{"id":19627,"date":"2021-08-27T17:05:59","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T16:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=19627"},"modified":"2021-08-27T17:05:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T16:05:59","slug":"culture-night-belfast-2021-commits-to-ambitious-sustainability-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2021\/08\/culture-night-belfast-2021-commits-to-ambitious-sustainability-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture Night Belfast 2021 Commits To Ambitious Sustainability Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As the conversation around climate change heats up ahead of COP26 in November,\u00a0 the team behind Culture Night Belfast 2021 have stated their ambitions for an \u201calmost 100% sustainable event\u201d this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partnering with artist and creative lead Gawain Morrison and his team to present the spectacular, experiential installation The Ogham Grove in Writer\u2019s Square, Susan Picken, Director of Culture Night Belfast and the Cathedral Quarter Trust, said she hopes this will be one of the most sustainable and environmentally friendly Culture Nights in Belfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said: \u201cWe have had a commitment to environmental sustainability for a number of years now so when we were developing the brief for CNB 2021 it was really important to us that it reflected the increasingly urgent global focus on environmental sustainability and on the need for more green, natural and shared spaces in the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have worked with Translink and other partners over the years to promote active travel, use of public transport and an environmentally responsible approach to waste, and CNB21 builds on this with an even bigger focus on the environment.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Friday September 17 to Sunday September 19 Writer\u2019s Square will be transformed into a stunning, immersive, nature-inspired experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ogham Grove takes inspiration from the ancient Celtic Ogham Tree Alphabet and will see two monumental sculptures built in Writer\u2019s Square, with themes drawn from Celtic ancestral heritage and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat is important to everyone involved in this project is sustainability and making sure that the materials used in this are not just used and thrown away. We want to be part of the \u2018one more use\u2019 thinking or accessing products that are already part of the process flow\u201d said Gawain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUsing and reusing products was a very important part of our concept and the actual structural delivery of things that people can see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artist and engineer Neil Beattie added: \u201cTop of the agenda is sustainability. It\u2019s very important for all of us that the materials that we use are either reclaimed, reused or recyclable at the least. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want to walk away from this project with an extremely small amount of waste. Everything that is used from the timber and the natural materials to even the screws will be reused so very little goes to waste. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSustainability is a very important part of our values so it\u2019s a major aspect of what we\u2019re doing. This project allows the opportunity to make something great and be creative whilst using materials that aren\u2019t hazardous to the environment and that is key in all of this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe wood we\u2019re using is being taken from an existing process cycle so we\u2019re just taking the materials, using them and returning them. All the timber is being reclaimed and we will be deconstructing it and using it in other projects. The material we\u2019re using outside the structures will either be reused or given to charities like the Play Resource Centre. Nothing goes to waste.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For artist and prop maker Dylan McCaughtry ensuring there is very little carbon footprint is important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cA lot of the construction will be made out of multi-use wood which can go straight back into the distribution system. There\u2019s no real footprint from our use of these materials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe rest of the wood is reclaimed \u2013 stuff that has been used before, so we\u2019re giving it that last bit of life. A lot of it is just about being clever with your sourcing. That\u2019s one of the challenges I\u2019m looking forward to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the pandemic, Culture Night had been one of Belfast\u2019s largest free events, a cultural celebration that attracted almost 90,000 local, national and international visitors to the Cathedral Quarter and Belfast city centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result of the scaled back, scaled down nature of the project this year Susan Picken said having an \u201calmost zero waste\u201d year is \u201cwithin our sights\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She added: \u201cThe biggest change this year is that we aren\u2019t running an open programme for submissions as in previous years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a result we can be much more mindful of the impact Culture Night is having on the environment around us. There will be less infrastructure, less litter, less travel, less people and a lot less plastic ending up in landfill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot just that, it will be a safe environment for people who want to experience art and culture without being concerned about the impacts of the pandemic.\u201d
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To keep up to date with updates from CNB Presents The Ogham Grove, running from Friday September 17 to Sunday September 19 go to culturenightbelfast.com<\/a> or follow #CNB21 on social media.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the conversation around climate change heats up ahead of COP26 in November,\u00a0 the team behind Culture Night Belfast 2021 have stated their ambitions for an \u201calmost 100% sustainable event\u201d this year. Partnering with artist and creative lead Gawain Morrison and his team to present the spectacular, experiential installation The Ogham Grove in Writer\u2019s Square, … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19630,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19627\/revisions\/19630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}