To coincide with Scotland’s Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design 2016, a two-day international conference (18-19 August, 2016) will celebrate the impact and legacy of Sir Patrick Geddes, polymath, botanist and founding father of town planning. The conference will be opened by Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Fiona Hyslop MSP. The conference will involve a series... Continue Reading →
Mapping sustainability and the arts
From Creative Carbon Scotland: A quick reminder about our two upcoming Green Tease events which we hope you can join us for! You’re welcome to come along for the whole session or to drop in for a bite to eat and to make your contribution to the network maps that we’ll be developing over the... Continue Reading →
Multispecies Studies
Announcement from Thom Van Dooren
Off-grid electrification
Working with Community Energy Scotland on the Land Art Generator Glasgow project has led to discussions about Local Energy Grids. Reading Prof Paul Younger's book on Energy highlighted the real challenges of putting renewables together with our existing national grid. The limitations of the national grid have driven remote Scottish communities to develop proposals for local grids to enable them to make full use... Continue Reading →
Nature art, food & a film
24 July / from 2pm Falkland Centre for Stewardship at The Stables Join nature artist and filmmaker team Patrick Lydon (usa) and Suhee Kang (korea) in this special engagement as they bring us on new adventures in sensing and seeing nature. Their nature art workshops have been given internationally on a "pay it forward" basis... Continue Reading →
Julia Barton: Collecting new rock samples in Scotland’s GeoParks
Julia Barton sent us the following information on her current work: Artist Julia Barton is presently collecting classifying samples of a new rock now found on beaches in the remotest places on the North West Coast and Shetland, the rocks have become the focus of her Littoral Art Project which is investigating beach litter around... Continue Reading →
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