Antennae, the Journal of Nature in Visual Culture, and Minding Animals International, a 'bridge between academia and advocacy,' are hosting an event entitled Animal Ecologies in Visual Culture at University College London on Saturday 8 October 2011. Information also available on Facebook. Antennae's website has all the back issues of the Journal available for download as... Continue Reading →
IHDP Writing Contest: Win a prize and be published!
Contest for new writing on the green economy, deadline 15 September The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (otherwise known as IHDP), which is part of the United Nations University, has announced a competition for new short essays on the green economy that will speak to a broad audience.
Kate Foster: Steep Trail – an Ecolab in Fife
On the sunny 9th and drenching 10th of August, a group of artists, environmentalists, and community workers met in Fife as part of a series of event coordinated by Fife Contemporary Arts and Crafts, Polarcap, and Edinburgh Sculpture Studios. (For reports on earlier events, see the ecoartscotland blog and the Greener Leith Blog) The themes... Continue Reading →
Funded PhD opportunity
On The Edge Research and Woodend Barn Banchory have created a wonderful opportunity to undertake a funded PhD. Woodend Barn is a multi-arts centre outside Aberdeen with a strong environmental programme including an organic cafe, allotments, etc. On The Edge Research is a practice-led programme focused on artists working in public. Supported through the Arts... Continue Reading →
Videos of key thinkers on sustainability
Who's written the top books on sustainability? Capra, Lovelock, Pearce, Barbier, Yunus? Cambridge University Press has put online videos of interviews with authors and thinkers featured in their list of the top 50 books on sustainability. It's an amazing resource, including transcripts of each interview, well worth exploring.
Sculpture upsets coal industry
Chris Drury, who will be speaking in Ayr in the Autumn, has successfully stirred up a storm in Wyoming, as reported in the Guardian. He was commissioned by the University to create a work for the campus as part of its evolving public art exhibition organised by the University of Wyoming Art Museum. The work... Continue Reading →
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