Buildings & Grounds – Student Interest in Sustainability Rises, Despite Lack of Curricular Support – The Chronicle of Higher Education

The National Wildlife Federation is releasing a report today that documents more than 160 student-led projects in sustainability and offers tips on how to start similar projects on campuses across the country. Julian Keniry, director of the Campus Ecology program at the federation, said that the examples in the report document what many have observed about [...]

RSA sets up Arts for COP15 network

RSA sets up Arts for COP15 network The RSA Arts & Ecology Centre has set up the web-based network, Arts For COP15, for artists and arts professionals who are producing work in the run up to and during the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 09. It is designed as a site to publicise arts events that [...]

Ghost Forest by Angela Palmer, Trafalgar Square

It’s an amazing achievement, to unlock this space for this kind of exhibit. The crowds I saw were drawn to the sheer strangeness and hugeness of the shapes of the trees, which are supposed to link the ideas of deforestation and climate change. Angela Palmer has done something remarkable in persuading the Mayor’s office to [...]

Call for artists: ‘…Louder than Bombs’: Art, Action & Activism – 4 Dec

‘…Louder than Bombs’: Art, Action & Activism Live Art Development Agency and Stanley Picker Gallery call for artists: 4 December deadline event: February – March 2010 Over the course of seven weeks in February – March 2010, the Stanley Picker Gallery at Kingston University, will host a series of week-long residencies entitled ‘…Louder than Bombs’: Art, Action & Activism. Co-curated with Live [...]

Arnolfini C words

Click here to read about what PLATFORM and Arnolfini are doing this season to help fight climate change.  3 October – 29 November, 2009: discussions, courses, installations and more. www.arnolfini.org.uk Go to Arcola Energy

Events: ‘Anthem’ – Beth Derbyshire at Eden Project – 14 No

Anthem Beth Derbyshire with Ulrike Haage opening performance: 14 November exhibition continues to 9 December Mediterranean Biome at the Eden Project, Cornwall The Eden Project and Cape Farewell present the premiere of Beth Derbyshire’s live performance and film work, Anthem, with music by composer Ulrike Haage. Anthem is a trilogy of films with a choral component, exploring notions of land, place and [...]

Steve Waters’ Contingency Plan and the Rubik’s Cube of climate change

Resilience, one of the two plays that form The Contingency Plan by Steve Waters Given that theatre presents itself as a form that is profoundly engaged in the politics of the present, that we’re a country that produced David Hare, David Edgar, Howard Brenton and Harold Pinter, why has there been so little theatre about the most [...]

Green web awards: upwards, onwards

I’ve been invited to be one of the judges on the Green Web Awards, alongside Caroline Lucas, Green Party MEP, Adam Vaughan of The Guardian, Ed Gillespie of Futerra. Bonnie Alter of Treehugger and others. The Green Web awards were launched last year by Nigel Berman of nigelsecostore.com, so it’s a chance to figure out how much [...]

2009 Green Day LDI

GREEN Day: Greening in the Entertainment Industry Thursday, November 19, 2009 – Room# N322 Join LDI in going GREEN! A full day dedicated to what the industry is doing—and can do—to reduce its carbon footprint and be environmentally smart!  A special full-day conference organized in conjunction with Showman Fabricators, as LDI “goes green.” Sessions open to all LDI [...]

more greening news « Mo`olelo Blog

Scenic Designer David F. Weiner and Artistic Director Seema Sueko will be speaking — via skype — at the LDI Green Day Conference on Thursday, November 19 in Orlando, Florida. They’ll share the lastest versions of Mo`olelo’s Green Theater Choices Scorecards. You can read about the conference here: http://www.ldishow.com/LDI09/Public/Content.aspx?ID=1009691 You can download the latest Green Theater [...]