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 →
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 →
Trees, Woods and Forests
Assembling some links related to Trees, Woods and Forests: Jen Clarke is doing a PhD at the University of Aberdeen's Anthropology Department "tentatively" entitled Working between art and forestry in Scotland http://www.abdn.ac.uk/socsci/staff/details.php?id=r06jc8 The British Museum had an excellent small display entitled Imaging the Forest http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/all_current_exhibitions/imagining_the_forest.aspx I recently came across an interesting web site, http://www.wikiwoods.org/ Always... Continue Reading →
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