Polarcap, the curatorial project of Liz Adamson and Graeme Todd, has established Basecamp on the legacy of John Muir, one of Scotland's most important environmentalists. Polarcap is located in Dunbar, where Muir came from (though he is most frequently associated with the National Parks of North America). Today and tomorrow a group of scientists and... Continue Reading →
Synth-ethic vs Vandana Shiva
Synth-ethic: Art and Synthetic Biology Exhibition at the Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria. Synthetic biology is at the scientific cutting edge, but also on the ethical edge. The works in this exhibition explore that edge. The curatorial essay starts with the principle that synthesis is one of the fundamental practices within art. As the exhibition... Continue Reading →
halo-station.org
halo-station.org rethinking energy-body-technology. HALO is an autonomous in energy station, a mobile installation to set up in the public space. It is being built with different phases and versions since 2008, following an ethic in eco-conception in the elaboration of the projects. Halo is conceived as an immersive and interactive experience, being connected in real... Continue Reading →
Water isn’t just about water
The Waterfootprint.org website is a resource on direct and indirect water use: People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but even more for producing things such as food, paper, cotton clothes, etc. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a... Continue Reading →
Value
The increasing use of financial values for ecological things (trees, bees, etc.) is deeply problematic. In Canada for instance PeterBorough's Green Up and Urban Forest Stewardship Programme (as reported in the Peterborough Examiner) has been literally tying price tags to trees to highlight their importance to members of the public. The value attributed is over... Continue Reading →
Trees
Germaine Greer makes an important point in this article, highlighting the difference between planted woodland and succession woodland, or meadow. She regrets planting woodland twenty years ago, and she articulates the reasons why the UK Government's proposed sell off of woodlands might actually have been a good thing. It is important to distinguish between pine... Continue Reading →
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