Scottish Orchards are launching the project 'Commonwealth Orchard' by holding the Scottish Orchard Gathering of enthusiasts, fruit growers, apple pickers, pie bakers, grafters and pruners 10am-4pm Saturday 22nd May 2010 at St Mungo's Museum, 2 Castle Street, Glasgow, RSVP essential. They say, "The Commonwealth Orchard consists of lots of small plantings, and lots of people across... Continue Reading →
Opportunity
This call for proposals was recently announced and may be of interest: Call for Proposals: The Abbotshaugh Sentinel Submission deadline: Monday 26 April 2010 Expressions of interest are sought from people to design an earthwork of significant scale using excavated spoil. Must engage with the local community through the client panel to develop and implement... Continue Reading →
Bike culture
NVA, the Glasgow based environmental art organisation, has created an ecological art project for GI, the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Arts. NV has recreated/re-enacted the White Bike Plan/Witte Fietsenplan. The action originally took place in the mid-60s by the Provos in Amsterdam. The Provos said, “The White Bicycle Plan proposes to create bicycles for public use... Continue Reading →
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Fritz Haeg's excellent book Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn is being released in a new and updated edition (April 2010) which documents completed projects and has new essays.
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The Return of Birdsong, an artwork by Milja Viita.
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Three texts all appeared on AAAARG.ORG on the same day: William Stanley Jevons' The Coal Question; An Inquiry concerning the Progress of the Nation, and the Probable Exhaustion of our Coal-mines from 1865 which "introduces the problem of Jevon's Paradox: how, assuming a steady price and availability of energy, conserving energy only leads to increased... Continue Reading →
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