to restore nature in the UK; a commitment to ensuring accessible, affordable, and nutritious food that respects cultural and religious traditions; and adequate support for households on the lowest incomes. Looking globally, this reduction must go hand in hand with protecting and upholding the rights of Indigenous and traditional communities and stopping imports of all agricultural commodities like animal feed that are linked to the destruction of forests overseas.
ash from burnt Amazon rainforest in Brazil (approximately 1 cubic foot). Artists and activists may decide how the ash is incorporated. If not in the final work, it must be demonstrably embedded in the creative process.
Prioritise the perspectives of Black, Indigenous, people of colour, and/or, the working class and people from low socioeconomic backgrounds above others.
Demonstrate strong impact potential and understanding of the power dynamics of the industrial meat and dairy system.
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Activate or animate the public’s imagination, and or physical spaces in the public, corporate, and or private realm.
At its basic level, an intervention is an active attempt to change or influence a system of power in some way.
As practitioners at Greenpeace and in art-activism projects outside of Greenpeace we have used ‘direct action’, ‘artistic intervention’ and ‘creative intervention’ to describe our work – generally describing pieces that are made and placed/performed without permission, with varying levels of risk attached.
we are looking to – in the context of the industrial meat and dairy complex – address questions of land ownership and land use, agricultural practices, distribution of technology and resources, and workers’ rights.
work is created with a particular location in mind, from the very start, as opposed to something that could take place anywhere. However, we are open to proposals with physical locations and sites in mind, as well as proposals where we collaborate with artists and activists to find the best site that will create the most impact
QUESTIONS ON OPEN CALL
Tell us about your initial idea and approach to the project (max 200 words)
Guidance: It’s helpful for us to understand who might be involved, where the project might take place in the UK, and why.
Share some images or sketches to explain your idea (optional)
Guidance: You can share up to three links to your images or sketches here.
What impact do you anticipate your idea will have? (max 200 words)
Guidance: We are interested in how you feel your project idea will confront the UK’s industrial meat and dairy system and speak truth to power.
What support or resources do you think you’ll need from Greenpeace to realise your project? (max 200 words)
Guidance: We invite ideas that are ambitious, but might need considerable logistical/action coordination support from our specialist teams, for example, our climb and boat team, or fabrication support, etc. We also welcome ideas for interventions that are more self-sufficient.
Tell us about your work. (max 200 words)
Guidance: We are interested to hear more about your creative practice and process, how this might relate to your proposed idea, and working collaboratively with Greenpeace
Share some examples of your work
Guidance: Please share up to three links to your previous work that you feel are relevant. This could be a website, portfolio, or links to your favourite past projects
OPEN CALL INFO
work that sits at the intersection of art and activism to foster imaginative strategies that create change, and interventions in places of public, political and corporate structural power.
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Focused, simple and targeted to achieve maximum impact.
Conceptually compelling, imaginative, bold and ambitious.
Site-specific and take place in public, corporate or political spaces – perhaps without permission.
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Action focused and can be delivered collaboratively with Greenpeace specialists, including climbing and/or boat teams.
Exposing harms: exploring how corporations, such as major food brands or agribusiness, or the UK government, are complicit in the crises that industrial meat and dairy exacerbate for people, climate and nature.
Promoting solutions – making links between industrial meat and dairy reduction and climate and social justice.
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transition away from industrial meat and dairy requires support to be in place for farmers to produce food for all more sustainably; stopping imports of all agricultural commodities like animal feed that are linked to the destruction of forests overseas; freeing up land to restore nature in the UK; a commitment to ensuring accessible, affordable, nutritious food that respects cultural and religious traditions; and adequate support for households on the lowest incomes.
INSPO
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People Dem Collective on The Big Plastics Count, working with their Lived Experience Crew
Liberate Tate, Reclaim the Power, No Dash for Gas, Climate Camp, Sisters’ Uncut, UK Uncut, Copwatch.
Movement Support Fund. The Movement Support Fund provides funding for your project, event, initiative, research or campaign that advocates for social, racial and/or environmental justice through an intersectional lens.
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