Arts and Culture in Paris during the COP21

Alongside the 21st UN Climate Conference, COP21, in Paris, several programs involving the arts and culture are going on now. See for example (not an exhaustive list): ARTCOP21: a program of events, artistic interventions, conferences, etc. See http://www.artcop21.com As part of ARTCOP21, will also take place a “Professional Workshop” with 150 invited participants from the… Continue reading Arts and Culture in Paris during the COP21

Call: COAL PRIZE ART AND ENVIRONMENT 2015

CALL FOR ENTRIES For the 21st United Nations Conference on climate change Deadline January 30th 2015 The Coal Prize Art and Environment rewards each year a project by a contemporary artist involved in environmental issues. Its goals are to promote and support the vital role which art and creation play in raising awareness, supporting concrete… Continue reading Call: COAL PRIZE ART AND ENVIRONMENT 2015

Carbon Bomb Blows Up Near West Point Military Academy (West Point, New York 2014)

Reposted from http://www.toolsforaction.net/carbon-bomb-blows-up-near-west-point/ This september, a 30-foot carbon bomb blew up in the airspace over the Hudson River in front of West Point Military Academy. An inflatable bomb pressurized with carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and oxygen contained in outer shell of silver radiant barrier foil, the carbon bomb was manufactured as part of a research program… Continue reading Carbon Bomb Blows Up Near West Point Military Academy (West Point, New York 2014)

Cultures of Sustainability in the Age of Climate Crisis

The four keynote speeches from the international conference “Cultures of Sustainability in the Age of Climate Crisis” held at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Telemark University College in Bø, May 13.-15. (Tue-Thu), 2014, are now available online as video recordings: Watch the speeches This is a follow-up post from https://www.cultura21.net/activities/conferences/cultures-of-sustainability-in-the-age-of-climate-crisis/

Megapolis

Megacities in Art and Climate Science Exhibition. Lectures. Symposiums 7 May – 26 July 2014 Opening Hours: Saturdays, 11 am – 5 pm and by appointment Admission free More and more people are moving to cities. Over 50% of the world’s population are city dwellers, with a continuing upward trend. Many cities reach such a… Continue reading Megapolis

Cultures of Sustainability in the Age of Climate Crisis

Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Telemark University College Bø, May 13.-15. (Tue-Thu), 2014  The aim of the COST Action IS1007 meeting is to provide new perspectives and practical examples of the transformative role of culture for a sustainable future. The symposium will investigate the many ways of integrating perspectives on cultural change, social learning, experience-based training, innovation… Continue reading Cultures of Sustainability in the Age of Climate Crisis

SoilCulture

2-5 July 2014 “A Nation that destroys its soils destroys itself.” Franklin D. Roosevelt Using the arts to revitalise our relationship with a resource we take for granted. Over four days at Falmouth University’s Woodlane campus in July this year, the RANE research group in collaboration with The Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World (CCANW)… Continue reading SoilCulture

USA: Art exhibition about climate change, coal and superfunds

In the new exhibition ‘Altered State’, which runs at the Holter Museum in Helena, Montana, until 13 April 2014, the popular American painter Monte Dolack takes a look at controversial topics such as climate change, coal, superfund sites, and the effects of extractive companies moving into Montana’s wild spaces. Reposted from Culture|Futures. Monte Dolack is… Continue reading USA: Art exhibition about climate change, coal and superfunds

The Big Melt: Saving Archeological Treasures Exposed by Melting Glaciers

The race to find, and save, ancient artifacts emerging from glaciers and ice patches in a warming world By ANDREW CURRY Archaeologists in Norway space themselves out to walk along ground newly exposed by the melting edges of an ice patch. Eyes firmly on the ground, they are on the lookout for artifacts that have… Continue reading The Big Melt: Saving Archeological Treasures Exposed by Melting Glaciers

CARBON 14: CLIMATE IS CULTURE EXHIBITION + FESTIVAL

October 19, 2013 – February 2, 2014 The Cape Farewell Foundation in Canada announced details today of four-month cultural engagement on one of the most pressing issues of our time— climate change. The Carbon 14: Climate is Culture Exhibition + Festival will take place between October 2013 and February 2014, encompassing multifaceted programs, including a major… Continue reading CARBON 14: CLIMATE IS CULTURE EXHIBITION + FESTIVAL