Cultural Currents

In this episode of Cultural Currents, Lana speaks to Yaraan Couzens Bundle from Camp Sovereignty. Yaraan shares about the importance of embedding sovereignty within climate action, songlines and ceremony in practicing law, totemic relationships and interconnectedness with Country, and how settler environmental defenders might better align themselves with First Nations people who live this work. Yaraan Couzens Bundle is a proud Gunditjmara, Keeray Wurrung, Djab Wurrung, Yuin, and Bidjara woman, Firekeeper at Camp Sovereignty, and Whale dreaming custodian.Read more about Camp Sovereignty here: https://www.commonground.org.au/article/camp-sovereignty-is-sacred-land-past-and-presentIf you work for an environmental organisation and are interested in auspicing and supporting Yaraan’s idea of the Sacred Fire Originals sovereign fund, send us a message and we’ll put you in touch. If you want to support Yaraan’s defense of the birthing trees on Djab Wurrung Country, you can contribute to this fund here: https://chuffed.org/project/208097-djab-wurrung-arrestee-support

In this episode, Lana Nguyen and Eliki Reade from A Climate For Art speak about the intentions of the 10-part audio series and how it feeds into a growing movement to put forward culture-based solutions at COP31. A Climate For Art (ACFA) is an organisation that unifies the arts around the issue of our changing climate through divestment practices and community building. We see the climate crisis as a cultural crisis that requires a cultural response. With a focus on financed emissions – banking and superannuation – ACFA is focused on collectivising our response through tangible actions, as well as growing critical climate dialogues through a community of practice, built from an ongoing series of events, creative projects and gatherings.https://www.aclimateforart.com.au/