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Act Out! In Paris [5] - Culture for Climate

Act Out! In Paris [5] - Culture for Climate
Mon, 12/14/2015 - by Eleanor Goldfield
This article originally appeared on Occupy.com

As we mentioned during our Art Not Oil coverage last week, culture dictates politics. And if your culture is vapid, your politics will be, too. Art in all its iterations played a big role at COP21, and La Gaite Lyrique is the "center of culture for climate." Anais, part of the ArtCOP21 team, explains what that means and why culture is so important in the fight for climate justice.

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