NI Science Festival presents Climate Creation

This February, The Crescent is delighted to welcome NI Science Festival for a series of events and workshops as part of the 2026 programme.

The cold facts of climate change can be paralysing, the figures too abstract. We also need to engage our emotions and to find creative ways to navigate these uncertain and frightening times.

These creative workshops are an opportunity to do just that: together we will break down the dry, factual texts – newspaper reports, science magazines – of climate change into fragments. Then we will reimagine them artistically to create zines and collages that allow us to find alternative ways to engage with environmental change beyond only the intellectual.

These crafting workshops are open to all, providing a space to discuss our feelings towards climate breakdown and the value of the arts in making sense of environmental change. Then we will produce artworks that respond to the changing environment of our coasts.

The session will be run by Dr Ellen Howley and Dr Cormac Cleary from Dublin City University’s Institute for Climate and Society, with participation from climate scientists from the Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water.