A collection of artists who support our work in making ecocide an international crime.
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Montreal branch of Acting for Climate Scandinavia
Adapting to the Tide is a short film about adapting ourselves in creative ways to the environment instead of manipulating the environment to fit our needs. Laws to protect our planet are crucial for the well being of future generations!
Branché is a circus performance whose goal is to reconnect the audience and the performers to the forest and trees around us.
“By appreciating and admiring the nature around us we are more likely to fight to protect it. We need laws like these to protect our planet!”
Photo: Agathe Bisserier
Acting for Climate is an activist performing arts company and network, fueled by the urgent need for climate action, universal justice, and their love for nature, to use their gifts as artists to inspire people to act, and change the world, for a thriving sustainable future.
“We need to change and end injustice and oppression in all forms, against other species and people in the world, the loss of ecosystems and biodiversity. That is why Acting for Climate is for Ecocide law. We need to act now.”
Photo: Cosmin Cirstea
Multidisciplinary Artist, Finland
“There is no point in a human civilization based on law and justice, if the law does not protect the most essential and crucial core of our life - the planet. We as humans consist and live of this planet - we are part of it on a cellular, molecular, cultural and all nuclear levels of our being. The complex cathedral of ecosystems and layers of earth provide us all with life: nutrition, water, oxygen, temperature, materials, the movement of our bodies and organs, our thoughts, our universe: all the environments we live in. The biodiversity that nature has built on this planet is (was) extraordinary. We must protect crimes against our life and our planet with clear laws.”
Singer, Guitarist, Spain
“The Spanish-born singer and guitarist has developed a timeless yet fresh pop-rock sound with undertones of neo-soul, funk and R&B. ALBA is a passionate environmental campaigner. She is an Earth Protector and Music Declares Emergency signee, and likes to use her music to speak up about social and climate issues (check out her tracks "Mass Extinction" and "Child of the Stars"), and to raise awareness around how music can be greener.
Anna Battersby
Artist, Photographer, Poet, Short Film maker and Campaigner, Brighton UK
“I’m an artist, photographer, published poet, short film maker and campaigner living and working in Brighton, UK.
My work reflects my continuous fascination and reverence for the natural world. I feel privileged to live by the sea and within easy reach of ancient woodland which have inspired a lot of my images and poetry.
I feel passionately that we must protect our planet not just now but for future generations to come and am delighted to be included in this campaign to stop ecocide”
Musician, Photographer, UK
“It is crazy that we should have to campaign for a law to defend life on earth, our ancestors would have been aware, and indigenous people today are still aware, that we are connected to all life on this planet and by destroying nature we destroy ourselves. We all need to recalibrate our thinking after generations of conditioning by colonial education.
I fully support the Stop Ecocide campaign and feel blessed that I can put out some positive messages through my music and also support the campaign creatively with my design work and photography.
I used samples from Polly Higgins giving talks on you tube and created an EP called ‘Dare to be Great’ which I hope carries this radical idea to a wider audience.
In the unpredictable times ahead, all is up for grabs, anything is possible, the Stop Ecocide movement is gathering pace. Exciting times.”
Art Activist, London UK
“I have worked in and around sustainability and eco art for more than 20 years. I am an #ArtActivist a maverick, mental health champion. I create murals, public art, installation, fine art, upcycle furniture, teach and lecture art and sustainable design.
In 2020 I was one of 144 creatives from all over the world chosen to work and learn together online in the 1st creative incubator cohort, Design Science Studio, part of the Buckminster Fuller Institute. Design Science is the application of the principles of Nature and Science to the Design of a future that works for all of humanity.
Nature is our (my) greatest teacher, Biomimicry is taking nature and learning and improving our human made world that leaves only footprints. The Ecocide Law is such an absurd idea, the absurdness is that we have to fight and campaign to protect the living ecosystem, Gaia, planet Earth. Ecocide is a crime against the planet and nature; we are nature.
Without art the Earth is just Eh!”
