NEW LIFE CANCUN Call for Proposals

Call for Proposals Artists working with interventions, activism and other participatory practices are invited to apply for participation in NEW LIFE CANCUN. This experimental hospitality project will take place during the UN Climate Change summit (COP 16) in Cancún, Mexico from 29 Nov – 10 Dec 2010. In continuation of Wooloo’s NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN festival [...]

Institute of Contemporary Arts : Talks : The Climate for Theatre

8 July 2010 – £5 / £4 ICA Members plus + £1.20 booking fee per ticket in advance As theatre makers struggle to create the iconic work about climate change, should they borrow the models of local activism practiced by the anti-globalisation movement? Can theatre that inspires change by virtue of its rootedness in real life concerns [...]

WOOLOO.ORG – NEW LIFE CANCÚN

Artists working with interventions, activism and other participatory practices are invited to apply for participation in NEW LIFE CANCUN. This experimental hospitality initiative intends to promote and facilitate participation during the UN Climate Change summit (COP 16) in Cancún, Mexico at the end of 2010 (Nov. 29th – Dec. 10th). In continuation of Wooloo’s NEW LIFE [...]

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 [...]

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! function startGallery_5() { var myGallery = new gallery($(“myGallery_5″), { timed: false, showCarousel: true, showInfopane: false, showArrows: true, embedLinks: [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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