Opening Ceremony for the 7th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks (Sept 2016)
To kick start the 10th Geopark Festival celebrations the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark is delighted to launch the Earth Echoes film. This film documents the development of the incredible community lead opening ceremony of the 7th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks.
The film, accompanies the full Earth Echoes Learning Pack (link below) script, music score, MP3s and the project evaluation report. Newly available, the pack allows access to best practise for those seeking to engage with local communities and volunteers around a common purpose. It will be of great benefit to organisations, here and abroad, interested in replicating any type of creative community engagement activity.
The Earth Echoes Learning Pack and resources can be found here http://www.englishrivierageopark.org....
The conference, was hosted by the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark in September 2016 in Torquay and welcomed over 700 international delegates. It was hailed the most successful ever by both UNESCO and the president of the Global Geoparks Association.
The success was in part due to an incredible Arts Council funded, community lead and performed opening ceremony. It told the story of the planet through all of the geological ages through to asking a fundamental question of today; what will we leave behind? It provided a key message that #therockconnectsus. The performance involved over 100 members of the local community, aged 8 to 80. Performers included students from South Devon College, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Doorstep and the Barbican Plymouth. The performance received a standing ovation from the international delegates who were truly enthralled.
To access the full archive for the 7th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks can be found here:
http://www.englishrivierageopark.org....