Willow tree on the Meadows, Edinburgh Creative Carbon Scotland in collaboration with Climate House at Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh hosted an event entitled 'The Right Tree in the Right Place' on 27 March. A useful summary of the event has been published on the Sustainable Practices blog. The rubric of right tree in the right... Continue Reading →
Climate Beacons Call
#eoi: Deadline 9am Monday 1 March #arts4cop26 https://www.creativecarbonscotland.com/climate-beacons-for-cop26/ Creative Carbon Scotland are seeking expressions of interest for science, climate advocacy and cultural organisations interested in forming consortia to deliver programming focused by COP26. The aim is to deliver collaborative public programming across Scotland before, during and after the COP. What is the message from your... Continue Reading →
Opportunity PhD studentship: Assessing arts-based interventions for sustainable practice
Deadline: 3 July Assessing arts-based interventions for sustainable practice will observe a range of creative interventions, critically reflect upon them as both artistic creations and mechanisms for change within an Energy and Environmental Humanities framework, and develop a portable qualitative framework for the design and assessment of arts-based interventions. Creative Carbon Scotland Find a PhD... Continue Reading →
#arts4cop26 meetup report
How does the Covid-19 pandemic, the lockdown and social distancing challenge artists' thinking about making work addressing the #COP26 UNFCCC Climate Change talks scheduled for Glasgow? More than 70 artists, scientists, curators and organisational leaders met up on Wednesday 29 April 2020 to discuss how the arts can address COP26. In planning before the Covid-19... Continue Reading →
#arts4cop26 meet up
Date: 29 April, 18.00-20.00 GMT Venue: Online - sign up below How can the arts and artists work with environmental and civil society campaigners to address the multiple dimensions of the climate crisis, particularly in light of the covid-19 pandemic and COP26 postponement? Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, the culture working group of the COP26 Civil... Continue Reading →
Agriculture and aquaculture, but no culture
Newton Harrison, The Deep Wealth of this Nation, Scotland (2018). Detail: one of ten panels.The Scottish Government recently published Climate Ready Scotland: Scottish Climate Change Adaptation Programme 2019-2024 A Consultation Draft - the consultation is open through 9th April 2019. The focus of this work is on adaptation rather than mitigation. As Ben Twist of... Continue Reading →
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