Hearts & Minds. Can science inspired music be a solution to climate change?
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Can music, the arts and humanities help us work together across traditional science and industry boundary lines to come up with a solution to climate change? In this episode host Prof Andy Lowe Interim Director of the Environment Institute University of Adelaide, speaks with Airan Berg, Artistic Director of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Floods of Fire Citizens’ Orchestra event , and Professor Anna Goldsworthy, Director of The Elder Conservatorium of Music at the University of Adelaide. Together they discuss the arts as communicator of complex human situations, a flawed system for tackling climate change, and how working openly between the sciences and the humanities can unite hearts and minds for a better future. Eco Futurists is supported by the Environment Institute at the University of Adelaide. Learn More: Floods of Fire will be performing for the first time ever at a FREE event Friday 3 March 2023 in Elder Park Adelaide, starting at 7:30pm ahead of Spinifex Gum as part of the Adelaide Festival. You can contact Eco Futurists podcast here Enjoying the show? Rate, review, and share it with your friends to help listeners like yourself explore their inner Eco Futurist.
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