SPRINGBOARD : Assembly for Creative Climate Action – Fife Watch Party

Join ArtMovesFife's local Watch Party for Culture for Climate Scotland 's SPRINGBOARD: Assembly for creative climate action, taking place online on Wednesday 5 and Thursday 6 March 2025. The watch party will be an in-person direct feed to the Springboard event and is being hosted at St Andrew's Botanics

The event will explore transformational change. Attendees will learn and discuss how all of society will need to reimagine itself in the face of climate change, and how the arts and cultural sector, as well as working on its own transformation, can contribute to the transformation of wider society.

The first day will focus on keynote speakers and inspiration. You’ll watch, listen and learn together online or at local watch parties.

The second day will take place online in breakout rooms with interactive workshops, panels and discussions.

SPRINGBOARD is for cultural and climate organisations, freelance creatives and climate champions, funders, local and national government, the public, private and third sectors. Please register for SPRINGBOARD 2025, then sign up via this link to attend the ArtMovesFife Watch Party on Day One.

Why?

ArtMovesFife is passionate about the role of the arts in growing locally-rooted environmental action. Creatives and Culture are the beating hearts of communities, innovating and inspiring in a uniquely equitable way, and we hope that our SPRINGBOARD watch party will bring community representatives, local organisations, academic partners and creatives together to focus on creative ways to empower us all to combat the climate crisis.

Programme outline

Day 1: Wednesday 5 March

10.15am-5.30pm including breaks

This first day of SPRINGBOARD will focus on keynote speakers and inspiration. We’ll watch, listen and learn together, online and at our local watch party.

Speakers will include:

• Rebecca Ford, Director of the International Futures Forum, will introduce the Three Horizons, a framework for structuring our thinking about the future to unlock transformative innovation.
• Leonie Bell, Director of V&A Dundee, will share her thoughts and experience on change, challenge and leadership.
• Amina Shah, National Librarian and Chief Executive of the National Library of Scotland, will talk about the library transformed – how to imagine the next chapter in an age of uncertainty.

Throughout the day there will also be artistic contributions by Ink Asher Hemp, freelance multidisciplinary artist, facilitator and advocate. Attendees will have time for networking and breaks for private reflection away from the screen.

Step one is to register for SPRINGBOARD 2025.

Step two is to sign up here for the ArtMovesFife with St Andrews Botanics Watch Party!

Accessibility Information

The venue is wheelchair friendly and there is accessible parking available on site.