Tag: climate change


  • Meet 3 artists from Reframe: The Residency group exhibition

    Reframe: The Residency is a free exhibition at Southbank Centre showcasing 13 works by collectives of Black artists across London, Manchester, and Birmingham. Featuring 77 collaborators in total, the exhibition, curated by Misan Harriman, responds to the climate emergency we’re living in – and the different forms of impact it’s having on diasporic communities and the artists’ countries of…

  • Returning to Eden: The Latest Collection from Bandit Studioz [@jachukuomotayo]

    Bandit Studioz founder Jachuku Howard started designing ten years ago, just after he left high school. Bandit Studioz was founded in 2019, and was initially best known for their colourful crochet hats, which were definitely ahead of the trend as crochet and knitwear, especially in bright colours, is now everywhere.  GUAP visited Jachuku on set…

  • Best Sustainable Outfit at the GUAP Gala

    The world is on fire. Natural disasters are on the rise and the fashion industry is responsible for more carbon dioxide emissions than international flights and shipping combined. Increasingly, people are starting to think about sustainability, environmental preservation and up-cycling with the outfit choices they make. We were on the lookout for the best sustainable…

  • Is Fashion Really Sustainable? I Don’t Think So.

    The global fashion industry has been touting its sustainability credentials for years now. Products from every category have been marketed as carbon positive, eco-friendly or, dare I say, vegan. Whole business models are built on the back of the umbrella term ‘sustainability’. There was plenty of talks, pledges, and supposed planning around fashion’s sustainability on…

  • Seasonal Affected Beats [@tbalani] drops debut project 2 ° (2 degrees)

    2 ° is an exploratory soundscape from the mind of the talented Indian Jazz drummer Tarun Balani. With the release of 2 °, India might just become the new home of progressive Electronic music . The project released by Tarun Balani under the Seasonal Affected Beats moniker is a five track outing with Tarun allowing…

  • The Young & Loud Voice of Climate Change Activism – Greta Thunberg. [@gretathunberg]

    Greta Thunberg was only 15 years old when she decided to take the matter of climate change into her own hands.  In the summer of 2018, Greta Thunberg began striking from school and skipping classes to sit outside Swedish parliament everyday, in protest of climate change. Two years later and still not yet even a…

  • Short Film The World Is (Y)ours Explores Climate Change From The Perspective of Black and Brown People

    The World is (Y)Ours is a short film directed by Tanya Noushka which explores climate change from a different perspective. Produced by Pocc and narrated by musician Louis VI, the film explores climate change from the perspective of black and brown people in Britain. In the film various contributors explore the negative implications of acts…