- West Entrance on Queen’s Gate
- Thursday 26 June, 18.30–21.30
- Free, booking required
Creating Change: Climate Action Night
Join us for an evening of creativity, conversation and climate action.
This London Climate Action Week discover how science, nature and creativity can help tackle the climate crisis.
Meet scientists, artists and community voices passionate about creating positive change. Slow down and reconnect with the natural world on a sensory walk through our gardens. Explore the collections we care for up close and learn how nature-based solutions can help protect the planet. Learn how to upcycle your clothes and find even more practical steps you can take to make a difference.
This event is part of London Climate Action Week.
What's on
Noticing Nature: Mindfulness and Nature Journalling
Slow down and reconnect with urban nature in our Nature Discovery Garden. Join us for a guided sensory walk, mindfulness moments and nature journalling in a space to explore, reflect and reconnect with nature in your own way.
Nature Discovery Garden
Meet at the ponds
19.00–20.00, 20.00–21.00
Drop-in, 15 people per session
Generation Hope: Untold Stories of Climate and Empire
How is the climate crisis connected to colonial history, and what can the collections we care for tell us about it? Explore surprising stories that uncover the hidden links between climate, empire and the systems shaping our world today. Discover how rethinking the past can help us imagine a fairer, more sustainable future and how you can be part of it.
Attenborough Studio
19.15–20.00
After the event, there will be 30 minutes for you to chat to the speakers and each other.
Drop-in, short talks and stories
Re-defining Fashion: Future Threads Workshop
Does your wardrobe need a glow-up? Are you looking for ways to take action for the planet whilst learning a new skill? London-born sustainable fashion designer Melissa Simon-Hartman will be in conversation with our scientist Krisztina Lohonya. In this workshop, you’ll learn about the impact of fast fashion on the planet and practical ways to advocate for the environment through your fashion choices. Melissa’s work is inspired by her Trinidadian and Ghanaian heritage and was featured on Beyoncé’s visual albums Black Is King and Renaissance.
Nature Activity Centre, West Garden
19.30–20.00, 20.00–20.30, 20.30–21.00, 21.00–21.30
Drop-in, 30 people per session
Moss safari
From creating soil to retaining water, mosses are some of the most intrepid organisms in reclaiming space for living things. Explore these remarkable organisms and micro-habitats, and never look at moss on a wall in the same way again.
Darwin Centre Atrium
18.30–21.30
Drop-in
Volunteer activity station
Get hands-on with specimens and explore sustainable jewellery with our learning volunteers.
Fixing our Broken Planet gallery
18.30–21.30
Drop-in
Pop-up stations
Visit our pop-up science stands to explore how we can understand our impact on the planet through specimens from the collections we care for. Meet our scientists and discuss how their work tackles the planet’s biggest crises.
Across the Museum
18.30–21.30
Drop-in
Fixing Our Broken Planet gallery
Explore science-backed, hopeful solutions that will help us create a more sustainable world.
18.30–21.30
Self-guided
Quiet area
Need to take a break? Take a minute to collect yourself in our Images of Nature Gallery.
Images of Nature Gallery
18.30–21.30
Drop-in
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Accessibility information
- If you’ll be using a wheelchair, let us know in advance so we can make appropriate arrangements.
- Seating is available in the event space.
- A dedicated quiet area is available during the event.
- There are accessible toilets across our Ground Floor. We also have a Changing Places toilet in our Blue Zone.
Visiting information
- This event is recommended for ages 16+.
- Enter using our West Entrance on Queen’s Gate.
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