News Dec 31 | Jarvis Cocker

Having returned from the 2008 Cape Farewell expedition earlier this year, the former Pulp star uses his guest editor slot on Radio 4’s Today Programme to challenge Ed Milliband on the government’s record on climate change, and to meet up with climate expert Lord Stern
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Seoul searching

Earlier this year I interviewed Winy Maas of architects MVRDV about a beautiful small-scale project he was doing in Rotterdam called Didden Village. Back then I wrote: “MVRDV’s signature “obsession” — the word Maas uses for it — is density:
the idea of using urban space intensely to create a sustainable future.”
When I met him he [...]

Announcing CSPA Connect

You may have noticed a couple of small changes to the site. First f all, our page dedicated to the GreenSTAGE Program has come down. More on this soon, but it’s not going away, we’re retooling out certification efforts to better reflect growing partnership in the sustainable arts community.
We’ve also changed the name of the [...]

To the barricades!

Heather and Ivan Morison’s latest work at the first One Day Sculpture event in New Zealand was this gargantuan work filling a street in the centre of Wellington, Journée des barricades. The brief was: “to produce a new work that will occur during a discrete 24-hour period over the course of one year.” The scuplture, [...]

2008

From the main website:
As the year ends and a new one begins, it’s time to take stock of the
work we saw in 2008. One thing is conspicuous; the volume of art that
in some way encountered the subject matter of ecology suggests there is
an increasing sense of urgency and engagement in the arts world. 2008
was also [...]

Severed | Melanie Challenger

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Greenwashing: even the Pope does it

The Pope draws a parallel between the advance of gay rights and the destruction of the rainforest, (“The tropical forests do deserve our protection; but man, as a creature, does not deserve any less,”). Millions scratch their heads.
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Art as a Trojan horse

The latest print edition of Neural Magazine includes a single piece of yellow notepad paper – apparently at least. I haven’t seen it yet. On this sheet, readers are encouraged to write a letter to the White House. This letter will be then filed away alongside the billions of others.
The special notepaper has been produced [...]

ETC Gives the Green Light

From the ETC website, 11/21/08:
ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.) has not only led the entertainment- and architectural-lighting industry in technical innovation but is leading in green practices as well.
The company’s environmental policy is ‘committed to fostering a healthy, safe and sustainable global environment.’ ETC meets and exceeds compliance with the European Union’s WEEE (Waste from [...]

Pessimism, optimism, pt 2

After hearing the latest news about the increasing rate of Arctic melt, Bibi van der Zee burst into tears. She wonders whether it’s time to give up. Conventional social wisdom says that bad news does not make people act. Maybe she’s an example of that.
The current poll question on the RSA Arts & Ecology page, [...]

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