We were delighted to be invited to present Living-Language-Land on 3 November 2021 as part of the public programme of events in the COP26 Green Zone. Creative Producers Neville Gabie and Philippa Bayley were joined by three of our contributors to the project – Sylvia Vollenhoven from South Africa (see her contribution |Xau) and Helina Hookoomsing from Mauritius (see her contribution Danbwa) via videoconference, and Malcolm Maclean (see his contribution Aibidil) from Scotland, who was there in person.
We were also featured in The Guardian on 3 November 2021 – Indigenous languages project urges COP26 leaders to rethink ties to the land.
See our Green Zone presentation in full here:
An audience member receives postcards with words from the project 
Neville introduces Living-Language-Land 
We are joined by Sylvia and Helina to talk about their language contexts and contributions to the project 
Philippa ends with the words of another contributor, Marie-Emilie Lacroix 
An audience member reflects on the postcards 
Audience members laugh as they think about significant words 
Philippa, Neville and Rosanna Lewis from the British Council Creative Commissions 
Philippa, Neville and Gaelic contributor Malcolm Maclean