We need to learn to adapt to the environmental crises we have created. Zoltán Grossman's article No Longer the Miner's Canary: Indigenous Nations' Response to Climate Change published on Terrain.org argues that there are significant lessons to learn from indigenous peoples. These lessons focus on community building and sharing knowledge amongst communities, thus empowering... Continue Reading →
Best Life Environment projects 2011
The European Union's LIFE programme supports interesting and innovative projects. This publication highlights the exemplary initiatives across Europe which use different creative approaches.
Platform on tour in Glasgow and Edinburgh, 21-24th October
Platform on tour in Glasgow and Edinburgh, 21-24th October - Platform London. PLATFORM, the interdisciplinary social and enviromental practice working across arts, activism, education and research are in Scotland next week contributing to the Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Glasgow as well as the Radical Independent Book Fair in Edinburgh.
The fine art of provocation
Gardens Beyond Eden: Bio-aesthetics, Eco-Futurism, and Dystopia at dOCUMENTA (13) – The Brooklyn Rail
T J Demos' review in Brooklyn Rail of the gardening and other ecological projects at dOCUMENTA. He's positive about the projects, but critical of dOCUMENTA's lack of any overarching critical framework. Gardens Beyond Eden: Bio-aesthetics, Eco-Futurism, and Dystopia at dOCUMENTA (13).
What does an Ice-Free Arctic mean?
Stephen Leahy's article (published by the Inter Press Service) on the "uncharted territory" of an ice-free arctic makes interesting reading. It's not just a problem for the indigenous peoples of the circumpolar region. It's not just a problem for polar bears, although they are faced with extinction as a result. And in that context talking... Continue Reading →

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