The Colour of the Climate Crisis

An exhibition by Black artists & artists of colour exploring the relationship between racial justice and climate justice

Do The Green Thing—a charity focussed on environmental justice—approached Good Praxis to create an online exhibition featuring work exploring the relationship between racial justice and climate justice, by Black and minority-ethnic artists. The Colour of the Climate Crisis is a digital and physical exhibition by Black artists and artists of colour exploring the relationship between racial justice and climate justice. This story overviews both exhibitions. The physical exhibitions took place in Glasgow during COP26 in October 2021. The digital exhibition with all the artworks and artist statements lives on at The Colour of the Climate Crisis site. Art helps us interpret the world and understand its truths.

The Colour of the Climate Crisis grapples with a fundamental truth: that we are facing a crisis of climate and nature, and that the people most affected, most at risk and least responsible for it are people of colour. We know that racialised and minoritised communities are already on the frontlines of climate change. Their experiences, ideas and leadership must be central to the global response to it. As world leaders meet at COP26 to discuss the climate crisis, this exhibition offers them an opportunity: to be quiet, and listen. To be humble, and learn. To be brave, and commit to meaningful action. This is an opportunity for us all to acknowledge the truth that racial injustice is climate injustice, and to begin to change it.

The climate crisis is racist because it exists
in a system that is racist.

I adapted the illustrations and minimal brand direction supplied into an interactive experience. An exhibition by Black artists and artists of colour exploring the relationship between racial justice and climate justice. We delivered the digital version of the exhibition, working with the team at Do The Green Thing.

You’ve translated what was in our heads
so beautifully.