How can a social cultural organisation take on issues that are creating social unrest? Earlier this year Indonesia experienced demonstrations and clashes between protesters and police over proposed price hikes in fuel. Indonesia, like most of the rest of the world, is highly dependent on fossil fuels. Whilst the immediate crisis was averted by a... Continue Reading →
PLATFORM is hiring
From the PLATFORM newsletter: We're looking to hire not one, but two positions. Please share this info with anyone who you think might be interested and help us find some really great people! The deadline for both sets of applicants is 6.00pm Friday the 14th September. Coordinator for ‘Shake! Young Voices in Arts, Media, Race... Continue Reading →
Funding Natural Heritage Projects
Scottish Natural Heritage publishes a guide to various funding sources for natural heritage projects - included are schemes that support on the ground action as well as communication and education. This guide covers EU, Public Sector, Lottery as well as Trusts and Foundations and can be found here. Also worth checking out is the website... Continue Reading →
CultureLab: Bio-artists who tinker with tools of science
The New Scientist's CultureLab blog ran a stor, y Bio-artists who tinker with tools of science, in early August on artists working with "the tools of science." The article draws in particular on the work of SymbioticA. It doesn't talk about Critical Art Ensemble or Eduardo Kac, but it does acknowledge the multiple possible outcomes... Continue Reading →
Events at IASH
Tuesday, 7 August, 1.30 - 4 pm, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), 2 Hope Park Square, Edinburgh We are having two seminars next Tuesday by current IASH Postdoctoral Fellows on the research they are doing - if you are free and would like to come, you would be most welcome. The details... Continue Reading →
6 Scary Extreme Energy Sources
Following on from Bill McKibben's article, the following list/article is relevant: Light Tight Oil Ultra Deepwater Pre-Salt Oil Tar Sands Offshore Arctic Oil Shale Oil Nuclear Read on here.
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