Earth Partner

Launching #EarthPartnerSpotlights: a space for climate conscious artists 💫 This year we’ll be inviting artists to share their work for a chance to be featured on @earthpartner and @artpartner . Here’s how it works: we’ll announce a theme on @earthpartner , and you’ll have two weeks to upload your work as an Instagram post. Tag @earthpartner and use the hashtag #EarthPartnerSpotlights.  Scroll to learn more! ➡️

Art Partner and Earth Partner, in collaboration with @gef_global_environment , are extremely proud to present the winners of the 2025 Earth Partner Prize 🏆 Click the link in @earthpartner ’s bio to explore the winnings works, alongside those of 20 Honourable Mentions, in our virtual exhibition hosted by Voyager360. 1st Place ($10k) THE LAST OF US by Apah Benson (@benson.apah ), Nigeria 🇳🇬 2nd Place ($5k)  FISHERMEN FROM INLE LAKE by Kyaw Zay Yar Lin (@kyaw_zayar_lin_myanmar ), Myanmar 🇲🇲 SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS by Abandokht Tohidi Moghadam, Iran 🇮🇷 3rd Place ($2k) CIRCULAR HEROES by Ruby Okoro (@rubyokoro ), Nigeria 🇳🇬 ARCHIVE OF FRAGILITY by Yi Song (@yiiii.song ), China & UK🇨🇳 ISLAND TIME FORGOT by Igor Furtado and Labō Young (@furtadigor @laboyoung ), Brazil 🇧🇷 WITHOUT WARNING by Andreu Esteban Sebastiá (@andreuest ), Spain 🇪🇸 THE SEA SUSTAINS US by Tianxiao Wang (@wangtianxiao9 ), China & UK 🇨🇳🇬🇧 This year marks the introduction of a special Earth Partner Impact Award ($2.5K), recognising the submitted project that best demonstrates the power of environmental art within communities. The inaugural Impact Award has been granted to DANÇA PAJÉ: FAVELA ANCESTRAL by the Instituto Afro-Aurora Dance (@institutoafrodance ), Brazil 🇧🇷 Thank you again to everyone who submitted their work and to our brilliant jury.

We are proud and excited about the upcoming Earth Partner Exhibition at the Vatican’s Borgo Laudato Si’ (@borgolaudatosi ) September 10th to October 4th! 🌎⁠ ⁠ Borgo Laudato Si’ is an innovative space for education in integral ecology and a circular and generative economy. It was created by Pope Francis in the historic Gardens of the papal summer residence, to be a physical manifestation of his vision of integral ecology — and officially inaugurated by Pope Leo last week 🙏 ⁠ This Wednesday, 55 works from previous editions of the Earth Partner Prize (previously #CreateCOP) will be installed in this very special setting, from September 10th to October 4th, to coincide with the Season of Creation.⁠ ⁠ Thank you d La Repubblica (@drepubblicait ) for dedicating their recent issue to this special place, as well as to the Earth Partner Prize!⁠ ⁠ Submissions for the 2025 Earth Partner Prize are still open. Visit earthpartner.com for more information and to apply ✨

Calling all bee-loving artists: how can bees inspire your creations?⁠ ⁠ Fashion, music, poetry, film, design, photography – all creative disciplines are welcome. Far from being only black and yellow honeybees, wild bees come in so many different types. Similarly, we’d love to see a variety of perspectives for this Earth Partner Spotlight!⁠ ⁠ With #WorldBeeDay coming up, be creative and share your artwork for a chance to be featured on the @artpartner , @earthpartner and @beewild.campaign feeds.⁠ Inspiration can come from the colours of wild bees, pollinator corridors in urban areas, and many more.⁠ ⁠ 👉 Post your work on Instagram and tag @earthpartner , @beewild.campaign and #EarthPartnerSpotlights. ⁠The winner will be announced in late May. We can't wait to see your work!⁠ ⁠ PS: if you have a private profile, you can DM @earthpartner !⁠

Composting is an accessible and effective individual action you can do for the Earth. Get started today!⁠ ⁠ 👉 TOOLS & RESOURCES:⁠ @bokashicompost - airtight container that ferments scraps with zero smell⁠ @compost_club - UK-based regenerative enterprise⁠ @queerbrownvegan recently posted a deep dive with LA Compost⁠ 🗳️ Your council - did you know all English councils have to offer weekly food waste collection as of March 2026?⁠ ⁠ 👉 COMMUNITY GARDENS IN LONDON: ⁠ @calthorpecommunitygarden ⁠ @dalstongarden ⁠ @gardenearthlydelights ⁠ @culpepergarden and many more! 🌱⁠ ⁠ 👉 GET YOUR OFFICE INVOLVED⁠ Did you know offices can cut 40% of their general waste expenses with compost? Companies like @envar.composting can manage your waste, and @compost.connect can match you with a local service in minutes!⁠ ⁠ #EarthPartnerMicroactions 🌍💙