Visual artist, The Netherlands
"I work with a focus on the landscape where I grew up, an island in the Wadden Sea. It is part of the largest intertidal wetland zone in the world, a Unesco World Heritage, host to a billion worms and of critical importance to millions of migrating birds. It is also under threat from sea level rise and continuing gas drilling. I often use materials like sand and fossil bones from the beach and pollution from gas companies. In my work I try to keep the landscape central as it is a complex system belonging to itself. When I address pollution or read reports for new permits I notice that legally this autonomy hardly exists and things first have to go wrong before there's even a possibility not to let it happen again. And when things go wrong there are no consequences. This is why I support an Ecocide Law, because we cannot wait until we fully understand the complexity of ecosystems and we certainly cannot wait until they are so stripped of life there's hardly anything left to wonder about."
(Connect – A Creative Response To Climate Change), UK collective of artists, musicians, DJs
““On our foolish quest for a “ wonderland” we are bringing down the planet, and ultimately, ourselves. This “wonderland” we think we are creating, is actually a wasteland.
In a world where “codes of conduct” or “regulators” clearly do not seem to work, a fundamental and radical shift is required. Ultimately, the wellbeing of the earth must be built into the very fabric and D.N.A. of global statutes and law. Ecocide must be made a global crime.”
The Black Chapel Collective wholeheartedly support the work of Artists for Ecocide Law.
Emma Clayton
Environmental artist, UK
“As an environmental artist, I fully and wholeheartedly support your campaign to make ecocide an international crime.
My artistic practice has been driven by a deep need to respond in some effective way to the distressing sense of being part of a destructive human force. With this in mind, how could I continue to be a part of a western way of life, and somehow be environmentally beneficial? My own response, as a sculptor, was to take a zero-waste approach, which led to a series of baskets woven from post-consumer, mostly single-use plastic "waste". The basket shown is made specifically to house an apple. The basket is made only from packaging for fresh fruit, and it was made to highlight the bizarre topsy-turviness of packaging, which is designed to keep fruit fresh, outliving the fruit by decades or longer...”
Illustrator and ARTivist
Born in Scotland and brought up in the rolling hills of Somerset, UK, spending time in wild places is Emma’s favourite pastime and mother nature is her muse. A core belief which filters into every aspect of her work is that all life is interconnected. Working in watercolour, gouache, collage, and sometimes even marine debris, she uses detail, pattern and colour to focus our attention on the vibrancy and wonder of nature. Her art is a form of activism through celebration of a world we must fight to protect with a particular emphasis on ocean ecosystems. Through her work she aims to highlight our most potent calls to action, including law and policy which safeguard our home, this incredible planet, and ultimately all life here.
Emma now lives in Lisbon where she makes both large scale paintings and illustrations for publications.
Singer, Songwriter and Animator
“Human kind has used their surroundings for survival and has gradually had the power to suck out to the last drop of health from this planet. It is now so drastic that most people are informed about the point of no return. We are informed, we know how important the ecosystems' balance is for our own survival. We can see life disappearing in our lifetime, insects go, birds go, and so on. We are surrounded by toxics and the popular mantra is to cut off people who don't make you happy, break away from community one person at a time. We are becoming more selfish, impatient and isolated. - And then there is all the wonderful things that are worth saving.”
Jasło, Poland
“We live and work in a small town in South-East Poland called Jasło. Children, teens and adults come to us to take part in many different workshops such as art and craft, poetry, music, theater and many more.
We managed to prepare a kindergarten festival of eco songs. Kids are singing about Earth - home for all humans, all animals, all plants. They don’t want it to be destroyed by adults producing pollution. They still want to have clean air, water and woods and simply enjoy life.”
Classical Cellist, Teacher and Festival Producer/Artistic Director, Sweden
”There is no doubt, humanity is rapidly destroying the planet. And the truth is that we are all responsible. Since our very societies relies on this practice, doing nothing to change it is sadly to be an active part of the problem. Everyone can do something, and doing it NOW is of utmost importance. I am so grateful that Stop Ecocide is working to criminalize ecocide as it is an essential piece in the mosaic of solutions that the world so desperately needs. Thank you!”
Documentary Filmmaker, Founder, The Global Sunrise Project
“We are not separate from nature, but one part of an intricate web of biodiversity. However, our impact as humans have thrown the entire ecosystem out of balance at an alarming rate. We need to protect it but we’re not doing a very good job at the moment, which is why ecocide laws are so necessary!
