AHM's final State of Play event takes place in Dundee on Saturday 1 October. As with previous events it will include a number of 'One Minute Manifestos'. One of these has emerged through a collective process of writing initiated by Tim Collins and contributed to by a number of participants in the Values of Environmental... Continue Reading →
The Three Gorges, 3rd Edition « Artwork by Sonja Hinrichsen
The Three Gorges, 3rd Edition « Artwork by Sonja Hinrichsen. Sonja Hinrichsen makes ephemeral works of great beauty. These include walking in snow to create patterns. These are reminiscent of neolithic marks on stones near Kilmartin, Scotland. Her most recent work is also ephemeral, but is the result of working in the Three Gorges in... Continue Reading →
Natural Rights
Philosophically speaking 'natural rights' is an element of an argument about the basis of the rights that individuals have in society. What if nature had rights? What if there was a Ministry of Mother Earth? What if the experiences of people living with land were given priority? Remember that capitalisms roots are in the extraction... Continue Reading →
Heartwood
There is a recurrent theme in the work of some artists in Scotland - it is an enquiry and response to our relationship with landscape and nature. Other places evoke this enquiry as well, but Scotland has a particular tradition. Heartwood, which is now in its third year, is an artist-led (organised, curated, invented, managed,... Continue Reading →
Top 5 reasons why tar sands cover-up “ethicaloil.org” is a seriously dirty trick | Platform
Top 5 reasons why tar sands cover-up “ethicaloil.org” is a seriously dirty trick | Platform. Thanks to Suzaan Boettger for drawing attention to PLATFORM's rebuttal of the "ethicaloil.com" website. "ethicaloil.com" is a web site that purports to demonstrate that tar sands are an ethical form of oil extraction as distinct from "conflict oil". We... Continue Reading →
IHDP Writing Contest: Win a prize and be published!
Contest for new writing on the green economy, deadline 15 September The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (otherwise known as IHDP), which is part of the United Nations University, has announced a competition for new short essays on the green economy that will speak to a broad audience.
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