Farah is an organiser, facilitator, creative producer and curator, working to build powerful movements for climate justice. They were formally the Climate Justice Lead at Julie’s Bicycle, and co-founded Our Diaspora Futures collective. They are interested in how we can imagine and practice decolonial, ancestral, and anti-capitalist ways of being. She believes in building a cultural movement for climate justice which is accessible, radical, well informed, and grounded in deep care for the human and more-than-human world. Farah is a trustee of Platform and is on multiple advisory boards focusing on grassroots-led collective action for climate justice.
MovingTowardsZero
Farah Ahmed, Zamzam Ibrahim
MovingTowardsZero #2: What's the Point Anyway?
Tanzhaus Zurich invites you to a monthly series of events that sees creativity as a powerful tool for social and environmental change. With MovingTowardsZero, we bring together renowned experts from the fields of art, science and activism to jointly develop new perspectives on the major challenges of our time. This series is more than just an event – it is an invitation to explore new ways in which art and creativity can contribute to solving the most pressing issues of our time. Be there when movement becomes movement.
What’s the Point Anyway?
Honestly, why bother? The ice caps are melting, billionaires are joyriding in space, and apparently recycling your Coke can won’t save the world. So let’s just give up, right? 🙃
Join Zamzam Ibrahim and Farah Ahmed as we lean all the way into the absurdity of climate cynicism. From trolls who think polar bears are photoshopped to politicians who act like oil companies are charities — we’ll laugh, rage, and dismantle the “pointless” narrative one sarcastic punchline at a time.
Climate justice isn’t pointless — pretending it is, that’s the joke.
The 1002F bookshop will be presenting a fine selection of books on site.
Supported by Fachstelle Kultur/swisslos Kanton Zürich, Stadt Zürich Kultur, Pro Helvetia Schweizer Kulturstiftung, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft des Kantons Zürich
Zamzam is a British-Somali activist and leader driving change at the intersection of climate justice, migration, and social equity. A co-founder of Students Organising for Sustainability UK(SOS-UK), she spearheaded the Climate Education Bill, a landmark campaign pushing for climate education to become mandatory in UK schools. She was President of the National Union of Students UK and later Vice President of the European Students’ Union, representing over 20 million students across 40 countries. Today, she serves as Chair of the Muslim Leadership Foundation and Director of Somalis for Sustainability, a platform amplifying diaspora power and frontline climate voices. As a Youth Advisor to the UN’s Green Jobs Pact, Zamzam shapes international sustainability policy, while consulting and speaking globally on climate, migration, and justice. Recognised as a bold, visionary changemaker, she continues to inspire action for a fairer, more sustainable world.
Dates / Booking
- Solidarity: CHF 15
- Regular: CHF 10
- Budget: CHF 5
Bühne 2
Tanzhaus Zürich
Wasserwerkstrasse 129
8037 Zürich
- Duration: 1h 30m
- English
- Wheelchair accessible