June 20 – 29 September 2013, Resilience, Organised by the Moderna galerija with Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova,Ljubljana,Slovenia In recent years the concept of resilience has grown out of the global trend of developing sustainability in the societies of the global North. In natural sciences or physics, a resilient body is described as flexible, durable,… Continue reading The 7th Triennial of Contemporary Art
Category: Sustainability
International Conference
19 – 21 June 2013, “Transformation in a Changing Climate”, Oslo, Norway The aim of this conference is to bring together diverse perspectives on transformation, and to generate cutting-edge discussions on deliberate, ethical and sustainable transformation in response to the complex global challenges associated with climate change. The conference will hold a wide range of… Continue reading International Conference
Land Arts Generator Initiative events
June 27- August 30, Arsenal Gallery, Central Park, New York “Our civilization has been built on non-renewable resources and an outmoded presumption that nature is limitless. Certainly art will continue to serve many purposes; however, for artists and designers who choose to engage in what Joanna Macy terms The Great Turning, what is the role… Continue reading Land Arts Generator Initiative events
Ecology and cybernetics towards network society capitalism
June 21-22nd,2013, The World Earth – Conference, in Berlin The exhibition and the conference The Whole Earth are dedicated to the story of the image of the “blue planet”. The project takes its starting point in historical developments in California since the 1960s : using materials from cultural history and artistic works. Curated by Diedrich… Continue reading Ecology and cybernetics towards network society capitalism
The Ekotopfilm festival
International festival of Sustainable Development, Bratislava (Slovak Republic) 31 st July = deadline for film entries The 40th International Festival of Sustainable Development Films – ekotopfilm 2013 will be held in October 7-11th, 2013 in the capital city of Bratislava, Slovak Republic.The Ekotopfilm is a week-long festival providing the visitors with documentary films all over… Continue reading The Ekotopfilm festival
Moveable micro-city to innovate culture of sustainablity
Paint a picture of Europe’s sustainable thinking, knowledge and experiences. That is one of the assignments for a ‘green performing city’, Art-Epi, which will be launched in Denmark on 18 August 2013. The project aims to find new ways of cultivating innovation and development in the sustainable sphere – socially, scientifically, artistically, culturally, tourist- and… Continue reading Moveable micro-city to innovate culture of sustainablity
ufaFabrik’s 2nd Forum: Creative strategies of sustainability
9th – 14th of September 2013, ufaFabrik, Berlin (Germany) Building on the experience of their first event in 2012 (on which we reported on Cultura21’s webmagazine: click here to read our article in German language) this one-week seminar organized by ufaFabrik in Berlin for cultural operators proposes a common reflection and “a time of intense… Continue reading ufaFabrik’s 2nd Forum: Creative strategies of sustainability
Td Summer School 2013: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science | Society Interface
“Td Summer School 2013: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science | Society Interface” will be held at Leuphana University Lueneburg, Germany, from September 1 – 10, 2013. The Td Summer School 2013 offers a “Td Training Module” (Sep., 1-6) and a Special Training Module in “Constellation Analysis” (Sep., 9-10) in cooperation with the Center for Technology… Continue reading Td Summer School 2013: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science | Society Interface
This is not a video camera
TEDx talk by Chris Lunch (founder of InsightShare) about “participatory video”, which is an interesting way to do participatory action research (and which he discusses in the context of development projects): Find out more about his work at http://www.insightshare.org/
New Directions in Social Ecology: From Climate Action to Housing Justice
San Francisco (USA), June 12th – 22nd 2013 Each year, the Institute for Social Ecology hosts intensive seminars for students, activists, and community leaders to come together to explore sets of dynamic and urgent social and ecological issues. They are partnering with the California Institute for Integral Studies based in the SOMA district. Classes will… Continue reading New Directions in Social Ecology: From Climate Action to Housing Justice
