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Local and Regional Governments towards RIO+20

A briefing on preparations for the Rio +20 Summit is available from the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), focusing on culture as key element of sustainability: “We believe that the paradigm of sustainable development needs a cultural pillar, and its implementation deserves cultural content. The Agenda 21 for culture (2004), the Policy Statement of… Continue reading Local and Regional Governments towards RIO+20

Culture and Sustainable Communities

NEW PUBLICATION: Special Double Issue of Culture and Local Governance on “Culture and Sustainable Communities” http://oa.uottawa.ca/journals/clg-cgl Vol. 3, No. 1-2 Guest editors: Nancy Duxbury, Centre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra, Portugal; M. Sharon Jeannotte, Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa, Canada The wide-spread shift to a sustainability paradigm for city planning makes this… Continue reading Culture and Sustainable Communities

Sierra Nevada: An Adaptation

If you are in New York and haven’t already seen it, there’s still some days left to visit a currently running exhibition: Sierra Nevada: An Adaptation, by Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison, at the Feldman Gallery in New York (NY, USA) until March 26. Gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10-6. Monday by appointment. Gallery… Continue reading Sierra Nevada: An Adaptation

Designers Accord “Town Hall’ Brighton UK

Reposted from CSPA website What actions can we take to design a more sustainable future?’ Thursday, March 10, 2011 from 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM (GMT), University Of Brighton, Grand Parade, BN2 OJY Brighton, United Kingdom We are educators, learners, architects, economists, ecologists, activists, filmmakers, photographers, graphic, communication, business, product, fashion, textiles, interior, landscape, systems… Continue reading Designers Accord “Town Hall’ Brighton UK

The Sustainable City and the Arts

Update: the deadline for the abstracts submission for the ESA (European Sociological Association) Conference in Geneva has been extended until March 8th 2011. Call for Papers for the Research Stream which will take place in the forthcoming conference of the European Sociological Association from 7. to 10. of Sept. 2011 in Geneva.

Sustainable Practice in Public Art

Chrysalis Arts in collaboration with MIRIAD at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) present a seminar about how artists and commissioners can begin to address the ecological and sustainability issues associated with climate change through their professional practice. With: Inspirational speakers – PASA case studies – Group discussions Seminar – April 15th 2011 – 10am to 4.30pm… Continue reading Sustainable Practice in Public Art

Extended workshop report now released on Sustainable Creative Cities: the role of the arts in globalised urban contexts

an extended report from the workshop organized at the ASEF CCS4 Conference (ASEM8 Summit) The extended report (59 pages) is now available: click here for download (PDF file). This longer report contains detailed discussions from the workshop exchanges, as well as several ‘good practice’ cases and further reflections elaborated by workshop participants in the couple… Continue reading Extended workshop report now released on Sustainable Creative Cities: the role of the arts in globalised urban contexts

Vol. 3 in the Cultura21 eBooks Series on Culture and Sustainability

The Cultura21 eBooks Series on Culture and Sustainability presents findings from inter- and trans-disciplinary perspectives in research and practice. The eBooks are published openly online by Cultura21 Institut e.V. in order to support broad dissemination and to stimulate further debates in civil society and further action-research in the field. The city today is increasingly conceptualized… Continue reading Vol. 3 in the Cultura21 eBooks Series on Culture and Sustainability