Hi Sacha I write with tragic news to inform you that Maria do Espirito Santo da Silva, arts-educator, eco-pedagogue activist, grandmother and student-participant in our teacher education project Voices of the Land based in the Federal University of Para, was assassinated with her husband Jose da Silva, on the 24th May, near to her forest... Continue Reading →
Steep Trail
Polarcap, the curatorial project of Liz Adamson and Graeme Todd, has established Basecamp on the legacy of John Muir, one of Scotland's most important environmentalists. Polarcap is located in Dunbar, where Muir came from (though he is most frequently associated with the National Parks of North America). Today and tomorrow a group of scientists and... Continue Reading →
Synth-ethic vs Vandana Shiva
Synth-ethic: Art and Synthetic Biology Exhibition at the Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria. Synthetic biology is at the scientific cutting edge, but also on the ethical edge. The works in this exhibition explore that edge. The curatorial essay starts with the principle that synthesis is one of the fundamental practices within art. As the exhibition... Continue Reading →
Water isn’t just about water
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.'
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