In Tim Morton's highly recommended 'We're doomed' on BBC R4 he speaks to George Monbiot about needing to accept circumstances, in Monbiot's case that his cancer was part of him. It doesn't mean that Monbiot doesn't talk about the excellent care he received from the NHS or the reality that the cancer could have killed... Continue Reading →
Review: ‘Dear Nature’ by John Newling
The formal beauty of John Newlings's work belies his self-questioning and interrogation of our relationship with the more-than-human world. Reviewed by Anne Douglas and Mark Hope, unfortunately Newling's Dear Nature exhibition at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham is a victim of the current lockdown. This in-depth review is for the time being your guided tour. Anne... Continue Reading →
Reblog: Global Environment Policy as political theatre #COP26
Reposting from Artists & Climate Change, Kyoto Forever? UN Climate Conferences as Political Theatre is a valuable exploration of the ways in which theatre can open up and imagine global environment policy-making, particularly as enacted in UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conventions of the Parties (UNFCCC COPs, particularly with COP26 coming to Glasgow in... Continue Reading →
Newton Harrison: 3 recent videos including ‘Apologia Mediterranean’
Three recent video works by Newton Harrison - an apology to the Mediterranean Sea, a call to Scotland to become the first industrialised country to give back more than it takes out, and an installation to assist biodiversity to adapt in Northern California. https://youtu.be/ve-zt2IMQwU Meditation on the Mediterranean. Included in the Collateral events of the... Continue Reading →
Shelley Castle asks ‘IS THIS IT? Looking towards COP26’
Throughout our travels to Glasgow and beyond, Lucy Neal, myself and Anne-Marie Culhane witnessed rivers bursting their seams and reclaiming land, causing heartache for communities and farmers, expanding territory for beavers, and washing away crops. Rising alongside the water is a mounting sense of urgency, and an accompanying feeling of confusion, about how (or even... Continue Reading →
We need to talk about tipping points
This from 'The Learning Planet' a blog associated with the Climate Museum project. The article discusses the implications of 'tipping points' in relation to the language of 'change', 'crisis', 'emergency' and 'catastrophe', all associated with climate and ecosystems.
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