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Defining Climate Change Photography

June 24, 2013Artists and Climate ChangeAction Art, Artistic Responses, Artists, blog, Chantal Bilodeau, Climate Change, Disciplines, Joan Sullivan, Photo, Photographer, Photographers, Photography, Playwright, Quebec, Stunning Photographs

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photo by Joan Sullivan

Quebec-based photographer Joan Sullivan wrote a very insightful post on her blog about climate change photography and the role of climate change photographers in influencing the debate about the way forward.

Also, make sure you look at her website for some stunning photographs.

Filed under: Photography

Artists and Climate Change is a blog by playwright Chantal Bilodeau that tracks artistic responses from all disciplines to the problem of climate change. It is both a study about what is being done, and a resource for anyone interested in the subject. Art has the power to reframe the conversation about our environmental crisis so it is inclusive, constructive, and conducive to action. Art can, and should, shape our values and behavior so we are better equipped to face the formidable challenge in front of us.

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A Brilliant Idea: Warning Labels

June 20, 2013Artists and Climate ChangeAction Art, Artistic Responses, Based Organization, blog, Brilliant Idea, Chantal Bilodeau, Cigarette Packages, Climate Change, Communication Artists, Disciplines, Executive Director, Fossil Fuels, Gas Pumps, Horizon, Lawyer, Playwright, Warning Labels

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I just came across this blog post by Robert Shirkey, lawyer and executive director of the Toronto-based organization Our Horizon. Shirkey argues that, just like we have warning labels on cigarette packages, we should have warning labels on gas pumps that remind us that the use of fossil fuels contributes to climate change. A very simple but powerful idea.

Filed under: Climate Communication

Artists and Climate Change is a blog by playwright Chantal Bilodeau that tracks artistic responses from all disciplines to the problem of climate change. It is both a study about what is being done, and a resource for anyone interested in the subject. Art has the power to reframe the conversation about our environmental crisis so it is inclusive, constructive, and conducive to action. Art can, and should, shape our values and behavior so we are better equipped to face the formidable challenge in front of us.

Go to Chantal Bilodeau’s Artists and Climate Change Blog

Using Memes to Improve Climate Change Communication

June 15, 2013Artists and Climate ChangeAction Art, Artistic Responses, Balazs, blog, Change Communication, Chantal Bilodeau, Climate Change, Communication Artists, Disciplines, Face, Global Warming, Improve Communication, Intriguing Article, Joe Brewer, Lazlo, Memes, Playwright, Virus

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Global Warming Meme Map

An intriguing articleÂ just got published that puts forward a theory about why the messaging about global warming has been wrong. Hint: it may be because global warming is not an experience; itâ€™s a meme. You can find the full report on which the article is based, called Global Warming is a Virus, compiled byÂ Joe Brewer and Balazs Lazlo Karafiath,Â here.

Filed under: Climate Communication

Artists and Climate Change is a blog by playwright Chantal Bilodeau that tracks artistic responses from all disciplines to the problem of climate change. It is both a study about what is being done, and a resource for anyone interested in the subject. Art has the power to reframe the conversation about our environmental crisis so it is inclusive, constructive, and conducive to action. Art can, and should, shape our values and behavior so we are better equipped to face the formidable challenge in front of us.

Weather presenter freaks out

September 19, 2012Ashden DirectoryAssociate Editor, blog, Climate Change, Colleague, Comedy, Features Interviews, Flowers, Freaks, Interviews News, Metaphors, Reflection, Robert Butler, Six Ways, Strays, sustainability, Timeline, Twitter, United Kingdom, Weather Climate, Weather Presenter

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http://youtu.be/TmfcJP_0eMc

A colleague has emailed us this clip. A weather presenter strays into climate reporting, comedy and reality.

â€œashdenizen blog and twitter are consistently among the best sources for information and reflection on developments in the field of arts and climate change in the UKâ€ (2020 Network)

ashdenizen is edited by Robert Butler, and is the blog associated with the Ashden Directory, a website focusing on environment and performance.
The Ashden Directory is edited by Robert Butler and Wallace Heim, with associate editor Kellie Gutman. The Directory includes features, interviews, news, a timeline and a database of ecologically – themed productions since 1893 in the United Kingdom. Our own projects include ‘New Metaphors for Sustainability’, ‘Flowers Onstage’ and ‘Six ways to look at climate change and theatre’.

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CultureLab: Bio-artists who tinker with tools of science

September 6, 2012ecoartscotlandArt Tools, blog, Critical Art Ensemble, Curators, Early August, Ecology, Edge Research, Eduardo Kac, Fremantle, International Artists, International Networks, New Scientist, Research Associate, School Of Art, Science Article, Scientists, Stor, Symbiotica, Theoretical Texts

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The New Scientistâ€™s CultureLab blog ran a story,Â Bio-artists who tinker with tools of science, in early August on artists working with â€œthe tools of science.â€Â The article draws in particular on the work of SymbioticA.Â It doesnâ€™t talk about Critical Art Ensemble or Eduardo Kac, but it does acknowledge the multiple possible outcomes of art working with science (and those tools).

