Talking to You
Workshops
Earth Speakr offered a platform for kids to speak up. The artwork delivered these messages to adults and politicians around the world, through the digital app, films, events, and installations.
To reach as many kids across the EU as possible, a large network of supporters was built, inviting educational and cultural institutions, as well as NGOs, to discover how to take part in the artwork. More than 140 documented workshops worldwide have taken place in schools, museums, libraries, Goethe-Instituts, and embassies. Kids took part in these workshops around the world, in locations such as Århus, Brussels, Bucharest, Dakar, Glasgow, Helsinki, Madrid, Melbourne, Miami Beach, Milan, Reykjavik, São Paulo, Sofia, Stockholm, Sydney, Valetta, and Zagreb.
Listening
The educational toolkits and resources made available here on the Earth Speakr website further allowed parents and institutions to engage with the artwork and host kids in a grassroots style, beyond what our team could have imagined or documented.
Earth Speakr brought kids’ messages directly into political spaces and leading cultural institutions. Kids’ messages have been streamed in the European Parliament in Brussels, The German Foreign Office in Berlin, at COP26 in Glasgow, as well as in museums, biennales, conferences, and festivals across Europe. Artist Olafur Eliasson personally shared Earth Speakr messages with all EU Foreign Ministers and members of the German Bundestag. Across the EU and the world, politicians and people in power have heard the voices of kids through Earth Speakr.
Toolkits
Studio Olafur Eliasson collaborated with leading institutions and experts to create toolkits to inspire your engagement with Earth Speakr in various settings. Each toolkit is designed to help in the process of discovering the artwork – from exploring existing messages to empowering kids to create new messages.
Earth Speakr toolkits invite kids to imagine, to create, to share, and to get inspired through the process of discovery. Toolkits can be combined and applied as suitable in institutions and at home with friends and family alike.
Classroom toolkit
Library toolkit
Museum toolkit
Science learning toolkit
Science learning gameboards
Events
PAST EVENTS
1 - 31 July 2020
Earth Speakr pop-up station at Dokk1
Dokk1, Aarhus Public Libraries (Aarhus, Denmark)
Visitors of Dokk1 are invited to discover Earth Speakr. Children and youth: Speak up for the planet!
1 - 2 July 2020
Earth Speakr @ Reading Camp
Dokk1, Aarhus Public Libraries (Aarhus, Denmark)
As part of Dokk1 Summer School program, over two days Reading Camp will explore Earth Speakr message creation in the library with parents and children through a series of fun and creative activities inspired from the Earth Speakr Library Toolkit.
14 - 18 September 2020
Earth Speakr workshops in Naples
By Goethe-Institut in Naples, Italy
More information here
18 September 2020
Earth Speakr online workshop
By Goethe-Institut Dublin, Ireland
More information here
19 September 2020
World Cleanup Day
Worldwide by Let’s Do It World Foundation
Participate in cleanups near you and use Earth Speakr to share your impressions from the day with the world. More information on cleanups here
19 September 2020
Earth Speakr online workshop
By Goethe-Institut Bucharest, Romania
More information to register here
24 September 2020
Earth Speakr workshop in Ljubljana
By Goethe-Institut Ljubljana, Slovenia
More information here
25 September 2020
Earth Speakr workshop in Ljubljana
By Goethe-Institut Ljubljana, Slovenia
More information here
25 September 2020
Global Climate Strike
Worldwide and online by Fridays for Future
Initiated by the Fridays for Future movement, it will be a day for global action on climate strike. Take part and share your voice through Earth Speakr. More information here
27 September 2020
Earth Speakr workshop in Bucharest
By Goethe-Institut Bucharest, Romania
More information here
30 September 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Italy
Earth Speakr workshop at Scuola Canossiana "Annunciata Cosi" di Rovato (BS)
In collaboration with Goethe-Institut Milan
1 - 8 October 2020
Earth Speakr workshops in Brussels
By Goethe-Institut in Brussels, Belgium
More information here
3 October 2020
Earth Speakr online workshop
by Goethe-Institut Bucharest, Romania
More information here
3 October 2020
Earth Speakr workshop in Turin
By Goethe-Institut in Turin, Italy
More information here
5 October 2020
Earth Speakr workshop in Bucharest
By the German Embassy in Romania
More information here
5 October 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Italy
