The Waterfootprint.org website is a resource on direct and indirect water use: People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but even more for producing things such as food, paper, cotton clothes, etc. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a... Continue Reading →
Value
The increasing use of financial values for ecological things (trees, bees, etc.) is deeply problematic. In Canada for instance PeterBorough's Green Up and Urban Forest Stewardship Programme (as reported in the Peterborough Examiner) has been literally tying price tags to trees to highlight their importance to members of the public. The value attributed is over... Continue Reading →
Glasgow ‘stalled’ spaces
Glasgow City Council is offering small grants to community groups to improve stalled spaces including: Land earmarked for development though delayed e.g. economic circumstances. Vacant/Derelict Land Open space - yet undeveloped It's also worth looking at Greenspace Scotland for policy and practice on 'stalled spaces.'
More Water
Another interesting project around water. Watershed: Art, Activitsm and Community Engagement is a programme organised by Raoul Deal and Nicolas Lampert looking at Milwaukee and the Great Lakes Basin. There are three phases spanning 1) community outreach, 2) public interventions, and 3) exhibition. There is an interesting video about Colleen Ludwig's piece in the exhibition... Continue Reading →
Tim Morton
Tim Morton, Author of Ecology Without Nature and The Ecological Thought, maintains a blog on eco-criticism. Recent posts have focused on drama including thoughts about plays, and drama as an ecological form. He also podcasts an evolving lecture Hyperobjects, and has excellent links to other writers on eco-criticism.
Values of Environmental Writing – Welcome
There are at least three research networks looking at environmental and cultural issues currently meeting in programmes of workshops. CORE, the research network on Creative Research and the Environment, was launched last week in the Art Space Nature rooms at Edinburgh College of Art. This network spans fine art and landscape architecture and is linked... Continue Reading →
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