We were delighted to join 2025 Honourable Mentions @dietervlasich and @nimiewil for their photo exhibition and publication launch at @casa___agape in London! 💙⁠ ⁠ 🇲🇽 Set in Yucatán, their project reflects on the continuity of ecological wisdom. It includes photographs with the community taken by Nimie, and design pieces created by Dieter. "In the ecological crisis, art gives me hope," Dieter shared with us. "It carries the evidence of our humanity, truth, imperfection, and the expressive depth that no machine or system can replicate. I hope we will once again value what is handmade and true, choosing processes and materials that honor both people and the planet, reclaiming our role not as consumers of perfection, but as custodians of life itself."⁠ ⁠ Congratulations, Dieter and Nimie, for this special work! The publication is available at Casa Agape until 12th May. ⁠ ⁠ Proud of the Earth Partner community! (... and can't wait to welcome new artists - the next Earth Partner Prize is just around the corner 👀)

Call for Fashion Designers and Artists to join the @peaceboatus Ocean Gala and Blue Innovation Reception! 🌊⁠ ⁠ If you have ideas on how to bring fashion and ocean action together, this is an opportunity to present your global audience of leaders engaged in advancing ocean and climate solutions. Learn more on peaceboat-us.org!

Happy Earth Day from Art Partner! 🌎⁠ ⁠ Through our sustainability division @earthpartner , and collaborations with @gef_global_environment and @worldlandtrust , we’re committed to driving meaningful change in our industry for the future of our precious planet 💚⁠ ⁠ We hope industries work together with more urgency to protect the Earth, its ecosystems and communities! 📸 by @angelopennetta for @moreorlessmag

Happy Earth Day! 💙 We asked Earth Partner artist to share their wish for our Earth today 🌍 what is yours? 📸 @emmapille.art (Earth Partner Prize 2023)

More from our special collaboration with @wmagchina , where Earth Partner Prize winners were invited to create work that responds to the theme “Living Art”! The Earth Partner Prize is all about celebrating emerging talent who are reimagining our relationship with the Earth. We love to see this vision come to life so beautifully! 🌏

Earth Partner Spotlights winner: @kaila.holland , "Renewsance" for @climatefutures.art 🏆⁠ ⁠ "My art addresses the issue of fast fashion which leaves tons of textile waste in African landfills.⁠ ⁠ My inspiration comes from the Renaissance movement and the history of Black Portraiture. The Renaissance movement celebrated abundance and wealth, but in modern culture, these values contribute to overconsumption. I critique this emphasis on abundance by creating a Renaissance painting using “trash” to encourage contemplation. The artwork is based on the “Birth of Venus” but with an African shoreline setting, symbolizing how Western waste ends up in African landfills. I draw from artists such as Kehinde Wiley and Bisa Butler, who empower Black figures in a style historically reserved for wealthy, white aristocrats during the Renaissance era. Despite being new to working with fabric (I typically use acrylic paint or block printing), I limited myself to using found fabric sourced from thrift stores and family members’ donations. This challenged me to adapt to the different behaviors of various fabrics, such as stretching, fraying, tearing, or not adhering when glued. However, I found that these limitations turned into opportunities, as textured fabric could represent waves and patterns could mimic shades within clouds. Through its materials, renewsance challenges the notion of excess and abundance, while its subject matter centers on Black narratives within environmental justice.⁠"⁠ ⁠ --⁠ ⁠ Thank you to all those who submitted to the Earth Partner Spotlights! We loved seeing your work on Waste. A new Spotlight will be back soon, with a new theme. Follow @earthpartner for more chances to be featured 🌍📸

LIVING ART, 2026 During my time in Nairobi, I began reflecting on what “Living Art” could mean beyond something static. The idea formed gradually through observation and time spent within the city’s post-colonial historic sites. I came to see culture as something alive, carried through people, clothing, and environment. This series is a response to that moment. A reflection on identity as something that continues to evolve, shaped by memory, history, and presence. In collaboration with @wmagchina , @earthpartner , and @artpartner Special thanks to @ronnyonkeo for the support in bringing this together on the ground. Models: @_.adut @aguletmalek Assistance: @ronnyonkeo @benketa_ Shot on @nikonmea Edited with @lightroom