Willow tree on the Meadows, Edinburgh Creative Carbon Scotland in collaboration with Climate House at Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh hosted an event entitled 'The Right Tree in the Right Place' on 27 March. A useful summary of the event has been published on the Sustainable Practices blog. The rubric of right tree in the right... Continue Reading →
Ecoart in Action: Activities, Case Studies, and Provocations for Classrooms and Communities
[1] Ecoart in Action, 2022. Photo: Amara Geffen. [2] Robyn Woolston, Habitus (Detail), 2013. Steel, foamex, aluminium, and printed vinyl. Photo: Robyn Woolston. [3] Fern Shaffer, Cornfield Outside Mineral Point, Wisconsin, 1997. Performance costume made from canvas and raffia. Photo: Othello Anderson. [4] David Haley, Making Our Futures: MA Students from Art, Landscape Architecture and Architecture. Students Walking Research... Continue Reading →
Erika Cann and Siân Goldby: Towards a geological-artistic practice
It's been a while since we've posted on ecoartscotland. Several pieces are in the pipeline. Earlier this year The Barn, Banchory, ran a second iteration of Becoming Earthly. Following the first iteration of Becoming Earthly, ecoartscotland published a blog by David Haley. Following the second iteration this year, together with The Barn, we commissioned two... Continue Reading →
Statement from Culture Declares Emergency on COP26
We are reproducing the Statement issued 7th October 2021 by Culture Declares in full. ecoartscotland fully supports this statement. We call on arts institutions, particularly the Boards and senior managements, to fully engage with the Culture Declares 'call to action'. October 7, 2021 Statement from Culture Declares Emergency on COP26 KEY MESSAGES We are a... Continue Reading →
Ecosystem Services and Gaelic report published Pt2
The intersection of the cultural and the ecological highlighted in the previous post, including the ways that artists and cultural practitioners engage with cultural dimensions of biodiversity, in this case manifest in language, engages the cultural sector directly with understanding and articulating ecosystem services. Ecosystem Services and the associated assessments provide a critical method used... Continue Reading →
Walking Publics/Walking Arts: walking, wellbeing and community during Covid-19
Dee Heddon asked us to share this, and to encourage participation in the research through completing the survey (below). Walking is an everyday activity (more so since the shops have been closed) and also an approach used by artists, whether as part of a social or solo practice, to create personal work or as part... Continue Reading →
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