Rob Hopkins, one of the founders of the Transition Town movement, is giving the RTPI's Geddes Lecture on Thursday evening this week in Edinburgh. On the Friday morning (10.00-12.30, 21 June) he's been invited by Transition Scotland, Transition Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh's Sustainability Office to do an open session. Tickets available here, Rob Hopkins... Continue Reading →
Creative Scotland: Insights & Ideas: Natural Scotland
If you are looking to find out more about artists and the Year of Natural Scotland, check out the Insights & Ideas creative cafe event on 6 June. Creative Scotland: Insights & Ideas: Natural Scotland. 2013 is the Year of Natural Scotland. Come along to the June Insights Cafe to hear about exciting projects and... Continue Reading →
Carrying the Fire 2013
Dark Mountain "feels like the beginning of the story of the world. Not a world shaped by politicians or by global corporations, but by storytellers and singers who make us feel at home on the earth." Charlotte Du Cann, The Independent 14th-16th June at Wiston Lodge near Biggar, South Lanarkshire An intimate festival of ideas,... Continue Reading →
Second Sight/Site
The landscape as a context for second sight and prophesy. Place-led methodologies of research reveal and inform our understandings of theories and practices. Participants in the Second Sight and Prophesy Conference at the University of Aberdeen 14-16 June 2013 are invited to join a group of artists to explore land use, memory, topography, geology, nemetons, the Goodman’s... Continue Reading →
Beyond the Surface: Environmental Art in Action
This conference (announcement just received) has an outstanding line up of speakers - highly recommended. May 31, 2013 Investigating relationships between art and nature hosted by The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. This year our art department has been re-envisioning our environmental art program with a group of environmental artists, curators, scientists and academics -... Continue Reading →

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