NOW – Permaculture in Europe

11th European Permaculture Convergence, 1-5.8.2012 Gastwerke Kassel, Germany Now! This year the EuPC will focuss on Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share in August. For five days 300 activists and designers gather together to start a dialogue on permacultures. Interdisciplinary workshops, lectures and art will be part of the program and will promote European networking… Continue reading NOW – Permaculture in Europe

Invitation to participate in an Earth Forum with Shelley Sacks

Berlin 20th-24th of February, 2012 Within the framework of the Citizen Art Days Shelley Sacks offers twice a day the possibility to take part in an Earth Forum „Social Sculpture“ Process at the Freies Museum_öffentlicher Raum Berlin. From February 20th to 24th, in each case from 11 am to 2 pm and 3 to 6… Continue reading Invitation to participate in an Earth Forum with Shelley Sacks

Caroline Tisdall talks to Miranda Sawyer

London 8th of December 2011 What does Beuys mean now? This question is asked by Miranda Sawyer (feature writer an radio critic for The Observer and music reviewer for Newsnight an The Culture Show) to photographer Caroline Tisdall, who has been a close friend and collaborator of the German artist Joseph Beuys. 25 years after… Continue reading Caroline Tisdall talks to Miranda Sawyer

“Ploughshares from Swords – Social Sculpture and Cultural Agency”

November 07th, 2011 MIT (USA) “How does creative activism contribute to society? How do we moderate crises through individual and collective art practice? How do we reconcile the arts, activism, and pedagogy? Stella McGregor, Founder and Director of Urbano Project, will share her experience of working with inner city youth and introduce projects such as… Continue reading “Ploughshares from Swords – Social Sculpture and Cultural Agency”

Review of the 1st Cultura21 Forum – “The cultivation of ecology/-ies: Gardens and complexity in rural and urban landscapes”

The following review was written by Janna Gehrke (you can find out more about Janna at the bottom of this post): From the 23rd until the 25th of September the first Cultura21 Forum (by the German platform of Cultura21) took place in the “Studio Kunst und Landschaft” in Hude near Oldenburg in Germany. The forum… Continue reading Review of the 1st Cultura21 Forum – “The cultivation of ecology/-ies: Gardens and complexity in rural and urban landscapes”

Agents of change and ecological citizenship

New summer school programme from 10 to 22 July 2011   This two weeks workshop: provides an opportunity to explore the many different ways and  levels on which we can be or become better `agents of change´ and how we can  deepen our understanding of ecological citizenship provides a form for exploring the importance of… Continue reading Agents of change and ecological citizenship

Aesthetic Education and Poetic Imagination: key tools for social and ecological change

Dr. Wolfgang Zumdick Monday 21 February    4 – 7.30 pm  (Oxford Brookes Univ. Buckley Bdg, Room BG01) As part of the series: AGENTS OF CHANGE: Ecological Citizenship and The Art of Changing One’s Mind(set). Interdisciplinary Symposia – Seminars – Dialogue Processes, Oxford (UK), 2011

The Cultural Dimension of Sustainability; Towards an Ecology of Culture

Biennale di Venezia : Collateral Event : Joseph Beuys “Difesa della Natura – The Living Sculpture : Kassel 1977-Venezia 2007” Thetis New Arsenal (Castello 2737/f 041 – Venezia – Open: from 11am to 6pm) Director Lucrezia De Domizio Durini – Codirector Antonio d’Avossa September 6th 2007 : guest event by Cultura21 Downloadable PDF press release… Continue reading The Cultural Dimension of Sustainability; Towards an Ecology of Culture