{"id":11291,"date":"2022-08-04T12:04:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T12:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?p=11291"},"modified":"2022-08-04T11:50:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T11:50:00","slug":"sixth-form-students-use-art-to-explore-the-future-of-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/sixth-form-students-use-art-to-explore-the-future-of-the-planet","title":{"rendered":"Sixth-form students use art to explore the future of the planet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>More than 180 sixth-form students from 64 colleges in England reflect on sustainability and the challenges facing the environment, in online exhibition Planet Future.<\/b><\/p>\n

“The sustainability agenda has never been more important and the exhibition highlights students’ hopes and fears about the future, while also showcasing their enormous creativity and innovation,” said the UK government’s former minister for skills, Alex Burghart, who launched the exhibition.<\/p>\n

Bill Watkin, chief executive of the Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA), which coordinated the exhibition, said: “These works indicate how young people are feeling about our climate and the environment.<\/p>\n

“It is imperative that we keep the arts in education secure and flourishing.<\/p>\n

“If young people are to make a truly valuable contribution to society, even if they are to be successful scientists, engineers, doctors and technicians, they need to develop their creative skills, their artistic sensitivities and their ability to interact with others.”<\/p>\n

Here is a selection of work from the exhibition.<\/p>\n

Botanical, by Dolcie Donaldson, from Cirencester College, Gloucestershire<\/p>\n

Broken, by Eleigh-Mae Wood, from St John Rigby College, Wigan<\/p>\n

Changing Landscape, by Sean Stobart, from Durham Sixth Form Centre<\/p>\n

Decaying Future, by Bethany Lipscombe, from Long Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge<\/p>\n

Doomsday, by Sai Earl-Beckley, from Durham Sixth Form Centre<\/p>\n

Freeze, by Nathan Dixon, from Runshaw College, Leyland, Lancashire<\/p>\n

In Our Hands?, by Bianca Osei-Owusu, from Christ the King Sixth Forms, south London<\/p>\n

Last Plant Standing, by Ellie Johnston, from Wilberforce Sixth Form College, Hull<\/p>\n

Marine Plastic Pollution, by Aliesha Bayliss, from King Edward VI College, Stourbridge, Dudley<\/p>\n

Nature and Mankind, by Serge Wynne, from Peter Symonds College, Winchester, Hampshire<\/p>\n

Plastic Growth, by Anna Kinstler, from Greenhead College, Huddersfield<\/p>\n

Plastic in the Oceans, by Deividas Bukauskas, from Havering Sixth Form College, Hornchurch<\/p>\n

Rising Sea, by Ellie Harlin, from Worcester Sixth Form College<\/p>\n

Save Ocean, by Salem Ahmed, from Bolton Sixth Form College<\/p>\n

Submerge, by Sophie Ferguson, from St Vincent College, Hampshire<\/p>\n

When Will the Fires Stop?, by Frankie Sharp, from the College of Richard Collyer, West Sussex<\/p>\n

World in our Hands, by Victoria Ward, from the College of Richard Collyer, West Sussex<\/p>\n

Yell-o, by Flossie Hills, from Esher Sixth Form College, Surrey<\/p>\n\r\n