Category: Nature

eBook: Promoting natural materials

This free eBook, edited by Päivi Simi and Outi Toumela, is the main publication of the long term project of the same title, taking place in Southern Finland and Estonia from 2009 to 2012. The focus of the project lies in raising awareness and spreading knowledge on the use of healthier materials as well as… Continue reading eBook: Promoting natural materials

Eat your view – The Landscape of our food

An interesting research project, organized by the Diepenheim art society, is taking place throughout this year in Diepenheim, NL. Jeroen van Westen, visual artist and participant in this artistic study shortly describes it: Eat your view has its focus on how our food is related to our landscape. If food builds our body and mind,… Continue reading Eat your view – The Landscape of our food

Bill Mollison Permaculture Lecture Series, On-Line

“NetWorks Productions” is introducing for the first time on-line a series of lectures that are documents of two Permaculture Design Courses taught by Bill Mollison at the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Glen Rose, Texas, in 1994 and 1995. This series, The Permaculture Show, was aired on public access television in the USA, was sold or given to the various… Continue reading Bill Mollison Permaculture Lecture Series, On-Line

iLand’s 2012 iLAB Resident Update – Higher E.D.

On Sunday September 23 from 11 am – 5 pm, the public can join Higher E+D  (Ecology and Dance) to gather aerial data with kites/balloons and field data through dancing bodies. Meet Lailye Weidman, Jess Einhorn and Liz Barry at Governor’s Island and travel to Lower Manhattan (NY, USA) with Higher E+D for a day of kite-mapping… Continue reading iLand’s 2012 iLAB Resident Update – Higher E.D.

EARTH PERFECT? Nature, Utopia, and the Garden

Symposium and exhibitions, June 6-9, 2013 “Since time immemorial, gardens have been key in humanity’s quest to define an ideal relation to nature. Gardens have been sources of nourishment for the body and the soul, they have been symbols of wealth and power, they have served as barriers against the wild, and much more. EARTH… Continue reading EARTH PERFECT? Nature, Utopia, and the Garden

Borders Network: Creative Environments

This blog was created recently, with support of the Creative Arts Business Network to support an informal network for artists, designers, makers in the Scottish Borders concerned with ecology, environment and sustainability; sharing their upcoming and ongoing projects with other people interested in sustainability and eco-art. For more information, you can visit: http://ecoartborders.wordpress.com/

Green Acres: Artists Farming Fields, Greenhouses and Abandoned Lots

September 22, 2012–January 20, 2013 Guest curated by Sue Spaid and opening September 22, 2012, Green Acres: Artists Farming Fields, Greenhouses and Abandoned Lots addresses farming as both activism and art form. Featuring a real working farm within the gallery, a farm stand in the museum lobby, sculptures used for farming, videos and other installations,… Continue reading Green Acres: Artists Farming Fields, Greenhouses and Abandoned Lots

Seeking Fresh ideas, Freshly presented

WOLFoundation – the Web of Life Foundation – is seeking submissions of essays to its annual competition that carries $2,000 in prizes “WOLFoundation is a non-profit organization aimed at encouraging fresh thinking and clear, writing on subjects related to our environment. We are looking for ideas presented in a high quality, non-technical style. We welcome… Continue reading Seeking Fresh ideas, Freshly presented

Dorsky Museum announces programs for Dear Mother Nature, Hudson Valley Artists 2012

The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art announces the programs they have organized in conjunction with the exhibition Dear Mother Nature, Hudson Valley Artists 2012, on display in the Alice and Horace Chandler Gallery through November 4. The program, developed by curator Linda Weintraub and the exhibiting artists, seeks to increase audience understanding of individual artworks… Continue reading Dorsky Museum announces programs for Dear Mother Nature, Hudson Valley Artists 2012