‘Climate Commitment’ celebrates its fourth edition successfully

‘Climate Commitment’ celebrates its fourth edition successfully

Storytellers of all ages, cultures, neighbourhoods and professions gathered in the courtyard of La Casa Encendida on 12 November to share their commitment to the climate in an open, dynamic and close format.

This meeting, now in its fourth consecutive year, was held under the title ‘Stories’ because the climate crisis needs new narratives and forms of expression.

At the event we heard from young assembly members to activist grandmothers, child designers and programming mothers, visionary civil servants and naturalist neighbours, ecotopian kids and citizen artists, journalists with no strings attached and rebel scientists.

At the same time, it was possible to learn about data that illuminates, trees that talk, sensors that travel to the dumpsters of throwaway fashion, and a more human account of climate adaptation. Each of the people who took to the stage brought a story of conquest, resistance or togetherness, composing a common narrative of hope: the future is not written, it is we who will tell it.

The different stories included initiatives in which itdUPM participated, such as the Tándem project (from the Platform for Green Jobs), the micro-mission of School Environments or the meeting ‘This courtyard is a world’ in the San Cristóbal neighbourhood, which is part of the accompaniment that itdUPM is providing to the city of Madrid to achieve its mission to be climate neutral.

This great conversation was organised by Madrid City Council (from the Climate Change sub-directorate), itdUPM, Atelier itd and La Casa Encendida de Fundación Montemadrid. It counted with the collaboration of Porticus, Democratic Society and CitiES2030. The project was carried out with the support of the Madrid City Council’s programme of grants for creation and mobility.

Storytellers of all ages, cultures, neighbourhoods and professions gathered in the courtyard of La Casa Encendida on 12 November to share their commitment to the climate in an open, dynamic and close format.

This meeting, now in its fourth consecutive year, was held under the title ‘Stories’ because the climate crisis needs new narratives and forms of expression.

At the event we heard from young assembly members to activist grandmothers, child designers and programming mothers, visionary civil servants and naturalist neighbours, ecotopian kids and citizen artists, journalists with no strings attached and rebel scientists.

At the same time, it was possible to learn about data that illuminates, trees that talk, sensors that travel to the dumpsters of throwaway fashion, and a more human account of climate adaptation. Each of the people who took to the stage brought a story of conquest, resistance or togetherness, composing a common narrative of hope: the future is not written, it is we who will tell it.

The different stories included initiatives in which itdUPM participated, such as the Tándem project (from the Platform for Green Jobs), the micro-mission of School Environments or the meeting ‘This courtyard is a world’ in the San Cristóbal neighbourhood, which is part of the accompaniment that itdUPM is providing to the city of Madrid to achieve its mission to be climate neutral.

This great conversation was organised by Madrid City Council (from the Climate Change sub-directorate), itdUPM, Atelier itd and La Casa Encendida de Fundación Montemadrid. It counted with the collaboration of Porticus, Democratic Society and CitiES2030. The project was carried out with the support of the Madrid City Council’s programme of grants for creation and mobility.