Without the planet at peace, humanity will not find peace either. Now, more than ever, It’s critical that we unite movements in support of Ecocide Laws to protect the planet and all living beings for generations to come.”
Léa Weimann
Eco- Activist, Student, and Poet
“I am a youth eco-activist and have been so since my early teens. For a long time, this made me feel isolated from others but with the youth movement and the organising of climate strikes I realised that I am one of many and together we can make a difference. I have organised environmental campaigns in South Africa, Germany, and the UK. In 2020 I launched my debut not-for-profit poetry book “Dear Earth”. With my poetry I hope to inspire others to explore the connection we have with our Earth, our responsibility, and our agency to create change. The killing of our Earth, our home, and our future must be made illegal. The mission of protecting our planet is a calling for everyone. As a youth ambassador for Stop Ecocide I wish to use my voice, my art, and my platform to speak up for climate justice, contribute to making ecocide an international crime and inspire others to use their voice, talents, and reach to do the same!”
Visual Artist, Art Educator, Researcher, Iran, Canada
“I work with painting, installation, and digital media to create participatory art experiences. In my artistic practice and research, I mainly focus on environmental issues, Climate change, and the destructive impact of human activity on animals and nature. We are at a critical historical juncture amid an environmental crisis that threatens life on earth. Ecological disasters are often hidden behind the routines of our daily lives. Given the challenges we face nowadays, the need to transform human attitudes toward nature and the earth is more apparent than ever.”
Author, Composer, Performer, France/Switzerland
“... after 40 years of lies and political inaction, the planet is dying and natural disasters are becoming more and more violent and closer together, endangering the lives of millions of people. They have created a hostile world and sacrificed the biodiversity and all the ecosystems only for their financial interests. By their deliberate actions, they are responsible for the end of the earth's natural balance, and a habitable world. In the face of these implacable and revolting facts, I strongly support the recognition of ecocide as a crime against humanity. Music is my language to express my fights and my hopes.”
Visual Artist, Chile
“My name is Maria Consuelo Pino, I am a chilean visual artist recently graduated from university and this is my project that I made for my degree titled: 1,5 degrees of conscience, the complete project can be seen here.
This project consists of a series of illustrations that represent how the ambition of human beings has modified the climate and the environment in which they are immersed, provoking climate change, making evident their dependence on the ecosystem. These illustrations use the graphic language of drawing and photoshop. Through this work, the viewer is challenged to think about this problem, since mitigation measures to avoid dangerous interference in the climate system are still not sufficient, and in this context it is essential to have legislation that protects the environment and allows people who make decisions under profitability standards, forgetting sustainability, to be held responsible for the damage to ecosystems.”
MA-VIDA, fine art inspired by nature, Germany
“I started this series based on my sorrow about the almost inevitable loss of the coral reefs. The notion of not being able to protect this abundant underwater jungle nor to share that wonder of life with future generations breaks my heart.
Playing around with some flowers in an underwater setting, I realized how they turned into stunning creature-like beings. I started dreaming a new life sustaining future where plants contribute to a new form of underwater life. That’s how I turned my grief into this ongoing art project.
I am still full of awe about this unfamiliar yet impressive beauty. My deep wish is to nourish people’s hearts with beauty and to evoke thoughts about our connection to the natural world and a needed shift of consciousness.”
Film Director, Finland
"Our planet can’t wait, we must act on all fronts to protect it from destruction. Making ecocide a crime against humanity in the international criminal court is an essential tool to stop the ruthless exploitation of nature by selfish vandals and profiteers.”
Visual Artist, Mauritius
“The law of ecocide is based on holism. The Law of Ecocide has the force that will bends the chaos to order, lies to truth ,and the destruction of death to the soul's rebirth. It is high time to change the paradigm to one which is based on ecology. Beauty is the flowering of consciousness.
The painting depicts all that I have said and may be more than words can convey.”
Visual artist, Australia
“The HOPE Butterfly installation-project-campaign is a community initiative which invites individuals to create butterflies for the HOPE Butterfly colony. The colony will be visiting New South Wales Parliament House in June to celebrate World Environment Day 2022.”
