Two very clear articulations of the challenges: both examine those aspects of everyday life which we take for granted, but we need to question and change. Message in a bottle: learning our way out of unsustainability, Wals Message in a Bottle_Learning our way out of unsustainability the inaugural lecture of Prof. Dir.Ir. Arjen E.J. Wals upon... Continue Reading →
Wildlife Crossings
The ARC International Wildlife Crossing International Design Competition finalists demonstrate structures where roads are bridged to allow migratory and other crossing. Where we might normally think about wildlife crossings being characteristically some warning signs, or a small tunnel under the road, these are major architectural/environmental structures. Developed on the back of actual wildlife road crossing... Continue Reading →
“Mr President, this is the worst meeting to since the eight-grade student council.”
Thus Hilary Clinton welcomed Barack Obama to the Cop15 meeting. A detailed reflection and assessment by Per Meilstrup on COP15 published by the Danish Institute for International Studies. More important lessons on collaboration.
CABE: Community-led spaces
CABE (the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment) have published a new guide for community groups taking on responsibility for greenspaces.
Visualising Blessed Unrest
Chris Jordan, known for his environmental photography (including the Midway series (2009) of dead Albatross chicks unwittingly fed plastic by their parents; and the series Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption, (2003 - 2005)) has created a work in response to Paul Hawken's book Blessed Unrest which drew attention to the growing number of... Continue Reading →
Resistance is fertile
The guerilla gardeners in Glasgow need your help. Working on a completely voluntary basis they are improving the urban landscape site by site.
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