Ian Jack's comment in yesterday's Guardian How did vast heaps of industrial waste become the pride of a community? | Ian Jack | Comment is free | The Guardian on the role of industrial spoil heaps in the Scottish landscape is interesting for the history as well as for an error, an omission and an elision. Jack... Continue Reading →
Opportunity
This crossed the ecoartscotland desk and it seemed relevant to share: Walking & Arts Learning Knowledge (W.A.L.K.) Development Officer - East Dunbartonshire Council ref: G0226 Bearsden £20,457 - £23,723 Deadline 10 September 2013 We are seeking to appoint a self-motivated and flexible individual who will be responsible for the successful delivery and sustainability of the W.A.L.K.... Continue Reading →
Working the Tweed – opportunities
Kate Foster asked me to post the following: With Working the Tweed, we have spaces left on an interesting Riverside Meeting Friday 30th August. It is on the site of a river restoration project, re-meandering a the Eddleston Water as part of a Natural Flood Management scheme. The presenters are very knowledgeable and linked to... Continue Reading →
Spirited Discussions Pt. 3
Wednesday afternoon 14th August, third discussion around the issues of art, science, environment, monitoring, CO2. Andrew Patrizio started us off by taking us back to Renaissance Florence. His summer reading had been Michael Baxandall's Painting and Experience in 15th Century Italy. In that he found a description of the particular characteristics of the mercantile mind,... Continue Reading →
Here and There
There have been a couple of interesting pieces in the New York Times focused on the work of activist ecological and environmental artists (thanks to members of the ecoartnetwork for highlighting these), Maya Lin’s ‘Here and There’ at Pace Gallery Natalie Jeremijenko: the artist who talks with fishes
Ever wondered what EcoArt SoFla does?
Mary Jo Aagerstoun asked for this trailer for a film about Eco Art South Florida to be shared - it's part of fundraising to support Eco Art (now more than 20 projects on the ground). It's a pretty cool organisation which is making a big impact in an area with an amazing ecosystem being torn up by developers.
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