With Trump denying climate change and threatening to reject the Paris Agreement, it's more important than ever for society to hold a firm ethical line, writes Chris Garrard. The last thing we need is our most revered museums and galleries muddying the water by courting the sponsorship of leading climate criminals.
… In the age of Trump, Big Art must cut off Big Oil! Chris Garrard | 29th November 2016 Activism Climate Change Arts Corporations Fossil Fuels Oil Finance … climate criminals. ' Should Big Oil back Big Art? ' was the question splashed across the …
An international summit exploring real and imagined narratives of art, energy and consumption for a troubled planet, taking place at Schumacher College, Dartington, on 11th November 2016
… Feeding the Insatiable 7th October 2016 News Art Energy Community schumacher college.jpg An … exploring real and imagined narratives of art, energy and consumption for a troubled … planet, taking place at Schumacher College, Dartington, on 11th November 2016 Feeding the …
Kurt Jackson's artworks of reflected, captured light show his obvious love for the wild ecology of the UK's favourite coastline and have made him one of the country's most respected art activists. Arts Editor GARY COOK learns more.
… The Arts Interview: Give bees a chance says environmental artist and trained zoologist Kurt Jackson Gary Cook Ecologist Arts Editor | 1st August 2016 Comment Arts …
Lesley Hilling is a core member of Human Nature - a group of 30 like-minded artists aiming to change the way people think and act about the natural environment through their work. GARY COOK visits her London home and studio to learn more
… The Arts Interview - The 'real' Lesley Hilling Gary Cook Arts Editor | 28th November 2016 Comment Art Recycle Environmentalist Human Nature …
Marmite. Barry Manilow, Nigel Farage and wind turbines. People either love them or hate them with rarely anyone on the fence. But Deon Reynolds' atmospheric turbine photographs might just buck that trend and persuade even rabid climate deniers to acknowledge their beauty, writes
GARY COOK
… The Ecologist Arts Interview: Photographer Deon Reynolds … Gary Cook | 2nd September 2016 Comment Art Photography Environmental Activism … just been added to Nevada Museum's Center for Art and Environment, fine art photographer …
After decades of travelling the globe documenting environmental issues, UK photographer Edward Parker has turned his lens closer to home with a new book on the Ancient Trees of the National Trust. He talks to Arts Editor, GARY COOK
… The Arts Interview - Edward Parker, Environmental Photographer Gary Cook Arts Editor | 4th November 2016 Comment Arts Trees National Trust Photography …
Wildlife artist Rachel Lockwood is in creative lockdown preparing for her new exhibition called Wilding. Ecologist Arts Editor, GARY COOK went to her North Norfolk studio to talk paint, animals and other environmental matters
… The Ecologist Arts Interview: UK Wildlife Artist Rachel Lockwood Gary Cook | 28th September 2016 Comment Rachel Lockwood Arts Artist Wildlife Flora Fauna Conservation …
Tate and now the Edinburgh International Festival have dropped BP sponsorship, writes Chris Garrard, with BP citing unspecified 'challenging conditions'. As indigenous campaigners accuse BP of 'sponsoring death in our communities', it's high time for the British Museum to follow their lead.
… Is it the end? BP's arts sponsorship runs aground Chris Garrard | 7th April 2016 Comment Arts Media Oil Campaigning Economics … stopped in their tracks. After a 34-year partnership with BP, Edinburgh International …
Oil giant BP is the UK's single biggest EU lobbyist, spending over £2 million reaching out to European policy makers in 2014, new figures show. But citing hard times, the company has dropped its controversial sponsorship of the London's Tate Galleries - and more such branding deals may bite the dust.
… Ecologist | 14th March 2016 News Corporations Arts Finance Fossil Fuels Oil Pollution … and effective" carbon pricing to be part of the Paris deal. Then, last … a statement saying they would "play their part" in battling climate change, including …
The idea of "Natural Capital" as a way of seeing the world has caught on in a big way. There is a Natural Capital Coalition, a Natural Capital Protocol, and the Government even has a Natural Capital Committee. But what assumptions lurk within this term "Natural Capital"? A new University of Anglia arts-funded project aims to find out and one of those involved VICTOR ANDERSON will be giving us regular updates on the issues being raised
… "Natural Capital"? A new University of Anglia arts-funded project aims to find out and one … of the other academic research councils - the Arts & Humanities Research Council - which has … networking, bits of research, and an art exhibition dedicated to this increasingly …
One of our New Voices is the UK-base environmental painter and activist Gary Cook who will be writing for us about the visual arts. As an introduction to his work, the committed conservationist explains how his extraordinarily powerful 'info-canvases' educate people about the threats to wildlife and the need for immediate action to protect our most endangered species for future generations.
… Ecologist New Voices - Environmental artist Gary Cook 8th July 2016 Comment … Conservation Ecology Environmental Art ecologist_business_c#63ece7.jpg One of our … who will be writing for us about the visual arts. As an introduction to his work, the …
If you've got the 'Back to School' bug this week then check out these brand new online courses from the prestigious Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental studies - the courses are based on the award-winning Journey of the Universe film and book
… the humanities such as history, philosophy, art, and religion. The courses draw on the … interactions in the unfolding of galaxies, Earth, life, and human communities. It … we begin to see ourselves as an integral part of this narrative. By situating ourselves …
If you've got the 'Back to School' bug this week then check out these brand new online courses from the prestigious Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental studies - the courses are based on the award-winning Journey of the Universe film and book
… the humanities such as history, philosophy, art, and religion. The courses draw on the … interactions in the unfolding of galaxies, Earth, life, and human communities. It … we begin to see ourselves as an integral part of this narrative. By situating ourselves …
Britain's 20th century architecture is in danger of obliteration, writes Sebastian Messer, with a 'new brutalism' that holds that socially deprived council estates are fit only for demolition. But these buildings are an important part of our cultural heritage, and more than that, they provide affordable housing to millions of people.
