Really interesting piece on the legal arguments - we've posted previously on the legal process of giving legal identity to rivers, and this is another dimension of the argument
How wolves change rivers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q Mary Bourne highlighted this amazing short film. We are only just beginning to understand the complexity of interactions between different living things in any system. Wolves are not just top predators, it's not just survival of the fittest, systems are not simple cause and effect, physics is not the correct metaphor.
Grant to provide, promote or publicise health
Reblogged from the Arts & Health thread on chris.fremantle.org – if you look at the list of organisations supported it includes a number working on environmental issues.
Scottish Government grant funding to national voluntary organisations which provide, promote or publicise health or health-related services. The list of previous grants includes several arts organisations as well as a number working in the environment. National Voluntary Organisations 16b Grants.
Could an artist do this?
Recycling of Gully Waste and General Road Construction Materials in South Lanarkshire The Council requires to procure services for the acceptance and subsequent recycling of gully waste and road construction materials produced from the works of South Lanarkshire Council’s Roads and Transportation Services. Roads and Transportation Services operates four Depots as follows:- Carnwath Depot –... Continue Reading →
Greenmaps: a tool for local youth activism
The Greenmaps movement has spread across the world and has become an effective tool for local youth activism. This slideshow introduces Greenmaps and provides inspiration on how to develop it in your area. Highly recommended. Thanks to Wendy Brawer for highlighting.
Illuminating art, design and health
Two interesting trajectories across the need for light particularly in winter. The one is a blog from the Wellcome Trust on research being undertaken by their Research Fellow, Dr Tania Woloshyn, on the history of phototherapy, and the other is an exhibition at Marres House for Contemporary Culture in the Netherlands entitled Winter Anti Depression where they have created an Art Resort, a sensory environment in response to the winter.
The idea that the lack of sunlight affects those of us living in northern climates is not new, and research into the history of treatments highlights the complexity of the amount of sunlight that is healthy.
The exhibition demonstrates a number of art and design approaches to activating the senses. Different works explore different senses from textured surfaces that you feel through your feet, to sounds to cocoon you in your bed, to light and colour. The installation comprising a…
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