Youth Expedition Programme
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First Youth Expedition
14-23 September 2007
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Second Youth Expedition
7-20 September 2008
On the first Cape Farewell Art/Science Expedition in 2003, Colin Izod (ex English teacher and director of Big Heart Media) and Suba Subramaniam (ex Science teacher and co artistic director of Angika Dance company) developed an ambition to take a group of teenagers to the Arctic and in September 2007 this ambition was realised with the first Youth Expedition taking twelve students from the UK, Germany and Canada to Svalbard.
Whilst in the Arctic, the students completed landmark art and science projects and beamed back videos and blogs to their schools culminating in a live Q&A from the Arctic with each voyager and each school. Working with Creative Partnerships in England and British Council Canada, Cape Farewell have developed a Cape Farewell Youth Expedition 2007 Resource which summarises the youth programme of expeditions, what was the purpose, how it was achieved, what has happened since and how schools can develop creative climate change programmes based on combining arts and science within schools. This resource is available online for schools worldwide to access.
In September 2008 the second Youth Expedition was launched as Cape Farewell Canada, a Cape Farewell and British Council initiative inviting 28 young people from across the world onboard. These 28 individuals acted and continue to work as youth ambassadors within their schools and communities.
Latest News
RPS Awards Shortlist
Tim Sutton’s Unplugged, Winning the Clay has been shortlisted for an RPS Award
Carbon 12 Exhibition
Save the Date: Cape Farewell's Carbon 12 exhibition opens on 3 May in Paris. It's an exciting mix of art commissions, with the artists working in close relationship with scientists. The exhibition runs 4 May - 16 September 2012 at the Espace Foundation EDF. Find out more ›
Poetry by Nick Drake
Acclaimed author and Cape Farwell voyagers Nick Drake, launches his new collection of poetry, The Farewell Glacier. The poems grew out of his journey to the Arctic.
Nature Journal
David Buckland's feature article 'Climate is Culture' has been published in the March issue of Nature Climate Change. Read about how Cape Farewell's approach has relevance to the discussion about our future.
Goodbye Arctic by Marina Moskvina
Russian novelist Marina Moskvina has just published her book on the 2010 Arctic Expedition with Cape Farewell. Illustrated by Leonid Tishkov, the book captures the voyage and questions the future of the Arctic.
Without Boats, Dreams Dry Up
An exhibition of 20 emerging artists and designers who have participated in Cape Farewell's SHORTCOURSE / UK; a 3-day urban expedition in London. Exhibition runs 24 Feb to 29 March.
U-n-f-o-l-d in Liverpool
Our exquisite exhibition U-n-f-o-l-d is back in the UK and opens on 8 March at John Moores University in Liverpool. If you miss the opening, come to the closing event on 24 April, which starts off the next SHORTCOURSE/UK expedition. Find out more ›
Reality of Change
On 15 March, together with TckTckTck and the UK Youth Climate Coalition, Cape Farewell invites you to a ‘Reality of Change’ evening at the Dana Centre, with architect Sunand Prasad, campaigner Martin Kirk and others who will present and discuss ideas around (climate) change.
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Dr Carol Cotterill 2008
"Amazingly we picked a really interesting area and got some incredible results... This has been a good day. Not only have Dave and I managed to get two interesting profiles under our belt, but we have begun to raise interest amongst the artists onboard as to how they could take our work and incorporate it into theirs..."
Read the full blog post by Carol Cotterill, Marine and Coastal Geoscientist, during the 2008 Art/Science Expedition ›
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