| February 4th, 2012 | Arcola Energy is a member of Project Dirt ; London’s largest and most active green network. It’s a social network of people / organisations doing tangible green projects. The London Sustainable Schools Forum is a group trying to make London’s schools more sustainable places. We’re really excited that Arcola Energy for Schools has been
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| December 22nd, 2011 | This post comes to you from Ashden Directory
Wallace Heim writes:
When we’ve asked people to think of a metaphor, we tried to present the idea of ‘sustainability’ in neither a positive nor a negative light, but to leave it as open as possible for people to interpret it in their own way. Even
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| November 18th, 2011 | This post comes to you from Ashden Directory
Wallace Heim writes:
We began thinking about metaphor and sustainability when we noticed that there weren’t any strong or imaginative metaphors for the concept, or ones that we could easily use in conversation. Metaphors are pervasive in human thought and communication. ‘Sustainability’ stood out as an
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| July 21st, 2011 | From the ‘iron curtain’ to the ‘glass ceiling’, metaphors are one of the most powerful ways in which we frame the way we think. Yet one of the key concepts in environmentalism – sustainability – seems to be remarkably short of vivid metaphors.
So we asked some artists, writers, architects, cultural commentators, environmentalists,
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| July 5th, 2011 |
This post comes to you from Cultura21
On June 16th, Cultura21 – together with partners – invited panelists with broad experience and knowledge concerning the art sector and the human rights situation in China for a discussion around the arrest of Ai Weiwei. The event was attended by more than a hundred people
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| June 6th, 2011 | This post comes to you from EcoArtScotland
The Waterfootprint.org website is a resource on direct and indirect water use:
People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but even more for producing things such as food, paper, cotton clothes, etc. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that
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| October 23rd, 2010 | Great post from Josh Healey on Life is Living 2010
So what sustains life in Oakland? In addition to live performances by local legends The Coup, Los Rakas, and The Getback, in addition to the face-painting and the hip-hop petting zoo (no lie), in addition to thousands of people from across the Bay
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| October 17th, 2010 | Chinese artist Ai Weiwei carpeted the floor of the Turbine Hall with 100 million porcelain seeds and invited the public to walk across them.
But within days of the work’s grand unveiling, staff reported a fine dust rising from the seeds as people crunched them underfoot. According to health and safety experts, prolonged exposure to
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| August 28th, 2010 | I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the summer!
We’ve been planning things for the future of the Green Theatre Project and we are very excited to announce our next project and our new name!
We are excited to announce a new, small-scale project that will take place in September. We hope to announce
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| June 20th, 2010 |
The Aldrich is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibition
Fritz Haeg: Something for Everyone
June 27, 2010, to January 2, 2011
Experience Fritz Haeg’s unconventional exhibition, Something for Everyone, a series of participatory projects for plants, animals, and people presented in the Museum’s grounds and atrium. One component, Edible Estate
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Welcome to the CSPA Quarterly 7 is now available
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Sustainability in Theater
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New Metaphors for Sustainability from the Ashden Directory
From the ‘iron curtain’ to the ‘glass ceiling’, metaphors are one of the most powerful ways in which we frame the way we think. Yet one of the key concepts in environmentalism – sustainability – seems to be remarkably short of vivid metaphors.
So we asked some artists, writers, architects, cultural commentators, environmentalists,
[read more]
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