Glasgow City Council is offering small grants to community groups to improve stalled spaces including: Land earmarked for development though delayed e.g. economic circumstances. Vacant/Derelict Land Open space - yet undeveloped It's also worth looking at Greenspace Scotland for policy and practice on 'stalled spaces.'
Ethics and Aesthetics of Architecture and the Environment
The International Society for the Philosophy of Architecture's conference in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, addresses the subject Ethics and Aesthetics of Architecture and the Environment. There is a call for papers and posters.
4×4 Dance Body and the Environment
Bodysurf Scotland is organising a major event 18th – 29th April 2010 entitled 4X4 Dance Body And The Environment with Guest Artists: Jennifer Monson, Simon Whitehead, Helen Poynor, Angus Balbernie and Simon McPherson. 4×4 takes place at two distinctive locations: The Findhorn Eco-village – a major international centre dedicated to personal and planetary transformation, with... Continue Reading →
The Electricity Fairy
The Electricity Fairy is a new film which approaches the issue of mountaintop removal from the everyday need for electricity: "They reach out and flip the switch and the light comes on. Well, there''s not a magic electricity fairy. That electricity comes from a power plant that feeds on coal". But the question of coal-fired... Continue Reading →
Tehran Times : Capitalism is destroying the ecosystem: Ahmadinejad
For those of us living with western news media who's narrative of Iran is terrorism and nuclear armament, this article provides a different perspective. Who do you believe? Wetlands are a key component of the matrix of biodiversity, often massively impacted on by industrial production, and also the key focus of many ecological remediation/ restoration... Continue Reading →
Tradable Energy Quotas: a solution for peak oil and climate change?
Beth Stratford edited the recent report on Tradable Energy Quotas for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil Peak Oil on Wikipedia). She is Energy and Finance Campaigner for Friends of the Earth Scotland, and an MSc student in Ecological Economics. If information campaigns are inadequate for motivating behaviour change, and carbon price rises... Continue Reading →
ecoartscotland.net 
You must be logged in to post a comment.