Crip Climates: A collaborative syllabus for disabled ecologies (Including BSL Interpretation)

Bringing together a panel of disability activists, academics, architects and designers, the Garden Museum and the Architecture Foundation collaborated on this event to discuss the relationship between disability, climate and space. The systemic and urgent attention required to address climate change can be seen as rooted in disability discourse, in which disabled communities are both impacted and created through climatic changes. Crip Climates will look to the metaphoric and literal connections between the impairment, exploitation and violence directed towards both landscapes and bodies, creating both debility or disabled ecologies in the process. The event was structured around co-producing a propositional syllabus for said disabled ecologies- asking the question, what do we need to learn about disabilities relationship to climate, land, urban health, infrastructures of care and the built environment? Chairs: Jordan Whitewood-Neal and Poppy Levison Speakers: Jos Boys, Sui Searle, Kaiya Waerea and Gayla Trail This event was filmed on Tuesday 22nd April 2025 and was kindly supported by the Marchus Trust and the Garden Museum. ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION For over 30 years, the Architecture Foundation has brought together professionals from across the built environment to discuss and act on issues related to design and the built environment. With a renewed focus on the city and the critical intersection of architecture and politics, the Architecture Foundation works to effect meaningful change on policy and practice. » Sign up to our monthly newsletter http://www.architecturefoundation.org.uk » Support the work of The Architecture Foundation, by donating or becoming a member: http://architecturefoundation.nationbuilder.com » The AF Store https://shop.architecturefoundation.org.uk/ » Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/architecturefoundation/ » Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArchFoundation » Download the London Architecture Guide for iPhone https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/london-architecture-guide/id1179176485 » Download the London Architecture Guide for Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.org.architecturefoundation.londonguide&showAllReviews=true