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Best podcasts about ecoart

Latest podcast episodes about ecoart

Anti-Aging, Beauty, Health & Personal Care
Creative Ways to Repurpose Bamboo Utensil Sleeves You'll Love!

Anti-Aging, Beauty, Health & Personal Care

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025 4:15


Coffee Moaning
SCHOFIELD'S Blame Game; Eco Art Attackers JAILED; Maggie Smith RIP

Coffee Moaning

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2024 36:18


COFFEE MOANING the PODCAST ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/coffee-moaning/id1689250679ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/3p6z4A1RbhidO0pnOGGZl2?si=IqwD7REzTwWdwsbn2gzWCg&nd=1HOW TO STAY MARRIED (SO FAR) the PODCASTON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/57MT4cv2c3i06ryQlIpUXc?si=1b5ed24f40c54ebaON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-to-stay-married-so-far/id1294257563AGONY AUNT & UNCLE the PODCASTON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/10G1HRFFGNRze1QegIeozs?si=158f37e366dd4ba0ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/agony-aunt-uncle-with-nadia-sawalha-and-mark-adderley/id1668850817 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Born to Create
Exploring Eco-Art and Sustainability: Miguel and Iyvone's Journey with Mycelium & Bioluminescent Art & their Burning Man Art Installation Adventures

Born to Create

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 78:15


Embark on a fascinating journey with Miguel and Iyvone as they share their profound insights into eco-art and sustainability in this captivating podcast episode. From their humble beginnings studying set design to their remarkable collaborations creating art from recycled materials, Miguel and Iyvone's passion for environmental stewardship shines through. Dive into their discovery of mycelium as an eco-friendly material, ignited by their experiences at Burning Man and driven by a commitment to finding sustainable alternatives to toxic substances. Explore their adventures in crafting intricate sculptures and immersive installations, seamlessly blending artistry with environmental consciousness.  Delve into the world of bioluminescence as Iyvone recounts her pioneering collaboration with scientists to capture the ethereal glow of plankton. Journey alongside them through the highs and lows of experimentation, learning invaluable lessons from failures and setbacks that ultimately fuel their creative process.  Discover their unwavering dedication to promoting environmental stewardship and mindfulness in all aspects of their art and lives. From advocating for sustainability to empowering others through workshops and education, Miguel and Iyvone are catalysts for change in the art world and beyond.  As they share their future plans, including an ambitious Burning Man piece that bridges cultures through mycelium, listeners are invited to ponder the profound intersections between art, nature, and humanity. Don't miss this inspiring conversation that celebrates creativity, sustainability, and the transformative power of art to shape a brighter, more conscious future. Tune in and be inspired to explore your own journey towards a more sustainable and artful existence. Details: https://www.iyvonekhoo.co.uk/linktree.com/wishingtotem @wishingtotem @iyvone_khoo

Black Her Stories
Honoring Water and Reimagining Waste with Halima Afi Cassells

Black Her Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 19:48


Tumble down the rabbit hole with Halima Afi Cassells as we dive into the world of eco-art and sustainability. Discover ways to care for Mother Earth, reimagine our relationship with waste, and explore the often unseen impact of microplastics. In this episode, we take you inside an Eco-Art workshop hosted by Sidewalk Detroit, where Halima and community members transformed trash into an upcycled sculpture for Eliza Howell Park. Resources & Special Mentions:  Halima Afi Cassels Website: https://www.halimacassells.com/ IG: halima_afi   Organizations Ecology Center Sidewalk Detroit   Places of Interest Eliza Howell Park  Rouge River

City Life Org
Whitney Museum Presents Groundbreaking Eco Art Project with a Live Citrus Grove

City Life Org

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 12:12


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WBUR News
An eco-art installation that's for the birds — literally

WBUR News

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 4:55


At Appleton Farms in Ipswich, migratory bobolinks return each May to use the grasslands for breeding. Artist Jean Shin has installed a pastoral art installation called "Perch" highlighting the critical roles the birds play in this ecosystem.

