XANTEN. The issue of climate change is serious – and perhaps that is why it is so important to approach it with a certain amount of humor. This is exactly what the Catholic development aid organization Misereor is doing in the caricature exhibition “Bright Prospects”, in which 40 cartoonists also take a satirical look at topics related to climate change, such as lifestyle, consumption and justice. “The type of satire is just perfect,” says Xanten’s climate protection manager Lisa Heider. Starting next Thursday, October 24th, the exhibition will be on display in Xanten for the first time – in four locations: the town hall, St. Viktor Cathedral, the Weltladen and the youth hostel.
Konstatina Tsanis, director of the Xanten youth hostel, is convinced that her premises would be a good place to show at least four of these caricatures. “Caricatures invite communication – and in our foyer we sometimes wait,” says Tsanis. There would certainly be good opportunities to use the cartoons to start a conversation about climate change and the like. In addition, a younger target group can also be addressed in the youth hostel.
Twelve caricatures will be on display in the Weltladen and St Viktor Cathedral; in the Xanten town hall there will be 62. From tomorrow you can see, for example, parents driving their children to school by car. “Walk to school?? With this traffic?!?” is the brief conversation in the picture, which shows a few cars close together in front of a school. In another picture there is a greeting card that goes with the new carpet: “This carpet was made by: Pablo”. “Oh, how cute!” the buyer thinks to herself about the picture of what appears to be a child.
Cartoons like these are intended to stimulate thought but also exchange. The city of Xanten is therefore inviting you to a panel discussion on Saturday, November 2nd on the topic of “Conversation climate – how conversations about climate protection succeed” in the meeting room of the town hall. Beforehand, cabaret artist Anny Hartmann, who tours the country as a “climate ballerina”, will perform a small excerpt from her program and then take part in the panel discussion herself. Also part of the group will be Norman Schumann, press spokesman for the journalistic movement “Klima vor Acht”, Kai Zimmermann, teacher at the Stiftsgymnasium Xanten, Simon Käsbach, board member of BUND Jugend NRW and Alina Schröder, environmental psychologist at Energy4Climate. The moderation will be taken over by Simone Schubert from the Ruhr Regional Association, who would also like to involve the audience at the end.
Cabaret artist Anny Hartmann’s performance begins on Saturday, November 2nd, at 7 p.m.; the panel discussion at 7:30 p.m. The “Shining Prospects” exhibition opens in the town hall at 6 p.m. with a drinks service by the Eine Welt Group Xanten. At 6:50 p.m., Xanten’s mayor Thomas Görtz will give a short welcoming speech. The event is scheduled to end at 9 p.m. Admission is free; However, for organizational reasons, you are still asked to register at.
The Misereor exhibition “Shining Prospects” can be seen from Thursday, October 24th to November 11th in the Xanten town hall, in St. Viktor Cathedral, in the Weltladen and in the Xanten youth hostel and is celebrating its district Wesel in Siegfriedstadt. Premiere. A presentation of exhibition exhibits is planned from November 11th to 24th in the municipalities of Hamminkeln, Dinslaken, Rheinberg and possibly Neukirchen-Vluyn. It is scheduled to conclude in Wesel from November 25th to December 8th. Energy consultant Akke Wilkes tells the story in his humorous one-hour program “We go down to the basement to laugh – energy transition from the perspective of an energy consultant” on November 12th, 7 p.m., in the Hamminkeln public library and on December 5th, 7 p.m., in the Stadtwerke Wasserturm Wesel, funny anecdotes and interesting facts from his everyday consulting work. Sabrina Peters
