It’s Global, It’s Local – It’s GLOCAL
See the New MoMA Exhibition on Climate Change
From the new blog about "Rising Currents," the MoMA exhibition on the impact of climate change, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation.
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Ruthie Abel
At the opening of the Rising Currents exhibition at MoMA, curator Barry Bergdoll used the word "glocal" to describe the impact of this exhibition. At first I thought I misheard, but then I realized he meant that the exhibition was part of the growing global grassroots movement to address the impact of climate change with smart, local solutions.
Local governments and civil society groups around the world are starting to "Ask the Climate Question" about what differences in everyday decisions it will take to make their communities more resilient in the face of climate change impacts. So instead of being immobilized by the fear of insurmountable climate problems or by the urgency of day-to-day challenges, they are finding a multitude of creative and innovative solutions that they can implement today to reduce current and future risks and costs. In most cases they are finding that these measures make their cities more livable, greener, safer, equitable, and productive now as a result.
