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Theatrical Approaches
Man Made Disasters
Individual Themes
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A strategy intended to manipulate public opinion about a particular issue by arousing fear or alarm.
What is a scare tactic?
100
The amount of time that scientists say we have until climate change is irreversible.
What is 15 years?
100
Used theater as a way to connect and bring down the divisive political walla surrounding the topic of climate change
Who is Chantal Bilodeau
100
What year did scientists discover the hole in the ozone layer?
What is 1985
100
A New York playwright who focuses on the intersection of science, political arts, and climate change. Also the Artistic Director of The Arctic Circle and founder of Artists and Climate Change.
Who is Chantal Bilodeau?
200
Derived from the Ancient Greeks, this word means “seeing place” and has long been a means for looking closely at relationships.
What is theatre?
200
This day is when over 2,500 events in over 163 countries on all 7 continents all centered around addressing the issue of climate change. This day is also possibly the largest climate change protest in history.
What is September 20th, 2019
200
This group has commissioned 50 plays that will be performed in a series of events throughout the world covering different climate change topics.
What is Climate Change Theatre Action
200
The play that Bilodeau wrote. Showcases the effects of climate change in the Arctic.
What is SILA?
200
This theatre organization is made up of three other theatre groups being the Arctic Circle, The Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts, and Theatre without borders.
What is Climate Change Theatre Action
300
How many Americans say that human activity is fueling climate change and roughly how many believe action is urgently needed within the next decade if humanity is to avert its worst effects
What is about 8 in 10 Americans believe climate change is fueled by human activity and 50% of urgent action is needed within the next decade?
300
How much has the planet's average surface temperature risen in Fahrenheit since the late 19th century, a change driven largely by increased carbon dioxide and other human-made emissions into the atmosphere?
What is 2.05 degrees Fahrenheit (1.14 degrees Celsius)?
300
What UK performative activist organization is a compilation of a network of artists, theatres and galleries calling for urgent action to immediately tackle climate change, which currently includes 762 participants?
What is Culture Declares Emergency?
300
In 2010, this offshore drilling disaster spread millions of gallons of oil throughout the Gulf of Mexico. An additional 1.8 million gallons of chemical dispersants were released as part of the clean-up efforts in this disaster, unfortunately, these chemicals are also dangerous pollutants. Despite advanced clean-up efforts, only a fraction of the oil has been removed.
What is the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster.
300
What theatrical approach is being used in this image?
What is performative protests?
400
Which country in the world has the highest rating on climate performance according to the Climate Change Performance Index?
What is Sweden
400
Regulating global climate, it meditates climate and drives the weather, driving rainfall droughts and floods. It is also the world’s largest store of carbon, where an estimated 83% of the global carbon is circulated. In the last 200 years, it has absorbed a third of the CO2 produced by human activities and 90% of the extra heat trapped by the rising concentration of greenhouse gases.
What are Earth’s oceans?
400
Producing educational productions that educate urban communities about the biomagnification of toxins, deforestation, soil erosion, loss of genetic diversity and global warming as a means to teach them how their neighborhood connects to the larger biotic community.
Who is Arm of the Sea?
400
What accident in 1986 was the result of a flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel?
What is the Chernobyl accident?
400
A theatrical group located along the Hudson River in NY that addressed environmental issues such as the massive water reservoir system in the Catskill Mountains, dredging PCB’s from the Upper Hudson River, the destruction of tropical rainforests, implications of genetic engineering and human-induced climate change.
Who is Arm of the Sea?