The 2012 World Congress of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Jeju, South Korea turned out to be a big boost for the worldwide movement to re-connect children and nature. At the prestigious and influential Congress, which convenes every four years, more than 10,000 people representing 150 nations and more than… Continue reading Addressing Children’s Nature-Deficit Disorder: Bold Actions by Conservation Leaders Worldwide
Category: Policy Issues
Reclaiming evaluation as a critical practice: the powers at play between art, community, and government
Screening and discussion, with Sophie Hope – at the Centre for Cultural Partnerships, University of Melbourne (RM C216, Music Building, 234 St Kilda Road) – Tuesday, September 18, 7 to 9pm This screening and discussion, led visiting practitioner researcher from Birbeck, University of London, Dr. Sophie Hope, introduces a partial history of socially-engaged art and… Continue reading Reclaiming evaluation as a critical practice: the powers at play between art, community, and government
Arts and Politics: Bridging the Progress of Cultural Sustainability
Wednesday 12 September, 6-8 p.m. – a panel discussion organized by “ArtPolitics” at Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin ArtsPolitics is a new platform for artists, and political and scientific experts to discuss and collaborate. Their purpose is “to inspire cultural & intellectual progress by building greater understanding between the arts & politics.”
WEAD Magazine
The 5th issue of WEAD Magazine is out, and it’s about enviromental/ecological artists responses to “the atomic legacy” – this issue is edited by Susan Leibovitz Steinman. It brings perspectives from Japan, Chernobyl, New Mexico, and US areas threatened by aging nuclear plants in Florida, California and Washington. (WEAD stands for: Women Environmental Artists Directory.)… Continue reading WEAD Magazine
Yoko Ono and the “artists against fracking” coalition
“Yoko Ono said it was not hard to recruit more than 180 artists to help convince Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York not to allow natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale through the hydraulic fracturing process known as fracking.” Read more on the New York Times website
Bolivian Animated Film “Abuela Grillo” Highlights Water Issues
Abuela Grillo, an adorable – though equally tear-jerking – animated short-film, calls attention to Bolivia’s fraught history with water privatization. The film is a collaboration between Bolivian animators and the Animation Workshop of Denmark. The Abuela Grillo character is based on a myth from the Bolivian lowlands, but the film tells the story of a… Continue reading Bolivian Animated Film “Abuela Grillo” Highlights Water Issues
Nigerian Activist Nnimo Bassey : Rio+20 Summit Will Not Get Us Out of Environmental Crisis
Nnimmo Bassey, executive director of Environmental Rights Action in Nigeria, chair of Friends of the Earth International is taking part in the Rio+20 Summit, and in a recent interview, he commented on the failure by the governments and policymakers on reaching the goals agreed in 1992. He also mentioned the low ambitions and the lack… Continue reading Nigerian Activist Nnimo Bassey : Rio+20 Summit Will Not Get Us Out of Environmental Crisis
UNGA Resolution on culture and Development
As we approach the start of Rio+20 ,it may be interesting for you to read about the UN General Assembly resolution on culture and development/2011/A/RES/66/208. In this document the important contribution of culture to the achievement of sustainable development and of national and international development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals is emphasized, mentioning diverse… Continue reading UNGA Resolution on culture and Development
Culture & Sustainability in Rio+20
We´re only a few days away from Rio+20, and there are many other events related to it going on around it. One event entitled “Culture and Sustainability in Rio+20” will take place on June 19th in Rio too, this event is being organised by United Cities and Local Governments and the Brazilian Ministry of Culture.… Continue reading Culture & Sustainability in Rio+20
Culture|Futures Global Forum on Culture and Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, June 17th 2012
The Forum is organised in cooperation with the Brazilian Ministry of Culture at the occasion of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development: the Rio+20 Summit, which will culminate in Rio de Janeiro June 20th -22nd 2012. The Forum venue will be Galpão da Cidadania slightly north of central Rio, close to the water front,… Continue reading Culture|Futures Global Forum on Culture and Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, June 17th 2012
