A significant report from the Polaris Institute on corporate influence, documenting the ways that lobbyists infiltrate UN climate change negotiations. Parallel with PLATFORM's work on challenging the 'social license to operate' culture, including the recent publication Not If But When, Culture Beyond Oil.
Nuclear history, nuclear future
Artists have been working with the cultural and environmental dimensions of nuclear power for a long time. Many have also been anti-nuclear activists as well. The artists want to raise awareness and contribute to the public discussion. This work isn't facile or simple, and drawing attention to it is done in a spirit of respect... Continue Reading →
Slouching Towards Yucca Mountain
So you want to make radical work about radiation waste, for example, and whilst you write grant applications, you also want to build interest around the work, and avoid reliance on 'committees' effectively giving you permission to make the work by waiting for a grant to be approved. You are an artist first and fund-raising... Continue Reading →
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