Our planet. A finite sphere. A single entity where every action plays a role. Planet Earth is in danger. Experts tell us we can still save our world – but the clock is ticking.

Success will only come if we all act now to modify the way we live. Every one of us can and must make a difference, but it is the youth who carry the biggest burden as future stewards of our planet.

Why connect an arts organisation with a conservation institution?

The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report predicts that creativity, innovation and ‘ideation’ – forming ideas and concepts – are key skills for the future. The creative arts build and nurture the essential qualities of imagination, questioning, empathy and communication - the very skills which are uniquely human.

Our collaboration with WWF aims to encourage young people to look at our damaged world through new lenses. By discovering and developing these kinds of life skills, the next generation will be better equipped to plan for a positive future – a future which requires them to work alongside nature - and influence decision makers so that collectively, we respect the needs of the planet.

We hope Future Visions will demonstrate that through innovative creative activity, young people can devise original ways of tackling big challenges, expressing their opinions, conclusions and proposals persuasively.

John Barber (composer) and Hazel Gould (Director) led Preston Candover Primary School (urban nature in our cities), The Vyne Secondary School in Basingstoke (the unique ecosystem in the Arctic) and Hampshire County Youth Choir (fresh water wetlands).

Jessica Maryon Davies (composer) and Karen Gillingham (Director) led Everest Community Academy (the vast grasslands of the African Masai Mara), Perins School (fast fashion pollution along the Mekong River) and University of Winchester undergraduates (concrete urban life).

Pete Letanka (Composer) and Robert Gildon (Director) ed Cheriton Primary School (the rich biodiversity in the Amazon Rainforest) and Cranbourne Secondary School GCSE students (our unique and irreplaceable Ancient Woodlands in the UK).

In addition, leading British composer Jonathan Dove led instrumentalists from Hampshire County Youth Orchestra to compose an orchestral piece in response to the bleaching of the coral on the Great Barrier Reef. Their finished piece was choreographed by Wessex Dance Academy, who transform the lives of vulnerable young people through contemporary dance.

Project designer Rhiannon Newman Brown and film production company Peanut & Crumb were responsible for editing the films and shaping them with visual context and the footage provided by Silverback Films for the Future Visions project.