Plein Air: The Ethical Aesthetic Impulse

In "Plein Air: The Ethical Aesthetic Impulse", Reiko Goto and Tim Collins exhibit a box easel for the 21st Century. Like the 19th century realists and impressionists before them, these artists seek authentic experience ‘in nature.’ The artwork experiments with new empathic, body/mind relationships with trees in cities. The ‘plein air’ easel for this exhibition... Continue Reading →

Glasgow is a centre for urban farming and community gardening

This Land Is Your Land Saturday 10 July - Saturday 24 July 2010 11:00am - 6:00pm: FREE Venue: Centre for Contemporary Art, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow This Land is Your Land is an annual two-week exhibition project exploring the connections between nature and art. GLASGOW HARVEST A Celebration of Urban Farming On Saturday the 28th August... Continue Reading →

IASH Humanities and Climate Change 16 July 2010

"Beyond the human: animal rights, environmental justice and ecological justice" Professor David Schlosberg, University of Arizona Dr Anders Schinkel, Erasmus University Rotterdam Friday 16 July Registration from 9.30 (The workshop should finish between 1 and 1.30) Seminar Room 3, Chrystal Macmillan Building, George Square, Edinburgh Supported by Edinburgh University and the Roberts Fund for Researcher-Led... Continue Reading →

Ecological feminist environmental art

Aviva Rahmani drew attention to the research being undertaken by Maria Minickiello into women in ecological arts.  She has a blog entitled ecofemenvart.

What Works in Behaviour Change?

Scottish Government Conference The aim of the conference was to improve the understanding of what works in behaviour change, and strengthen links between the environmental research community, environmental stakeholders, the Scottish Government and the wider public and private sectors. Presentations 10 Key Messages including Government Leadership, Understanding What Drives Change, Government engagement and communications, Integration... Continue Reading →

Scottish Futures 2050

Periodically organisations think its a good idea to look beyond the scope of their business planning cycle.  The Scottish Civic Trust has developed a Futures Project in the form of 5 provocations regarding the future of the environment (their primary interest).  These variously address Population and Demographics, Land Management and Food Security, Politics and Governance,... Continue Reading →

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