Earth Speakr workshop at Scuola Canossiana "Annunciata Cosi" di Rovato (BS)
In collaboration with Goethe-Institut Milan
6 October 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Italy
Earth Speakr workshop at Ambiente Parco, Brescia
In collaboration with Goethe-Institut Milan
7 October 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Italy
Earth Speakr workshop at Ambiente Parco, Brescia
In collaboration with Goethe-Institut Milan
10 October 2020
Earth Speakr at TED Countdown
Available online
More information here
10 October 2020
Earth Speakr workshop in Genova
By Goethe-Institut in Genova, Italy
More information here
12 October 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Italy
Earth Speakr workshop at International School of Bergamo
In collaboration with Goethe-Institut Milan
12 - 16 October 2020
Earth Speakr workshops in Paris
By Goethe-Institut Paris, France
More information here
15 October 2020
Earth Speakr at TEDx Danubia
Online in Hungarian
More information here
15 October 2020
Earth Speakr workshop in Sofia
By the German Embassy Bulgaria
More information here
13 - 18 October 2020
Earth Speakr workshops in Vienna
By Goethe-Institut in Vienna at Zoom Kindermuseum
More information here
17 October 2020
Earth Speakr workshops in Brussels
By Le Foyer, Goethe-Institut Brussels and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Kingdom of Belgium
More information here
21 October 2020
Earth Speakr workshops in Brussels
By Le Foyer, Goethe-Institut Brussels and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Kingdom of Belgium
More information here
20 October 2020
Earth Speakr at the Cinekid Professional forum
Session "Kids as Changemakers", 12:00
More information here
20 October 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Italy
Earth Speakr workshop at Gymnasium "Liceo Copernico", Brescia
In collaboration with Goethe-Institut Milan
12 - 22 October 2020
Earth Speakr at the Warming Up Festival
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
More information here
22 October 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Debrecen
By the Deutsches Kulturforum Debrecen
More information here
22 October 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Vienna
By the German Embassy in Austria
More information here
7 - 23 October 2020
Earth Speakr at Cinekid Festival (Media Lab)
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
More information here
12 - 23 October 2020
Earth Speakr at Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
More information here
16 - 25 October 2020
Earth Speakr at the Global Polyglot conference
Available online
More information here
24 October 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Amsterdam
By Goethe-Institut in Amsterdam
Maak je je zorgen over het milieu, je stad en de toekomst van onze planeet? En wil je dit veranderen? Ben je tussen 7 en 17 jaar, kom dan naar een workshop bij het Goethe-Institut Nederland en draag bij aan het project Earth Speakr, een interactief kunstwerk van de Deense kunstenaar Ólafur Elíasson. Bij de workshop ontmoet je andere kinderen en jongeren en kun je ideeën en visies uitwisselen over en voor de planeet. Hierbij wordt getekend, met materialen gewerkt en met taal en beweging gespeeld. Wat raakt je het meest en hoe wil je dit uiten? Met de Earth Speakr app kun je boodschappen maken en iets uit je omgeving jouw stem lenen. Dit kan een plant, een afvalhoop of ook een eigen tekening zijn.
More information here
27 October 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Venice
By the Ocean Space
EARTH SPEAKR IL TUO MESSAGGIO PER IL PIANETA
Attivazione Digitale: in classi di scuole primarie e secondarie di primo grado le insegnanti introdurranno gli studenti alle questioni ambientali e inviteranno gli studenti a inviare messaggi attraverso la app per tutto il giorno e quelli a seguire di questa settimana.
More information here
28 October 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Italy
Earth Speakr workshop at Gymnasium "Liceo Copernico”, Brescia
In collaboration with Goethe-Institut Milan
28 October 2020
Earth Speakr. ¡Escucha al futuro!
En estos taller, los niños y niñas conocerán la aplicación y crearán mensajes Earth Speakr en su entorno, disponiendo así de una plataforma para compartir con el resto del mundo sus ideas y preocupaciones sobre el futuro de nuestro planeta y el cambio climático. Con sus contribuciones, ayudarán activamente a dar forma a la obra de arte, que se publicó el 1 de julio. En un evento posterior con la Embajada Alemana el 18.11., los niños, niñas y jóvenes presentarán sus mensajes Earth Speakr y debatirán sus puntos de vista con los responsables políticos.
