If you think that your work contributes to the broader understanding of Global Environmental Change then you should probably have a go at filling in this survey.

UNU-IHDP :: IHDP launches Global Survey on Social Sciences.

The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change, working in partnership with UNESCO and the International Social Science Council, is trying to assess the extent to which the humanities and social sciences have developed programmes addressing Global Environmental Change, and what the priorities are.

That being said, this questionnaire is based on outdated assumptions about forms of knowledge, and excludes non-traditional academic knowledge including art, inhabitation-based forms of knowledge, and non-human forms of knowledge.

Another weakness is that it would appear to assume competition between academic disciplines, rather than collaboration.  The ecoart perspective assumes collaboration at its heart.

Finally, the questionnaire appears to breaks up virtuous cycles of knowledge and action in favour of prioritisation for funding purposes.

ecoartscotland is a resource focused on art and ecology for artists, curators, critics, commissioners as well as scientists and policy makers. It includes ecoartscotland papers, a mix of discussions of works by artists and critical theoretical texts, and serves as a curatorial platform.

It has been established by Chris Fremantle, producer and research associate with On The Edge Research, Gray’s School of Art, The Robert Gordon University. Fremantle is a member of a number of international networks of artists, curators and others focused on art and ecology.

Go to EcoArtScotland

Maja and Reuben Fowkes interviewed in Antennae Magazine – the whole issue can be downloaded from their site as a pdf

Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture, was founded in September 2006 by Giovanni Aloi, a London-based lecturer in history of art and media studies. The Journal combines a heightened level of academic scrutiny of animals in visual culture, with a less formal and more experimental format designed to cross the boundaries of academic knowledge, in order to appeal to diverse audiences including artists and the general public alike.

Ultimately, the Journal provides a platform and encourages the overlap of the professional spheres of artists, scientists, environmental activists, curators, academics, and general readers. It does so through an editorial mix that combines academic writing, interviews, informative articles, and discussions with an illustrated format, in order to grant accessibility to a wider readership.

via Interview about Art and Sustainability « Sustainability and Contemporary Art.