Love Anarchy
Ep. 91 - Life As Art

Love Anarchy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 42:37


Ep. 91 shares an inspiring and thought-provoking exploration of the human experience through the lens of art.  Host, Andrea Atherton and her guest, Kate King, both art therapists;  delve into topics such as creativity, self-expression, and mental health. They share personal stories and insights from their experiences and  with clients in the field of art therapy. Gain a different perspective on the intersection of life and art. Kate's Social Media Platforms:Kate's Website: https://TheRadiantLifeProject.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theradiantlifeproject/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theradiantlifeproject/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katekingtherapy/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theradiantlifeproject?lang=enYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChxGCo2H8iWIReg8X6ADubg--  All you Relationship Rebels ... Please SUBSCRIBE - RING THE BELL - LIKE -LEAVE FEEDBACK on your favorite podcast app. to support us in continuing to put out great content. Mindful Love Websitehttps://www.andreaatherton.com/More about the 8-week program that helps you create the love you want, by first loving yourself.Love Anarchy Websitehttps://loveanarchypodcast.buzzsprout.comLove Anarchy Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/loveanarchypodcast/Andrea Atherton Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/andreaatherton-17/

Divining Chaos: The Autobiography of an Idea

"Be Bold America!"

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 56:46


Produced by KSQD90.7FM (Note: This live interview was conducted during the California storms (atmospheric rivers) January, 2023. “Be Bold America!” Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) How can art be a catalyst for political change? In a new autobiography, groundbreaking and acclaimed artist, Aviva Rahmani, shares her evolution as a woman, an artist, an ecofeminist, and a fearless defender of the natural world. In the world of ecoart, a genre which combines art techniques, political activism, and scientific insight to create pieces that speak directly to our current ecological threat, Rahmani's cutting-edge work grapples with the political, social, and cultural realities of the day and expresses a deep compassion and concern for injustice. Her autobiography, Divining Chaos: The Autobiography of an Idea, offers an intimate tour of her life and work. Along the way Rahmani hones her inventive style integrating painting, sculpture, film, music, performance, and, ultimately, the natural world. In one of her most celebrated pieces, The Blued Trees Symphony, she used a series of endangered forest sites, starting in New York state, as her canvas by painting trees with a blue marking that corresponded to the musical movements of an aerial symphony. Interview Guest: Aviva Rahmani, PhD is a pioneering ecological artist who has worked at the cutting edge of the avant-garde since she committed to her career in art at the age of nineteen. Rahmani is an affiliate of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She earned her PhD from the University of Plymouth, UK, and received her BFA and MFA at the California Institute of the Arts. She co-edited the anthology, Ecoart in Action: Activities, Case Studies, and Provocations for Classrooms and Communities. She frequently exhibits, publishes, and presents internationally. Recently, she completed a residency with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council on Governors Island in New York. Visit: https://nyupress.org/9781613321669/divining-chaos/ and https://www.avivarahmani.com/climate-change-ecoart.

Thecuriousmanspodcast
Aviva Rahmani Interview Episode 85

Thecuriousmanspodcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022 83:36


Matt Crawford speaks with author Aviva Rahmani about her book: Divining Chaos. Aviva opens herself and our eyes in this inspiring book about her life and her work. Detailing the history that led her to the projects she created and Ecoart we are taken back through pivotal moments in history through her lens. The honesty of this book and the duration and magnitude of Rahmani's projects stunned me and was quite inspiring. We discuss Ghost Nets, Trigger Point Theory, cognitive dissidence, PTSD, politics and a whole host of other issues. I hope you will give a listen and then a read. 

The Green Divas
Eco-Art: How it can Inspire Change

The Green Divas

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 18:13


A great discussion about how art can inspire change, especially as it relates to the earth and our climate dilemma. We talked with artist, Geraldina Interiano Wise, who is based in Houston Texas area, about how her art is inspired by our connection to the earth. She creates art that evokes that connection and empathy for all that is going on with the mama earth and all her creatures.This episode was sponsored by The Climate Listening Project, who is working with GulfCoastMurals.com to help merge art and community to protect the Gulf Coast.

