Heliotrope is a 12 minute audio and light experience about the seasons. It has been created by a team of artists, designers and scientists, working together to explore the impact of light on minds and bodies. It's taking place in the Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens on four days at the end of November 2012... Continue Reading →
Platform on tour in Glasgow and Edinburgh, 21-24th October
Platform on tour in Glasgow and Edinburgh, 21-24th October - Platform London. PLATFORM, the interdisciplinary social and enviromental practice working across arts, activism, education and research are in Scotland next week contributing to the Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Glasgow as well as the Radical Independent Book Fair in Edinburgh.
Land and Energy Pt. 2 – review of ‘The Time Is Now’
Review of The Time Is Now: Public Art of the Sustainable City There is no question that energy generation impacts on landscape, both urban and rural. It always has. The current re-engineering of systems towards renewable energy is, on one level, not different. Wind turbines are just one example around which there is a very... Continue Reading →
Land and energy
Matt Ridley is the author of a number of books on the subjects of evolution, genetics and society, and has been variously a scientist, journalist and businessman. There was an article in Saturday's Times and the full version is on Matt Ridley's website. It's worth reading. His family leased land to a mining operation in the... Continue Reading →
MICRONATION/MACRONATION Democratizing the Energy
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 →
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 →
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