The Concept behind Climate Choirs
One individual alone cannot possibly make a difference.
It is individual efforts,
collectively, that make a noticeable difference.
All the difference in the world.
Jane Goodall
Our idea is to stimulate a broad civil society alliance: an action in which people sing together. The idea of Climate Choirs is therefore based on the conviction that it is important to organize as a civil society. Together we can achieve significant changes, because we are extremely powerful in the small things. Especially when we join forces.
The idea behind Climate Choirs is fundamentally about major cultural and ecological change, a kind of smooth revolution or soft rebellion from the roots that we can start by ourselves and right now. What exactly is preventing us from starting to make the changes we believe are right? Do we resist action because we think that there is nothing we can do or that we archive far too little on our own?
Are we too comfortable or do we only want to change ourselfes after everyone else has changed? Do we belive that the problems of our time should be tackled less individually, and rather that economic and structural changes are needed only at an international, political level?
We can take action towards change immediately without having to wait for politicians, the Pope or other supposed authorities. It’s about doing or not doing something and not just talking or delegating our responsibility. To enact change, we must make a little more effort individually than we have done thus far.
What exactly is this campaign about?
The Climate Choirs’ campaign is about singing the gospel classic Amazing Grace together in the central station of the cities in which we live. The idea is that the song is performed by a choir in any given city, so that as many civil society groups and private individuals as possible can join in the singing. Ideally, the campaign should take place in as many cities as possible at the same time. After singing, the people would disperse and return to their day. The singing is linked to 12 invitations to ourselves as a civil society, a kind of manifesto or minimum consensus that outlines the idea of a good life. By singing, we as participants in the action refer to these 12 invitations to ourselves. A YouTube channel for the choirs and a documentary film about the campaign are to be created.