Sustainably Geeky
Ep 54 - The Earth Without Art is Just Eh

Sustainably Geeky

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2022 51:31


This month we talk with Viktória Pikovská from Victory Art about the importance of art as a means of creativity as well as a tool for activism. Viktória shares suggestions for ways both artists and consumers can produce and consume art more sustainably, and gives examples of eco-conscious practices in the art industry. Resources discussed in this episode:Victory Art WebsiteVictory Art FacebookVictory Art InstagramVictory Art TwitterVictory Art LinkedInTo Life!: Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable PlanetEco Friendly ArtMagdaléna ŠevčíkAndrea EhretTomáš LibertínyAi WeiweiHave a corntastic day!Host: Jennifer Hetzel Have an idea for an episode? You can reach Jennifer at jrhetz@gmail.comLike the show? Do us a favor and rate / review the show on iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts from.You can always reach us at EpicallyGeeky.comYou can also find us on FaceBook, Twitter and Instagram.You can find us on iTunes here: https://apple.co/2RV2Iq2You can find us on Stitcher here: https://bit.ly/2B4O4GTYou can find us on Google Podcast: http://bit.ly/3aDGWn6You can find us on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2vxR7nuYou can find us on Pandora here: https://bit.ly/3bQmRKKYou can find us on Amazon Music here: https://amzn.to/3rORGEVYou can find us on Audible here: https://adbl.co/38JYvAmYou can find us on YouTube here: http://bit.ly/2Fz524tMusic by: Peter Emerson Jazz

HABERTURK.COM
Deniz Çağlar - Sanat ve sürdürülebilirlik

HABERTURK.COM

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 4:15


İleri dönüşüm sanatı, ‘Eco-Art', yenilenebilir enerji heykelleri… Güncel sanat sosyal bilince nasıl ilham verir?

sustainabiliME
The Trashy Collection

sustainabiliME

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 24:43


Today I'll be chatting with Hannah Tizedes, founder of the Trashy Collection. She collects trash during various beach clean-ups and creates artwork from it to raise awareness around topics such as plastic pollution, climate change, environmental justice, and more. Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.pod The Trashy Collection: Website: https://www.thetrashycollection.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetrashycollection/ 

Environmental Voices: The PennFuture Podcast
Women in Conservation - Making the Difference in Pennsylvania

Environmental Voices: The PennFuture Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2022 45:15 Transcription Available


Episode 3 of “Environmental Voices: The PennFuture Podcast” catches up with three previous Celebrating Women in Conservation Awardees who continue to do big things in Pennsylvania. One recently edited a book on EcoArt, another serves as a nature columnist for the Pottsville Republican Herald, and the third got appointed by President Biden to serve as the State Executive Director for the USDA Pennsylvania Farm Service Agency. Our guests include: Leah Zerbe won PennFuture's 2019 Woman of Environmental Media, Marketing & Communications award for her outstanding environmental writings at publications such as Dr. Axe, Rodale Publishing, the Bucks County Courier Times, and the Philadelphia Daily News. Since that time, she has been an active participant in her community, including serving as the chair of the Pottsville Citizens Climate Lobby chapter, running after-school educational programs, studying to become a Master Watershed Steward, and most recently serving as a columnist with the Pottsville Republican Herald.Ann Rosenthal won PennFuture's 2020 Women of Environmental Arts award recognizing her over 40 years' experience as an artist, writer, and for her work which examines the intersections of nature and culture through timely issues, including climate change and biodiversity, Recently she co-edited Ecoart in Action: Activities, Case Studies, and Provocations for Classrooms and Communities, a collection that seeks to showcase how teachers, citizens, policymakers, and scientists can find inspiration in art. Heidi Secord is a winner of PennFuture's 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award. Heidi owns and operates her 48-acre Josie Porter Farm with her husband Gary Bloss in Northeastern PA. Josie Porter Farm is a farmer led community-based food hub that supports other local and regional farmers and provides fresh produce to the community. Heidi also served as State President of the Pennsylvania Farmers Union and sat on the National Farmers Union Board of Directors. And Heidi was recently appointed by the Biden Administration to serve as the State Executive Director for the Pennsylvania Farm Service Agency. Susanne Whitehead is PennFuture's Donors Relations Manager. Susanne is instrumental in organizing all aspects of our Celebrating Women in Conversation awards, including evaluating nominees.BONUS: CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT HOW NOMINATE A WOMAN FOR THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATING WOMEN IN CONSERVATION AWARDS - THE DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, MAY 13TH

