Reflecting on being part of the WetlandLife team and how interdisciplinary working has shifted the way I view mosquitos Kerry Morrison 11.07.18 The interdisciplinary nature of WetlandLIFE The openness and inclusiveness Has broadened my understanding And my views Of wetlands Of mosquitos Information exchanged Put out there Into the group Relating to the collective research... Continue Reading →
Tim Acott and Dave Edwards #art4wetlands, a disciplinary dance
As part of the Ramsar Culture Network/ecoartscotland #art4wetlands story Tim Acott (Principal Investigator for WetlandLIFE) and David Edwards (Forest Research) here unpack their thinking behind involving artists in the WetlandLIFE project (part of the Natural Environment Research Council's Valuing Nature Programme). WetlandLIFE is focused on managing mosquitoes and the socio-economic value of wetlands for wellbeing.... Continue Reading →
Creative Sustainability
I don’t know how many people listened to the Moral Maze on Radio 4 on Wednesday evening (10th October)? In the week of the IPCC report saying we have 12 years before we go through the 1.5 degrees of global warming threshold, the programme brought together a debate on the moral implications. The debate was... Continue Reading →
Sir Peter Scott: the embodiment of art and conservation
As part of the #art4wetlands series the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) have very kindly provided us with the following images and story on their founder, artist and conservationist Sir Peter Scott. Sir Peter epitomises one of the many ways that the power of art can be brought to bear on the challenges of conservation.... Continue Reading →
Kate Foster: Engaging with peatland restoration – Embedded Art practices within Landscape Partnerships
As artists, we (Kerry Morrison and Kate Foster) have discovered a common purpose of embedding ecological artistic practice and research within peat landscape restoration projects. This post invites readers to ‘watch this space’ for how we are, and will be, involved in restoration work on blanket peatland and raised bogs that will be carried out... Continue Reading →
Report on AALERT
This is a quick and personal reflection on the Art and Artists in Landscape and Environmental Research Today workshop (AALERT) held at the National Gallery London 15 Feb jointly sponsored by the Landscape Research Group and the Valuing Nature Programme of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and supported by the Landscape & Arts Network.... Continue Reading →
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