Periodically organisations think its a good idea to look beyond the scope of their business planning cycle. The Scottish Civic Trust has developed a Futures Project in the form of 5 provocations regarding the future of the environment (their primary interest). These variously address Population and Demographics, Land Management and Food Security, Politics and Governance,... Continue Reading →
The death of Deep Horizon
The Natural Resources Defense Council has a multitude of interesting information about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on its web site including an animation of the daily movement of the slick. And from the organisational to the personal, the signs people make are always interesting, In memory of all that is lost,... Continue Reading →
Trees, Woods and Forests
Assembling some links related to Trees, Woods and Forests: Jen Clarke is doing a PhD at the University of Aberdeen's Anthropology Department "tentatively" entitled Working between art and forestry in Scotland http://www.abdn.ac.uk/socsci/staff/details.php?id=r06jc8 The British Museum had an excellent small display entitled Imaging the Forest http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/all_current_exhibitions/imagining_the_forest.aspx I recently came across an interesting web site, http://www.wikiwoods.org/ Always... Continue Reading →
Dirty Oil, H2Oil, Petropolis
The third of The Co-operative's Toxic Fuels film trilogy - H2Oil - is being shown across the UK on Tues 15th June. Screenings at: Acton, Birmingham, Bristol, Camberley, Cambridge, Cheshire Oaks, Edinburgh, Finchley Rd, Fulham, Harrow, Inverness, Islington, Leeds, Norwich, Oxford, Plymouth, Reading, Westfield and York. Here is a link for details: http://toxicfuels.com/apps/list_all.html
Re-inventing BP’s logo
Greenpeace are encouraging people to hack BP's logo and post it to this Flickr stream. Some great work here...
Thinking about ‘Radical Nature’ in East Ayrshire
The exhibition Radical Nature: Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969-2009, first seen at the Barbican in London, travelled to Kilmarnock, Cumnock and Dalmellington in East Ayrshire. Chris Fremantle reflects on work by several generations of artists and the limitations of the exhibition in dealing with environment and ecology.
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