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Continuous Cover Forest Policy

May 24, 2013ecoartscotlandAmenity Values, Cathy, Curators, Ecology, Edge Research, Fitzgerald, Forest Policy, Forest Systems, Fremantle, Green Party, Helen Mayer Harrison, International Networks, Lattice, Newton Harrison, Press Release, Public Forests, Research Associate, School Of Art, Scientists, Theoretical Texts

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Cathy Fitzgerald has just blogged about the The Green Party in Ireland who have just launched itâ€™s Forest Policy (read the press release here). Â This new Policy argues that

â€œIrelandâ€™s public forests are at a point where, non clearfell, continuous cover forest systems need to be introduced and supported to fully realise the full long term economic, environmental and amenity values of Irelandâ€™s forests.â€

Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison would, we are sure, endorse this â€“ itâ€™s the sort of Policy that they were proposing in amongst other works, the Serpentine Lattice.

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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Networking the arts to save the Earth

February 23, 2011An Arts and Ecology Notebook, Cultura21Audiences, Berlin Germany, Cathy, Climate Change, Communication Tools, Copenhagen Denmark, Cozzolino, Ecological Concerns, Ecology Activities, Film Maker, Fitzgerald, Francesca, Global Phenomenon, Kagan, Kajsa, Koefoed, Marketing Strategies, Media Experts, Mexico City, Oleg, Online Social Networks, Organisations, Page Id, Paris France, Political Activism, Rana, Research Paper, Sacha, Social Sciences, Visions, Vitality

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Cathy Fitzgerald, film-maker and author of ecoartnotebook.com, has completedÂ a research paper on the â€œsometimes under-utilised potential ofÂ online art and ecology networksâ€œ:

Online social networks are a recent global phenomenon of the last five years. This paper considers the value and under-realised potential of online social networks that connect cultural practitioners and organisations who are responding to ecological concerns across the world. That the cultural sector will have a significant role in engaging the worldâ€™s audiences and projecting new visions of how humanity may live more sustainably on this finite earth is increasingly recognised. However,Â while online social networks have in the last few years made art and ecology activities more visible their use has not been strategically utilised or examined in detail and efforts across the sector are as yet scattered and uneven. To fully harness the potential of these radical new and change-making communication tools, art and ecology networks that reference responses to ecological concerns, and in particular climate change, would clearly benefit from implementing online strategies from environmental and political activism, marketing strategies from business, as well as connecting with social media experts and research from the social sciences.

The full paper can be downloaded atÂ http://ecoartnotebook.com/?page_id=1511

Cultura21 is a transversal, translocal network, constituted of an international level grounded in several Cultura21 organizations around the world.

Cultura21â€²s international network, launched in April 2007, offers the online and offline platform for exchanges and mutual learning among its members.

The activities of Cultura21 at the international level are coordinated by a team representing the different Cultura21 organizations worldwide, and currently constituted of:

– Sacha Kagan (based in LÃ¼neburg, Germany) and Rana Ã–ztÃ¼rk (based in Berlin, Germany)

– Oleg Koefoed and Kajsa Paludan (both based in Copenhagen, Denmark)

– Hans Dieleman (based in Mexico-City, Mexico)

– Francesca Cozzolino and David Knaute (both based in Paris, France)

Cultura21 is not only an informal network. Its strength and vitality relies upon the activities of several organizations around the world which are sharing the vision and mission of Cultura21

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Feast on the Bridge at Southwark Bridge [11 September]

September 10, 2010news11 September, Cathy, City Share, Curated, Feast, Harvest Supper, Heart, Herxheimer, Illustrations, Londoners, Public Space, Scarecrows, Sophie, Southwark Bridge, Tablecloths, Thames Festival London, Traffic, Urban Public, Wren

Southwark Bridge will be closed to traffic and transformed into a magical feasting environment as part of The Mayor’s Thames Festival, London’s largest free outdoor arts festival.

Curated by artist Clare Patey, Feast on the Bridge is a spectacular communal ‘harvest supper’ that aims to reconnect an urban public with the growing cycle and invite people to reclaim a public space in the heart of their city, share a meal and a conversation, dance and make merry.

This year’s Feast on the Bridge is designed by a team of artists lead by theatre designer Cathy Wren, who has created a chorus of scarecrows to line each side of the bridge. Rows of banqueting tables will run the entire length of the bridge which is covered by specially commissioned tablecloths with illustrations and food-related stories collected from Londoners by artist Sophie Herxheimer.

via Feast on the Bridge at Southwark Bridge [11 September].