Colorfullives 
International School Suva 
Suva, Fiji 
(679) 999-2073 

A WALK THROUGH OUR 

FUTURE 
14​th​ September 2019 

OVERVIEW 
Tired of government inaction around climate disruption, internationally renowned global arts 
initiative, Micro Galleries has launched a world-wide day of creative action in response to one of 
the biggest threats of our generation. As a platform that has been taking several actions to 
combat climate change and that supports local artists, I believe you would be interested in the 
work being created by a group of students from International School Suva who intends to create 
a mural to raise awareness on climate change and will join artists from around the world from 
Kenya, to Finland, to PNG to Australia. 

This inclusive, open platform program is aimed at giving artists and communities around the 
world a presence in the climate conversation happening during the U.N Youth and Climate Action 
Summit in New York from 21 September, and empowering those on the receiving end of climate 
injustice - namely those in developing nations and our country Fiji is one of the first countries that 
will feel the effect of climate change making this of high importance to us. 

​PROJECT DESCRIPTION  

A walk through our future is a mural which is planned to be done at the new bridge in between 
the suva market and wharf. This specific bridge was selected as it is located in the centre of the 
city therefore will be visible and open to the public. Since the bridge has two sides, we plan to 
have two art pieces that contradict each other : one highlighting the beauty of the ocean with 
vibrant corals and lively sea creatures while the other side will highlight the effect of climate 
change The mural on the bridge will have two sides, one will be a painting of a beautiful ocean 
with vibrant corals and healthy sea creatures, while the other side will have a more dull ocean 
showing the effect of pollution on the ocean and to highlight coral bleaching in Fiji. Fiji will be one 
of the first islands to feel the effect of climate change and therefore we would love to connect to 

 
 
 

all our citizens especially kids to come and contribute towards the mural. This will help connect 
our citizens, and give a call to many on the importance of climate change.  

COMPLETION DATE​ : September 21st  

GOALS 

1. To spread and increase awareness on climate change through the expression of art 

2. This project aims to bring together artists from all over the world to tackle climate inaction 
head on. 

ABOUT US  

We are a group of year 11 students that are very talented in all forms of art: visual art, drama, 
dance, and music. We are currently working with an NGO called mobile kindy. What we do with 
mobile kindy is visit local settlements that suffer from extreme poverty and lack of early education 
and do arts and crafts while also engaging them in many activities to build their confidence as 
they are our future generation and are deprived of the educational experience many of us have. 
Activities we do with them are also to raise awareness in climate change and it is a very 
concerning issue. In October we are also hosting an exhibition with works from the kids and our 
students to fundraise money in order to install solar panels on these villages. Since the kids are 
of young age we get them to do activities such as a fish origami which we will hang during our 
exhibition. Many of the kids from the village have migrated here in canoes and have also been 
born in the ocean, thus we call them the children of the ocean. Which is why climate change is a 
very important issue to us.  

ABOUT MICROGALLERIES  

Micro Galleries ​is a free, independent global arts initiative that uses art as a vehicle to create 
positive change. They do this through creative interventions in public spaces, workshops, art 
tours, symposiums, think tanks, and residencies. They work together with communities who are in 
some kind of social or creative need, and together create new opportunities, imaginings, and 
creative possibilities. Throughout the year they host a range of micro injections, which culminates 
in our annual Micro Galleries Festival.​ Their most recent event is “Disrupting climate change”
which is what we’ve been selected to participate in.