2025-08-22 –, History is doable
The world famous art and storytelling of the BEEHIVE DESIGN COLLECTIVE is taking their graphic story-telling across Europe! In their workshops and presentations they use giant, portable murals of intricate pen and ink drawings to deconstruct complex issues of globalization, climate change, colonization and resource extraction. They strive to provoke discussion, raise hard questions, and share hopeful stories about actions big and small we can take to build a better world.
The TRUE COST OF COAL graphic uses mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia as a lens through which to understand the historical and contemporary story of energy and resource extraction. With a gigantic portable mural teeming with intricate images of plants and animals from the most biodiverse temperate forest on the planet, the Bees will share (and seek) stories of how mountaintop removal coal mining and open-pit mining generally impacts communities and ecosystems throughout Appalachia and beyond.
The True Cost of Coal examines all of our connections to coal, while celebrating stories of struggle from mountain communities. The last chapter of the story also looks to the future, raising questions about alternatives, remediation, and regeneration. This visually stunning graphic serves as a multi-tool for activists and other folks seeking real solutions to energy extraction and climate change
As a gigantic portable mural teeming with intricate images of plants and animals from the most biodiverse temperate forest on the planet, the storybased graphic campaign THE TRUE COST OF COAL examines all of our connections to coal, while celebrating stories of struggle from mountain communities. Based on hundreds of frontline stories, the Bees will share (and seek) stories of how mountaintop removal coal mining and open-pit mining generally impacts communities and ecosystems throughout Appalachia and beyond. This visually stunning graphic serves as a multi-tool for activists and other folks seeking for regeneration and real solutions to energy extraction and climate change.
How many people can take part in your contribution?:50
Will your contribution deal with movement history?:Movement history is the main focus of the contribution.
What is your preferred language to hold the contribution in?:Englisch
What is the linguistical level of your contribution? Is it in easy read/plain English?:A2: Basic knowledge
Is prior knowledge required for the content?:nein
Who is your contribution (especially) aimed at?:No specific aim
If you are an individual at the camp: do you belong to an organization? (optional):Beehive Design Collective
The Beehive Design Collective is a wildly motivated, all-volunteer, activist arts collective dedicated to “cross-pollinating the grassroots” by creating collaborative, anti-copyright images for use as educational and organizing tools. We work as word-to-image translators of complex global stories, shared with us through conversations with affected communities.
Klima*Kollektiv is a small organization based in Cologne which is supporting the climate movement since ten years with trainings in storytelling, press work, regenerative activism and much more. They are working in the fields of action, education, alternatives. At the moment, they are building up resistance against watergrabbing.