Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner of Climate Action speaking on the importance of creative input towards sustainable development solutions in the context of LAGI 2014 http://vimeo.com/86619560
2014 Buckminster Fuller Challenge
This call for proposals was reposted to the Yasmin list. Well worth checking out previous winners as well SEARCH FOR COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN SOLUTIONS TO HUMANITY'S CRITICAL PROBLEMS LAUNCHED! February 17, 2014, New York City - The Buckminster Fuller Institute formally announces the Call for Proposals to the 2014 Fuller Challenge. Recognized as "Socially-Responsible Design's Highest... Continue Reading →
Aesthetics & Sustainability | Arlene Goldbard
Arlene Goldbard's recent blog on aesthetics and sustainability is very refreshing. It acknowledges that we define sustainability by it's negative, ie our current unsustainable lifestyles (and we can describe that unsustainability in myriad ways). Arlene quotes Adrienne Goehler in sharply defining the challenge to move the idea of sustainability beyond "prohibition, asceticism, and morality" into... Continue Reading →
Residency Opp and Green Teas(e) Reflections – Creative Carbon Scotland
Our friends and colleagues at Creative Carbon Scotland have a call out for artists to participate in a residency, Mull is a multi-disciplinary weekend-long residency which explores the question, ‘What would it mean to be an artist working in a sustainable Scotland in 50 years’ time?’ through artistic practice and conversation. We’re looking for up... Continue Reading →
Eradicating Ecocide in Ireland – send letter to Phil Hogan now
Really interesting piece on the legal arguments - we've posted previously on the legal process of giving legal identity to rivers, and this is another dimension of the argument
How wolves change rivers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q Mary Bourne highlighted this amazing short film. We are only just beginning to understand the complexity of interactions between different living things in any system. Wolves are not just top predators, it's not just survival of the fittest, systems are not simple cause and effect, physics is not the correct metaphor.
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