Climate Week Bengaluru 2019
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Climate Week Bengaluru 2019 — where all of this started

This is what happened in

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7 Days, 7 Events

In Bengaluru, between September 20th and September 27th, 2019, organisations and individuals came together and created Climate Week Bengaluru 2019. This was a self-driven model that was built on the idea of “come and host your own events”.

It was 7 days with 7 Events. The people that met, and the community that formed, in that week, continue to work and engage in climate work to this day.

Climate Week Bengaluru 2019 itinerary, seven events across seven days
Climate Week Bengaluru 2019 Itinerary

The programme

The week as it was announced

The Climate Week Bengaluru 2019 programme poster
The Climate Week Bengaluru 2019 programme poster
Poster announcing the opening panel discussion
Poster announcing the opening panel discussion
Poster for the Indiranagar film screening evening
Poster for the Indiranagar film screening evening
Poster for the climate experiences and poetry evening
Poster for the climate experiences and poetry evening
Poster inviting the city to speed networking
Poster inviting the city to speed networking
Poster pairing speed networking with the theatre session
Poster pairing speed networking with the theatre session

Panel discussion

Speakers, questions and a full room

The panel takes its seats before the opening session
The panel takes its seats before the opening session
A full room settles in for the panel discussion
A full room settles in for the panel discussion
Listening closely as the panel gets underway
Listening closely as the panel gets underway
The audience follows the exchange between speakers
The audience follows the exchange between speakers
Speakers and the MC steer the conversation
Speakers and the MC steer the conversation
A room of Bengaluru residents, students and organisers
A room of Bengaluru residents, students and organisers
Notes, nods and questions from the floor
Notes, nods and questions from the floor
A question from the audience opens up the discussion
A question from the audience opens up the discussion
The last of the questions before the session closes
The last of the questions before the session closes

Film screening, Indiranagar

A film, then a conversation about it

The Indiranagar film screening fills up
The Indiranagar film screening fills up
Watching together in a borrowed Indiranagar room
Watching together in a borrowed Indiranagar room
The audience talks back after the credits roll
The audience talks back after the credits roll

Speed networking, Koramangala

Strangers becoming collaborators, one table at a time

First introductions at the Koramangala speed networking
First introductions at the Koramangala speed networking
Two minutes each, then everybody moves along
Two minutes each, then everybody moves along
The room mid-swap, everybody talking at once
The room mid-swap, everybody talking at once
Comparing notes on what each organisation actually does
Comparing notes on what each organisation actually does
A pair deep in conversation past the time limit
A pair deep in conversation past the time limit
Numbers exchanged across the speed networking table
Numbers exchanged across the speed networking table
Introductions that outlasted the week itself
Introductions that outlasted the week itself
Laughter between rounds at Koramangala
Laughter between rounds at Koramangala
Someone explaining their work to a new face
Someone explaining their work to a new face
The room at full tilt, every seat taken
The room at full tilt, every seat taken
Finding the person who works on the same thing
Finding the person who works on the same thing
Winding down as the last round finishes
Winding down as the last round finishes
The group that stayed behind to keep talking
The group that stayed behind to keep talking

Climate theatre

Performance as a way into a hard subject

The climate theatre group performs in Koramangala
The climate theatre group performs in Koramangala
A scene played out for the Koramangala audience
A scene played out for the Koramangala audience
The performers hold the room without a stage
The performers hold the room without a stage
The audience is pulled into the performance
The audience is pulled into the performance

Climate experiences and poetry

People reading what the climate means to them

The climate experiences and poetry evening begins
The climate experiences and poetry evening begins
A reader shares her own climate experience
A reader shares her own climate experience
Poetry read aloud to a quiet room
Poetry read aloud to a quiet room
Listening to somebody else put it into words
Listening to somebody else put it into words
A poem about the city and its weather
A poem about the city and its weather
The circle grows as more people arrive
The circle grows as more people arrive
The last reading of the evening
The last reading of the evening

School-led clean-up

Students running their own clean-up

Students set out on their own clean-up
Students set out on their own clean-up
The school clean-up crew with the morning haul
The school clean-up crew with the morning haul