CSPA Quarterly Now Available! #COP15

Our Winter issue, featuring eco-policy and representations during the COP15 Summit in Copenhagen, is now available! Keep an eye out for our next call for participation!

Avatar and the power of social media

I’m loving the commentaries that have evolved around Avatar’s themes of exploitation of natural resources, imperialism and biological diversity.
Libertarian blogger Stephen Kinsella argues here that it underscores his viewpoint that the movie demonstrates that property rights are the only way to protect the environment. Interestingly this is the logic of the UN’s REDD carbon trading scheme or [...]

Joe McElderry not No 1: how to stop a juggernaut

In a fitting end to Simon Cowell’s four year dominance of the Xmas number ones, this year’s festive pop pick is an expletive-filled polemic against the American military-industrial complex “Killing in the Name”. A man who has always stood with admirable consistency on the law of pop – that sales mean what the public want, [...]

Photos from Copenhagen #COP15

Our photos here mainly focus on what we went to see and with whom we spoke. A couple in there from Future Arcola’s launch event last week as well. Think of this as the CSPA Season’s Greetings!

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HQ Copenhagen » HEADQUARTERS, PART 2 – FROM JANUARY 8TH AT 17:00

Headquarters reopens in Gallery Poulsen on January 8th at 17:00.
Headquarters, part 2, will be a total installation including works made by *HQ members and documentation of their activities during COP15.
The exhibition will run until January 22nd.
We look forward to seeing you at Gallery Poulsen.
HQ Copenhagen » HEADQUARTERS, PART 2 – FROM JANUARY 8TH [...]

Success for New Life Copenhagen Festival during COP15

Success for art festival during COP15
NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN was a great success and expects to continue during COP16 in Mexico

During COP15, the untraditional art festival NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN has hosted the free hospitality of more than 3.000 climate guests from 108 different nationalities. Activists, grassroots, scientists, diplomats and delegates have lived on couches and [...]

In Case You’re Wondering what it means #COP15

Here is a good summary of points from Grist.com

The Copenhagen Accord contains these provisions that President Obama called a start to global action to solve climate change:
1) A commitment by developed nations to invest $30 billion over the next three years to help developing nations adapt to climate change and pursue clean energy development.
2) A [...]

High Tide, Art and Aviva at Poulsen #COP15

Acting as the official High Tide COP15 envoy, distinguished ecological artist Aviva Rahmani has been writing on her daily blog about her experiences in Copenhagen during COP15. Friday was her last day here, and she finally got the change to go about town and see some art. Check out the entries from December 18th to see what she [...]

Towards an alternative statement of the way forward on climate change. A series of 1000 interviews during the UN COP15 as part of New Life Copenhagen. #COP15

This evening I went to meet up with Martin Rosengaard of Wooloo.org, the organization behind the New Life Copenhagen Festival. He had joined Open Dialogues, who are working here in Copenhagen as part of the festival. I got the chance to talk to them briefly about their work after being interviewed for their project myself. Here [...]

*HQ Copenhagen – THE YES MEN DOCUMENTARY #COP15

Danish Television’s “Pirat TV” followed The Yes Men around while they were planning and carrying out their bold stunt on Canada at COP15.
Watch the documentary in 2 parts (the sites are in Danish, but the clips are in English):
Part 1
Se klippet “YES MEN driller Canada (del 1)” på Pirat TV
Part 2
Se klippet “YES MEN [...]

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