Composer and Cellist, Australia/Denmark
‘’It is vital that the arts industry not only tells the climate story but forces audiences to make the mental shift to turn it around, to help stop the ecocide. I feel that it is my duty to respond through music and encourage artists of all kinds to join in.”
“As an artist and musician, I was compelled to record an album that takes the listener on an exploration of what it means to be the cause and how it feels to be the victim of a sixth mass extinction.
Stop Ecocide and the criminalization of ecocide is so important as society grasps for solutions that will prevent the further destruction of critical habitats and species. Every day, we learn about more ways in which we are interconnected, and each tragic loss is a loss for all of us. The Anthropocene becomes the Anthroposin!”
Cellist, Finland
"Nothing could be more important and urgent at the moment than getting ecocide law accepted as soon as possible. Only then humanity has a future."
Visual Artist, Singer-Songwriter, Finland
"We're laying down the question from the heart of hearts, shouldn't Ecocide be an international crime at the ICC? Yes, and it should be set in motion in the year 2022. Knowing what we know now, in the light of science as well, who wouldn't want these healthy boundaries of law to protect the ecosystems of the planet for the future generations?"
Illustrator and author, Finland
“It's horrible and sad to see how we still treat our planet. I'm grateful Stop Ecocide is internationally working to criminalize damage to ecosystems. Making Ecocide a crime in the International Criminal Court is a powerful tool. As an illustrator and children's author I often handle themes like grass root activism, equality, children's and animals rights, honoring and protecting nature, as I do in everyday life. I give my full support to Stop Ecocide.”
Global Music Department's Master Student Group, Helsinki
This group of diverse musicians wishes to express the need for the law and to raise the awareness of the possibility to criminalize ecocide. The group is also doing an experience-based research on transforming the transcultural ways in music making into a communication method between diverse peoples and the needs connected to the ecocide topic.
Voice-actress & Speaker, Actress, Writer, Germany
“The destruction of earth's nature is deeply intertwined with the abuse and violence against girls and women. The ecocide law is a protective law. It`s time for the handover to the feminine power and honour creation, fertility and healing. The law is rootet in a duty of care for the earth. It will uplift the spirit of our anthropocentric systems and write legal systems with love for the earth.”
Writer, Nigeria Delta
Koikoibo draws ink from the depths of the Niger and writes by the riverside. He’s an attorney and an environmentalist with love for Art.
Click through to read “Haunted” by Dieworimene Koikoibo
Environmentalist-Artist, Amsterdam, Netherlands
“All organisms are interdependent and therefore maintain a symbiotic balance.
In my art, I symbolise nature through musical elements to make the audience understand and feel the need for a biodiverse planet.
The ecocide legislation will fill the grey areas where destructive industries operate and must be introduced as soon as possible. We as artists must do our part to ensure that it is."
Collage Artist, Teheran, Iran
“Now, the clogs of time are catching up to us. Now, urgency is a historical concept for the planet we managed to destroy in our infancy. “We’re messmates”, Donna Haraway said once, “at a table”, to which I add: the legs are moldy, the ice cream is melting, and the mates are all dead or dying.
Last, I ashamedly bow to my fellow species, in support of Ecocide Law.”
Musician, Writer, Social Activist, UK
“I believe the abuse and destruction of Mother Earth is probably the most heinous crime there is, as it is an attack on the creator of all life itself. Without a healthy and habitable planet, no one and no thing will be able to live a prosperous and joyful life. We all must do everything we can to build a better world out of love, hope and respect for life. Having ecocide recognised as an international crime would be a huge win in building this new world.
Being an artist for ecocide law combines three things that I'm super passionate about; music, nature, and criminal justice.”
Karina Finkenau
Visual Artist, Germany
“The general and official recognition of ecocide has long been very important to me! Just as there are human rights, there must also be environmental rights, nature must be entitled to its own right. Nature must have the opportunity to complain. It is also important for us to perceive and respect nature appropriately. It has to get out of its implicitness and out of its utilitarian nature, it must not be reified and enslaved. It must be recognized as something entrusted to us, as the basis of our ability to exist on earth, inside and outside of us. Something that we protect, that we care about, that is our life and wealth. So I hope to use art to draw attention to ecocide and to awaken personal commitment to ecocide laws!”