At Carrying the Fire, which was held at Whiston Lodge last year, Dougie Strang had asked me to contribute to the discussions, and I read a section of Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison's Lagoon Cycle (1985). The poem evokes the world-wide changes resulting from the increase in heat and consequent decrease in ice. The... Continue Reading →
Trees, mother trees and interactions
This short film opens up a different understanding of forests and the interactions between trees facilitated by fungi - inspiring stuff reinforcing the importance of respecting the complexity of forests across both species diversity and age diversity. Professor Suzanne Simard of the University of British Columbia highlights the importance of Mother or Granny Trees in these... Continue Reading →
Dirty Water – new issue of WEAD online magazine
One of the few publications that focuses on giving voice to artists involved in ecological work, the magazine of the Women Environmental Artists Directory has just published a new issue entitled Dirty Water. The issue features essays by artists including Betsy Damon, Stacy Levy and Jackie Brookner, as well as Chris Drury. Activist, writer and... Continue Reading →
BP Walk Through British Art?
Liberate Tate challenges the oil majors' social license to operate, questioning whether the cultural majors, Tate, Royal Opera House, etc, should have sponsorship relationships. It's not even charitable donations where there is no reciprocal benefit - sponsorship is precisely about business benefit. In Edinburgh recently Bill McKibben held a rally for the Fossil Free campaign... Continue Reading →
Soil Arts Call for examples
James Brady suggested that the Soil Arts Call might be of interest to readers of ecoartscotland. Alex Toland who is behind this site is a visual artist and environmental planner. The Soil Arts Call says: If you have used earth materially or symbolically in your creative practice, or in some way addressed the value, function, or... Continue Reading →
David Borthwick: Footings and Entanglements
Dave Borthwick highlights two new books of poetry. Entanglements is an anthology for which Dave wrote the Introduction, and includes work by amongst others Alec Finlay, Gerry Loose, Em Strang and Jim Carruth. You can find out more and order from Two Ravens Press. Footings is a new collection of specially commissioned poems focused on... Continue Reading →
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