… | 12th February 2016 Comment Cities Arts Building Society Culture Politics UK … But these buildings are an important part of our cultural heritage, and more than … be inflected with local characteristics. Like Art Nouveau half a century earlier, Brutalism …
The Green Party's new 'Green Creates' exhibition runs from 19 to 24 October at Hoxton Arches, London showcasing the work of the likes of Ralph Steadman, Grayson Perry, Gavin Turk, Andy Goldsworthy, Lesley Hilling and Craig Jones. Their donated pieces on the theme of 'Green Voices' will be auctioned to raise funds for the party. GARY COOK takes a preview
… The 'Green Creates' exhibition invites Green 'artist' voices to shout about their concerns Gary Cook Arts Editor | 8th October 2016 Ethical Living Art Environment Green Green Party Ralph …
It is becoming ever more apparent that if the proposed new Rampal coal plant is a ‘dream project' for India, then as currently conceived it stands to become a nightmare for Bangladesh warns GREIG AITKEN
… and the hospitalisation of 16 other participants as a result of the police … accounts put the number of injured participants as high as 50. Indian groups who … project details that are now raining down as part of the official PR monsoon, it's becoming …
The first white people to encounter the Grand Canyon saw nothing but a gigantic obstruction, writes Stephen Pyne, devoid of any charm, beauty or value. That it is today an icon of American landscape, a 'natural wonder' known and revered around the world, creates hope for the long term preservation of the Grand Canyon itself, the wider National Park network, and wilderness everywhere.
… | 15th June 2016 Comment USA Society The Land Art grand-canyon-cut.jpg The first white … the Grand Canyon as a unique testimony to Earth's history and an icon of American … to be discovered by Europeans . In 1541, a party of the Coronado expedition under Captain …
Resurgence magazine (now Resurgence & Ecologist) celebrates 50 years of independent publishing with a landmark event hosted by Worcester College, Oxford, 22-25 September 2016.
… One Earth, One Humanity, One Future Resurgence 50th … social justice, spirituality and the arts. More than 50 speakers are already … director of Oxfam, UK; the environmental artist Richard Long; Caroline Lucas, Britain’s …
Why is BP sponsoring the Science Museum's 'Late' event? It's all part of creating 'scientific consent' for fossil fuels, writes Drew Pearce, in the face of scientific certainty about climate change and the need for drastic cuts in carbon emissions. That's why we gatecrashed their latest show last week.
… the Science Museum's 'Late' event? It's all part of creating 'scientific consent' for … sources of gas through 'fracking'. Big Fossil arts sponsorship is is not 'harm free' In the … should we not exceed 2C but that we should start to aim lower, towards 1.5C - a stark …
For most of 2015 Walter Lewis travelled around England and Wales meeting and photographing people producing food outside the confines of mainstream agriculture - working out of a passion for the earth and the Earth rather than for commercial gain. He completed his exploration inspired, and determined to spread word of quiet revolution under way across the fields of Britain.
… Walter Lewis | 12th May 2016 Ethical Living Arts Organic Farming Society UK England Wales … - working out of a passion for the earth and the Earth rather than for commercial gain. He …
Born into the wealthy family that founded the Roche pharmaceutical and chemical giant, Luc Hoffman turned his back on the comforts of wealth at an early age, writes James Breiding, and dedicated his life, and his money, to conservation. We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to this man of few words, encyclopedic knowledge, decisive action and unswerving commitment.
… to Emanuel Hoffmann, a businessman and art collector, and the sculptor Maja … His mother was an avid supporter of young artists and classical music. Basel has … Jewish State of Israel; and Ernst Beyeler started 'Art Basel'. When Hoffmann was born in …
The irrepressible Bill McKibben, and the movement he founded - 350.org - have been behind two of the biggest climate change victories in recent years: the blocking of the Keystone XL pipeline and the withdrawal of 3.4 trillion dollars of fossil fuel investments. He talks to JOE WARE
… in the world right now (maybe apart from the Pope). He spoke exclusively to … at the Greenbelt festival near Kettering - an arts and justice gathering featuring an … Less than 1% of the US population took part in the American Civil Rights movement but …
Celebrities have a unique ability to engage people in environmental campaigns, writes Pat Thomas. Neil Young is a case in point: his latest album, The Monsanto Years, conveys an eloquent message of the dangers of GMOs and corporate power, and his upcoming European tour offers green campaigners a unique opportunity to engage a broader public in the fight for a green future.
… Thomas | 31st May 2016 Activism GMOs Media Arts Music Farming Politics monsanto … a campaigning NGO, your daily worry - apart from where the next tranche of funding … when I was working as the Director of Paul McCartney's Meat Free Monday campaign, we were …
There's no such thing as 'healthy food' if it's not produced by sustainable farming systems on living soils, Patrick Holden told the recent 'Food: The Forgotten Medicine' conference. But after 70 years of industrial farming, there's a huge job to be done to restore our depleted soils and the impoverished genetic diversity of our seeds and crops.
… Food Farming Health GMOs Pesticides jerusalem-arts-cut.jpg There's no such thing as 'healthy … to the industrialisation of agriculture, particularly in California's Central Valley … to stimulate the growth of plants and animals artificially. In the case of plants we used …