This event is the culmination of the CIAO! Ark Project’s work with children from ten Oxfordshire primary schools. Over the past six months children have heard from leading scientists at the Sheldonian Theatre, undertaken hands on investigations with an environmental scientist in their school and have worked with artists and arts organisations to express their findings and visions for a low carbon future. CIAO! is currently building an Ark to display the art work that they have created as part of this major arts and science project.

Now the children invite us to not only hear their findings but to take on a challenge to help us move to a low carbon society. They have explored energy emissions, food waste, biodiversity, housing and communities, future transport, water usage and green energy and each school has devised a specific challenge they would like us all to adopt.

Using a range of art forms and other presentations, the children aim to inspire us to see the beauty and wonder that they see in the low carbon future and invite us to join them on the Ark’s Journey.

The children will be presenting to an invited audience of scientists, policy makers, politicians and organisations.