Manifesto for Essex It all began with a question.
Manifesto for Essex began at the Essex Book Festival in 2020. It is a response to festival director Ros Green’s question: what is the most pressing issue of the day and who will be most affected by it?
That year M4E became a multi-form creative platform for young people living in Essex and beyond to express their ideas about tackling climate change. After multiple events, on and offline, the M4E zine was created by Lu Williams as a statement of intentions to do better for our environment.
The National Saturday Club Experience by Ada Mazi
The National Saturday Club Experience by Ada Mazi Starting in March, I got myself into an immersive journey of writing creatively through the National Saturday Club. […]
Manifesto for Essex Let your voice be heard.
This year our projects and activities included our Youth Climate Summit with special guest, Caroline Lucas, oak gall ink-making workshops, eco-printing sessions, a series of Game Changer coding workshops with an environmental theme, All Change Photography Exhibition by Harlow College students, How We Live In Essex Through the Seasons exhibition by Lelia Ferro plus spoken word performances and free creative workshops in Jaywick, Family Nature Workshops at Cressing Temple Barns, a Litter is Criminal Beach Workshop in Harwich, and a series of printmaking classes inspired by Essex Book Festival's theme, 'This Land', exploring the rich and diverse landscapes, cultures and histories of Essex at Colchester Makerspace.
This site is a place for us to connect and share our ideas, events and voices in our on-going campaign for a brighter future.
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