Pay attention to Canada: two interesting examples of art and ecology projects: The Stanley Park Environmental Art Project in Vancouver which is comprehesively documented on the Vancouver City web site here including essays by Beth Carruthers and Kamala Todd with each artist interviewed by John K Grande. For images of ephemeral projects check this out. and... Continue Reading →
Deepwater Horizon – the more you know…
Rozanne Amico has done an amazing job of tracking and collating information about the oil haemorrage / volcano in the Gulf of Mexico. She has brought together news, comment, factual resources and also some humorous sites. If you want to know more about this massive massive disaster... http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/below-the-surface-of-oil-hemorrhage-by-roxanne-amico/
Environmental devastation brought home to Tate Galleries
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release TATE MODERN TENTH BIRTHDAY SEES ACTION AGAINST SLICK BP SPONSORSHIP DEAD FISH AND OIL DRENCHED BIRDS HANG FROM TURBINE HALL Tate Modern was forced to close down parts of its No Soul For Sale tenth anniversary exhibition on Saturday (15 May) whilst it struggled to remove dozens of dead fish... Continue Reading →
Alex Bell: Peak Water
Peak Water was written by Alexander Bell to alert the world to a crisis: we are using more water than is available in the places where we live. For some, in the wet regions, peak water will never occur, but for the people of the USA, Africa, Southern Europe, India, Middle East and China, it... Continue Reading →
Harrisons to lecture at Robert Gordon University
We are very fortunate to be able to host a public lecture by the founders of art and ecology - Professors Helen Mayer and Newton Harrison on 18th 19th May 2010. Their visit to RGU is funded by IDEAS Institute. They will deliver a public lecture "Patch Thinking and the Force Majeure" on 18th May... Continue Reading →
Humanities and Climate Change
The next 'Humanities and Climate Change' meeting will be at IASH on 11th June, 1-2pm. Dr Alex Guilherme (Philosophy, University of Durham) will give a short talk followed by discussion on "Climate change and the ethics of ‘care’". Abstract below. Everyone welcome, but if possible, do please let Anthea know that you intend to come... Continue Reading →

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