Climate Check: Stories and Solutions
Eco Art: Plastics in Motion

Climate Check: Stories and Solutions

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 28:18


For our 5th episode, we talk with Lynn Neuman, the Artistic Director of Artichoke Dance, a member of 350 Brooklyn's Steering Committee, and a lead within the Gowanus Neighborhood Coalition for Justice. Her choreography and educational work address environmental justice art-based collaborations and integrative community programs. Lynn is a national leading eco-artist and the first choreographer to receive a Marion International Fellowship for the Visual and Performing Arts. Listen in as Lynn and our host, Eva Dean, discuss the power of art to engage and work with communities towards Climate Justice. Find out more: Artichoke Dance: https://www.artichokedance.org/ Watch a performance here: https://www.artichokedance.org/liberatetheearth 350Brooklyn: https://www.350brooklyn.org

Vermont Made
Wearable Eco-Art with Tara Lynn Bridal

Vermont Made

Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 45:06 Transcription Available


Eco-fashion designer Tara Lynn Scheidet shares how she brings nature to life on custom wedding gowns, and how she grew from a typical New York City fashion student to an eco-conscious couturier in the woods of Vermont. To learn more about Tara Lynn's bridal work visit taralynnbridal.com. Explore her other eco-couture earthbitch.com.This episode contains explicit language that is uncensored. Listen to a censored version here.See photos of Tara Lynn's work in the show notes on our website. Download a transcript of this episode (PDF).Support the show

conscient podcast
e64 a case study (part 2)