By Goethe-Institut Madrid and La Casa Encendida
More information here
31 October 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop at Goethe-Institut Rotterdam
By Goethe-Institut Niederlande
More information here
4 November 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Debrecen
By the Deutsches Kulturforum Debrecen
More information here
4 November 2020
Earth Speakr in Helsinki
By the German Embassy in Finland
Students from a Helsinki school will present their Earth Speakr messages to guests in the Residence of the German Ambassdor - including Minister for Europe, Tytti Tuppurainen, and the Managing Director of the John Nurminen Foundation, and have a discussion with them. The event will be streamed on Youtube and spectators can join in with comments and questions.
More information here
2 - 7 November 2020
Earth Speakr Tech-kits Workshops with El Sistema Greece
In the spirit of the holistic educational approach, El Sistema Greece in collaboration with The Earth Speakr is offering one more opportunity to its students to develop their critical thinking and express their views, ideas and opinions about the current environmental challenges. Through workshops, the students are going to discover the artwork and experience the application on Tech-Kits’ smartphones, developed for the project. Τhe young musicians -students of El Sistema Greece- will be able to express themselves and send their messages for the future of the planet and the city they dream to live in. event in English and Greek.
More information here
7 November 2020
Earth Speakr workshops in Rotterdam
By the Goethe-Institut Rotterdam
More information here
7 November 2020
Earth Speakr workshops in Amsterdam
By the Goethe-Institut Amsterdam
More information here
7 November 2020
Earth Speakr workshops in Brussels
By Le Foyer, Goethe-Institut Brussels and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Kingdom of Belgium
More information here
7 November 2020
Earth Speakr workshop in Zagreb
By Goethe-Institut Croatia
More information here
10 November 2020
Earth Speakr workshops in Brussels
By Le Foyer, Goethe-Institut Brussels and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Kingdom of Belgium
More information here
10 November 2020
Earth Speakr workshops in Brussels
By the German Embassy in Belgium
More information here
11 November 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Prague
By the German Embassy in Czech Republic
More information here
14 November 2020
Earth Speakr workshop in Valletta
By German Maltese Circle
More information here
14 November 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Chania
By Goethe-Institut in Chania, Greece
More information here
14 November 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Athens
By Goethe-Institut in Athens, Greece
More information here
14 November 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Athens
By the German Embassy in Greece
More information here
15 November 2020
Earth Speakr workshop - Luxembourg Edition
By the Institut Pierre Werner
Das Institut Pierre Werner lädt Kinder und Jugendliche dazu ein, Earth-Speakr-Nachrichten zu erstellen und virtuell in der Umgebung zu platzieren. Über den Inhalt darf jeder selbstständig entscheiden. Workshopleiter ist der luxemburgische Motion-Designer Steve Gerges. Die Ergebnisse werden anschließend am 25.11. in einem direkten Dialog mit politischen Entscheidungsträger*innen präsentiert.
Event hosted in German and French
Location: Abtei Neumünster, 28, rue Münster, Luxembourg-Grund
More information here
17 - 18 November 2020
It's Time Online Festival
Hosted by Ecologi in collaboration with WWF
It’s Time is a global, virtual festival of climate action. It is for free! Earth Speakr will be presented in festival's Tent.
More information here
18 November 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Ljubljana
By the German Embassy in Slovenia
More information here
18 November 2020
Earth Speakr event in Madrid
By the Goethe-Institut in Madrid together with La Casa Encendida and German embassy in Spain.
