| July 31st, 2011 | This post comes to you from Green Public Art
In 1957 the Eames Office was commissioned by the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) to design a product to “show off the potential of its lightweight materials.” The team designed a playful solar energy toy which they called the Do-Nothing Machine (1957) featuring whirligigs, pinwheels
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| July 30th, 2011 | Arcola Theatre, in association with the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden, is connected with Growing Communities, an organisation that deals with the distribution of local grown produce. Growing Communities is a social business which runs community-led box schemes which can be collected from various pick-up points in Hackney, and is all local, fresh vegetables! As with
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| July 30th, 2011 | This post comes to you from Ashden Directory
The Institute for the Art and Practice of Dissent at Home is two adults and three children living in Everton, Liverpool. They talked together about sustainability, and here are their metaphors for our series.
Neal (aged 10): The world is big plank of wood
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| July 29th, 2011 | This post comes to you from Cultura21
Cultura21 e.V. is happy to announce the first „Cultura21 Forum“ in Germany:
The Cultivation of Ecology/-ies: gardens and complexity in rural and urban areas
September 23rd to 25th, 2011 – “Studio Kunst und Landschaft” in Hude (aprox. 13 km from Oldenburg)
Registration is required
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| July 28th, 2011 | This post comes to you from EcoArtScotland
Emily Dodd has written a really nice piece about the Steep Trail Eco Lab for the Greener Leith Blog.
ecoartscotland is a resource focused on art and ecology for artists, curators, critics, commissioners as well as scientists
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| July 28th, 2011 | This post comes to you from Ashden Directory
Monik Gupta, environmental blogger and researcher has guest blogged for Ashdenizen. Here he suggests a metaphor in our series New metaphors for sustainability: the shopping divider at the check-out.
For me, thinking about sustainability, the object in the picture comes to mind. We come across
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| July 27th, 2011 | SCI-Arc student Dovid Feld has been helping us work out a new design for our 1951 Spartan Trailer. The banquette area that wraps around the front windows will be the centerpiece for our indoor events:
Dovid's design envisions a modular banquette area for rehearsals and performances.
The area will be used for rehearsals,
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| July 27th, 2011 | This post comes to you from EcoArtScotland
The EU Life programme has published a series of pdfs on current projects in three categories:
Nature and Biodiversity Information and Communication Environment and Governance as well as projects outside the EU (or what are termed ‘Third Countries Projects).
According to the EU all of
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| July 27th, 2011 |
Boxetti wall unit incorpates desk, lounge chair and storage
We are always on the lookout for cool ways to conserve space; we’re especially interested in modular design ideas for furniture and fixtures that can fold into the wall or transform into something else. These ideas were shared with us by Dovid Feld, the
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| July 26th, 2011 | This post comes to you from Cultura21
Perspectives for a sustainable way of living – “Haus der Kulturen der Welt” and in the city of Berlin, 17th to 21st August, 2011.
Once again, Berlin is going to be the host of a very interesting festival. “Über Lebenskunst” (German play on words:
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Welcome to the CSPA Quarterly Issue 6 now available
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Sustainability in Theater
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