| 45. “Clean Up” - A youth theatre-project for a sustainable future |
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| June 24 Thursday 12-18 A Plenary English |
The project Clean Up reflects thoughts and visions concerning Agenda 21, based on the United Nations conference on environment and development in Rio de Janeiro (1992) and the world summit in Johannesburg (2002). The project is an example of how we might contribute to a sustainable development, and how new forces can be drawn into the work, creating local and regional agendas (LA21). Through the project Clean Up we want to work across the borders to create an understanding of environmental problems, which increasingly will influence our lives. Children and young people might use the project Clean Up to demand that grownups, and especially the MEN, do something about the problems — clean up the environmental problems they have created. The project material consists of a musical manuscript named Clean Up, sheets of music, instructors pamphlet and a CD with demo songs and sing-along is enclosed. In the performance we meet Rebecca, the daughter of Geir Sture. The theme of the play puts the question: shall the grown-up generation continue to pollute the earth, water, air and oceans? Is the next generation going to get the bill for cleaning up? Or should the grownups clean up now? The manuscript is made in a version of 35 minutes. It might be adapted to local circumstances. Classes in the middle level or higher, guided by their main teacher and music teacher, use one-two hours each week in 2.5-3 months to learn speeches and five songs. At the same period the class works with local environmental issues. With the assistance of professional expertise, they make suggestions on items to a Local Agenda 21. The mayor is asked to invite the city council to the first night performance, and the items for a Local Agenda are presented to the mayor, members of city council and audience. Cooperation between schools and city councils in a region create regional agendas. “Cultural Border Projects”(CBP)
contacted directors of schools and communicipalities and made project-agreements. CBP made
project-plans and applications of grants. Each school made local projectcontacts with the communicipalities.
In each communicipality the project involved
the local education authorities, cultural authorities, environmental
authorities and the Mayor. The project also involved theatre institutions
and theatre groups in question of directing the performance-part of
the project, and to serve the project with stage-lightning and sound
equipment. Each project process lasted 3-8 months in planning and 3
months to carry out. (In the month of octobre 2003, the Barents secretariat and CBP made a Clean Up project
in Umeå, where 16 youth from |
| Contact: |
Harald Sætervoll
* The Barents Secretariat in |