More information here
19 November 2020
Earth Speakr event in Paris
By the German Embassy in France
More information here
20 November 2020
UN World Children's Day
Worldwide
20 November 2020
Tomorrow Talks - Selma Montgomery and Olafur Eliasson
More information here
20 November 2020
Round table discussion in Hungarian “The future of our region” based on Earth Speakr Workshop
By Deutsches Kulturforum Debrecen
More information here
20 November 2020
Webinar in German "Gemeinsam für unsere Umwelt"
By Deutsches Kulturforum Debrecen
More information here
21 November 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Valletta
By the German Embassy in Malta
More information here
23 November 2020
Earth Speakr workshop in Luxembourg
By Institut Pierre Werner, at Lënster Lycée and Lycée Michel Lucius
More information here
27 November 2020
Earth Speakr event in Dublin
By the German embassy in Ireland
27 November 2020
"What is the city of the future?" workshop in Venice
By Ocean Space
On Friday November 27 Ocean Space will collaborate once again with Earth Speakr, involving a group of schools from the Veneto region tasked with imagining the city of the future. On this occasion, students will be invited to reflect on the places where they live. The city is a place of memory, it preserves the collective memories of the communities that inhabit it, it preserves the passing of the eras that have come and gone, from its origins through its various styles, highlighting the individual elements which form the whole. But what are they? Shapes, materials, symbols, elements that are similar in some cultures, and different from others, making it unique. But what kind of city awaits us in the future? What do students imagine or hope for? The students, depending on the grade they belong to, will be invited to reflect on how cities are changing, how polluted they are, and what should be done to improve them. They will become real researchers, urban planners, philosophers, and sociologists. By experimenting with collages and three-dimensional constructions, at the end of the activity they will be invited to create a collective model, whether flat or three-dimensional, which will be the cumulative result of their own individual creations, and will be invited to share their message to adults through the Earth Speakr app.
More information here
30 November 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Luxembourg
By Institut Pierre Werner, at Lënster Lycée and Lycée Michel Lucius
More information here
30 November 2020
Earth Speakr event in Stockholm
By the German embassy in Sweden
1 December 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Rome
By the German Embassy in Italy
More information here
3 December 2020
Earth Speakr Workshop in Stockholm
By Goethe-Institut in Sweden
More information here
30 November - 6 December 2020
Earth Speakr at Miami Beach Art Week
Organised by the City of Miami Beach
More information here and here
9 December 2020
Climate Change and Climate Goals: The Paris Agreement Today
Organised by the American Museum of Natural History, together with Mothers of Invention and Pathway to Paris; moderated by Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
More information here
9 December 2020
Earth Speakr event in Croatia
By the embassy of Germany in Croatia
More information here
11 December 2020
Earth Speakr in Luxembourg
An online discussion with the Lënster Lycée International School students
By the German embassy in Luxembourg
13 December 2020
Earth Speakr at Europe Talks discussion
Organised by "My Country Talks"
More information here
15 December 2020
Earth Speakr in Luxembourg
An online discussion with the International School Michel Lucius students
By the German embassy in Luxembourg
Until 31 December 2020
Earth Speakr in Goslar town
By the Pulse of Europe Goslar
More information here
24 - 25 January 2021
#Learning planet Festival (online)
More information here
29 - 30 January 2021
Verbier Art Summit
More information here
1 April - 31 May 2021
Przyszłość Planety - The Future of our Planet
Miejsko - Gminna Biblioteka Publiczna (Ryki, Poland)
As part of the project The Future of our Planet at the Ryki Public Library in Poland, kids could use the Earth Speakr app and make messages on behalf of the planet. The most interesting and creative statements will be awarded.
1 May - 30 June 2021
Earth Speakr Austria
BildungsHub.wien in cooperation with Magenta ConnectedKids
With your help, Earth Speakr will really take off in Austria in May and June!
While children and young people in Europe are already sending their messages to the world intensively, the map of Austria in the app still shows little activity. That is why ConnectedKids, together with Andreas Huber-Marx from the BildungsHub.WIEN, proclaim May and June 2021 to be Earth Speakr Months in Austria. Lend your voice to the world from 1 May to31 May, 2021. Due to the fun approach to sustainability, the app is particularly great for teaching. Students can be active and suddenly see their immediate surroundings in a completely new way through the app. They become researchers of their own environment, recognize the need for action and make specific and creative suggestions for change! It is an empowering experience.
29-30 September 2021
Earth Speakr event in Billund
At the International School of Billund
13-15 October 2021
Earth Speakr event in Berlin
At the Familie e.V. after school care programme at Thomasstraße
25 October - 18 November 2021
Earth Speakr event in Milan
By Dynamo Camp and Triennale
1-12 November 2021
Earth Speakr event at COP26 in Glasgow
By Conference of the Birds at the Pipe Factory
8-10 December 2021
Earth Speakr event in Berlin
At the Pädagogische Werkstatt Rütli Schule
10 November - 15 December 2021
Earth Speakr event in Pont-du-Château
At Accueils de Loisirs afterschool care programme for Pont-du-Château
28-30 December 2021
Earth Speakr event in Dakar
At Ban Workshops with AWU and Archive Books