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 byÂ Chris Fremantle, producer and research associate withÂ On The Edge Research,Â Grayâ€™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.
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Liberate Tate action

July 18, 2012ecoartscotlandActivists, Alternative Energy, blog, Bp, Buswell, Curators, Ecology, Edge Research, Fremantle, Image, International Networks, Nbsp, Research Associate, Robert Gordon University, School Of Art, Scientists, Tate Modern, Theoretical Texts, Turbine Hall, Vimeo

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A group of artists and activists donate a symbol of alternative energy to the BP sponsored Tate Modern

The Turbine Hall â€“ image from Liberate Tate blog â€“ image by Ian Buswell

Watch the Vice News video.

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, Grayâ€™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.
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Floating platforms

May 13, 2012Ashden DirectoryAssociate Editor, Beneficiary, blog, Climate Change, Economist, Eggs, Features Interviews, Floating Platforms, Flowers, Insect, Interviews News, Metaphors, Pacific Ocean, Reflection, Robert Butler, Six Ways, sustainability, Timeline, Twitter, United Kingdom

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A new study shows that plastic in the Pacific Ocean has increased 100 times over the last 40 years.The only beneficiary, reports The Economist, is Halobates sericeus, “a small insect that now has lots of nice little floating platforms on which to lay its eggs”.

â€œashdenizen blog and twitter are consistently among the best sources for information and reflection on developments in the field of arts and climate change in the UKâ€ (2020 Network)

ashdenizen is edited by Robert Butler, and is the blog associated with the Ashden Directory, a website focusing on environment and performance.
The Ashden Directory is edited by Robert Butler and Wallace Heim, with associate editor Kellie Gutman. The Directory includes features, interviews, news, a timeline and a database of ecologically – themed productions since 1893 in the United Kingdom. Our own projects include ‘New Metaphors for Sustainability’, ‘Flowers Onstage’ and ‘Six ways to look at climate change and theatre’.

The Directory has been live since 2000.

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Hints for Artists Making Proposals for 2012 è—è¡“å®¶ä¸å¯ä¸çŸ¥çš„ææ¡ˆå°ç§˜è¨£

February 25, 2012ecoartscotlandAmp, Art Artists, Art Project, blog, Chao, Curators, Ecology, Edge Research, Fremantle, Good Luck, International Artists, International Networks, Mei, Proposal, Proposals, Research Associate, School Of Art, Scientists, Theoretical Texts, Wetlands

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Reblogged from Cheng-Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Project:

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Useful advice in general.

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 byÂ Chris Fremantle, producer and research associate withÂ On The Edge Research,Â Grayâ€™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.
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Political Ecology

December 8, 2011ecoartscotland, Open CallsArt Artists, Artworks, blog, Curators, Discussion Group, Edge Research, Fremantle, International Networks, Max 300, Politics, Position Statements, Research Associate, Robert Gordon University, School Of Art, Scientists, Short Position, Theoretical Texts, University Of Kentucky, Working Group

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Where is the politics in political ecology? is a follow-up discussion by the Political Ecology Working Group at the University of Kentucky.Â Its an open discussion that anyone can participate in â€“ artworks can be contributed, or short texts (max 300 words).Â Deadline 13 December 2011.Â There previous discussion, What is Political Ecology? is up on their site.

This way of working (calls for short position statements, with a simple editorial process, published to a blog) seems to me ideal as a means to build up understanding about a new or growing subject.Â

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 byÂ Chris Fremantle, producer and research associate withÂ On The Edge Research,Â Grayâ€™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.
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Culture and Climate Change: Recordings

October 5, 2011Ashden DirectoryAssociate Editor, blog, Climate Change, Culture Change, Directory, Environment, Features Interviews, Flowers, Interviews News, Metaphors, Pdf, Podcasts, Reflection, Robert Butler, Robert Wallace, Six Ways, sustainability, Timeline, Twitter, United Kingdom

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A pdf of Culture and Climate Change: Recordings is now available.

See four podcasts on culture and climate change

Download the podcasts

â€œashdenizen blog and twitter are consistently among the best sources for information and reflection on developments in the field of arts and climate change in the UKâ€ (2020 Network)

ashdenizen is edited by Robert Butler, and is the blog associated with the Ashden Directory, a website focusing on environment and performance.
The Ashden Directory is edited by Robert Butler and Wallace Heim, with associate editor Kellie Gutman. The Directory includes features, interviews, news, a timeline and a database of ecologically – themed productions since 1893 in the United Kingdom. Our own projects include ‘New Metaphors for Sustainability’, ‘Flowers Onstage’ and ‘Six ways to look at climate change and theatre’.

The Directory has been live since 2000.

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