conscient podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 43:08


'Welcome back to the History of 2021 in Canada seminar. We're going to conclude our case study today of the 2nd season of the conscient podcast.'Claude Schryerou can listen to part one here. This is the conclusion!The setting is an undergraduate university history seminar course called ‘History of 2021 in Canada'. I want to thank my son Riel for the idea. It is set in the distant future, where a professor is presenting a ‘case study' based on the second season of the conscient podcast as part of a class on art in 2021. There are four people in the class: the teacher played by myself, a young male student is played by my son Riel Schryer, a young female student, who is online, is played by my daughter Clara Schryer and a female adult student is played by my wife Sabrina Mathews. I want to thank the cast. A reminder that most of the narration is in English, but there are elements and excerpts of the interviews that are in French and some of the narrations as well. Episode 64 features excerpt from the following episodes in season 2 (in order of appearance):e19 reality (1m05s) (Claude Schryer reading Catherine Ingram)e43 haley (2m29s)e58 huddart (3m55s)e19 reality (5m27s) (Claude Schryer reading Britt Wray)e33 toscano (8m13s)e19 reality (9m53s) (Claude Schryer reading Richard Wagamese)e30m maggs (11m09s)e36 fanconi (13m07s)é37 lebeau (15m08s)e43 haley (16m36s) (second excerpt)e59 pearl (20m00s)e19 reality (21m51s) (Claude Schryer reading Todd Dufresne)e52 mahtani (23m05s)e22 westerkamp (23m58s)e54 garrett (25m19s)e41 rae (27m03s)e67 wanna be an ally (29m47)Screen grab of Reaper software edit of e64Recording cast : Sabrina Mathews (adult student), Claude Schryer (professor) and Riel Schryer (male student): September 2021, OttawaRecording cast : Clara Schryer (female student): September 2021, OttawaScriptNote: Some of the script has been slightly modified during the recording through improvisation and is not captured in this text.(Sounds of students chatting, arriving in class and sitting down)Teacher: Hello students. Let's start the class. Welcome back to the History of 2021 in Canada seminar. Last time we had to disrupt the class because of the air pollution alarm but now the air quality is acceptable, and we can breathe again so hopefully the alarm won't go off again. Let's pick it up where we left off last week. I see we have the same group as last week. a few students in class and one online. Je vous rappelle que c'est une classe bilingue. A quick reminder that we're going to conclude our case study today of the second season of the conscient podcast, which produced by an Ottawa based sound artist, Claude Schryer and at the end the last class he was reading a quote from a dharma teacher Catherine Ingram.  I think we'll start by playing that again so that you remember what that was about. Despite our having caused so much destruction, it is important to also consider the wide spectrum of possibilities that make up a human life.  Yes, on one end of that spectrum is greed, cruelty, and ignorance; on the other end is kindness, compassion, and wisdom. We are imbued with great creativity, brilliant communication, and extraordinary appreciation of and talent for music and other forms of art. … There is no other known creature whose spectrum of consciousness is as wide and varied as our own.Teacher: Alright. Let's talk about art. One of the key moments in the 2020s was when society started to understand that climate change was a cultural issue and that the role of art was not so much to provide solutions, even though they are important, but to ask hard questions and to help people overcome barriers to action. Here is excerpt that I really like a lot from British ecological artist David Haley. It's fromepisode 43:Climate change is actually a cultural issue, not a scientific issue. Science has been extremely good at identifying the symptoms and looking at the way in which it has manifest itself, but it hasn't really addressed any of the issues in terms of the causes. It has tried to use what you might call techno fix solution focused problem-based approaches to the situation, rather than actually asking deep questions and listening.Adult student: The 2020s sure were a strange time. I heard that some said it was the most exciting time to be alive, but I think it would have been terrifying to live back then and … Teacher (interrupting): You're right and that they were tough times, but they were also a time of possibilities, and some people saw how the arts could step up to the plate and play a much larger role. One of these was Stephen Huddart who was the CEO of a foundation called the JW McConnell Family Foundation based in Montreal. Let's listen to him in episode 58 talk about the crisis and the role of the arts. This is now an existential crisis, and we have in a way, a conceptual crisis, but just understanding we are and what this is, this moment, all of history is behind us: every book you've ever read, every battle, every empire, all of that is just there, right, just right behind us. And now we, we are in this position of emerging awareness that in order to have this civilization, in some form, continue we have to move quickly, and the arts can help us do that by giving us a shared sense of this moment and its gravity, but also what's possible and how quickly that tipping point could be reached.Male student: They keep talking about tipping points. What's a tipping point?Teacher: Ah. Right, sorry about that. I should have filled you in about that. Let me find a quote from episode 19 where Schryer actually refers to an expert on this (sound of typing). Here it is. It's from Canadian writer Britt Wray in an article called Climate tipping points: the ones we actually want. Again, this is Schryer reading that quote. Oh, and you'll notice in this one the sound of a coocoo clock in this one. Schryer liked to insert soundscape compositions in between his interviews in season 2. Here is Britt Wray: When a small change in a complex system produces an enormous shift, that new pathway gets reinforced by positive feedback loops, which lock in all that change. That's why tipping points are irreversible. You can't go back to where you were before. A tipping point that flips non-linearly could be the thing that does us in, but it could also be the thing that allows us to heal our broken systems and better sustain ourselves. Adult student: So, they knew back in the 2020's that they were on the verge of irreversible collapse due to climate change and yet they did nothing to heal their broken systems?  Teacher: It's not that they did nothing but rather that they did not do enough, quickly enough. it's easy to look back and be critical but that's why we're looking at this history and trying to understand what happened back then and what it means to us now. You are students of history, and you know how significant it can be. There were so many theories and great writing about the need for radical change back then by authors such as Richard Heinberg, Jeremy Lent, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Naomi Klein,Michael E. Mann, and so many more, and there were also great podcasts like Green Dreamer and For the Wild that provided words of warning, interviewed brilliant people and alternatives paths forward, it was all there – but at first it did little to mobilise the population. People were pretty comfortable in their lifestyle and mostly lived in a kind of denial about the climate emergency. People only really started changing their behaviour when climate change affected them directly, like a fire or flood in their backyard, and this is when it became clear that the arts had a role to play in shaping the narrative of change and changing the culture. I'll give you an example, performance artist and podcaster Peterson Toscanotalksabout the power of storytelling and the idea of touching people hearts and minds. This is from episode 33:It's artists who not only can craft a good story, but also, we can tell the story that's the hardest to tell and that is the story about the impacts of climate solutions. So, it's really not too hard to talk about the impacts of climate change, and I see people when they speak, they go through the laundry list of all the horrors that are upon us and they don't realize it, but they're actually closing people's minds, closing people down because they're getting overwhelmed. And not that we shouldn't talk about the impacts, but it's so helpful to talk about a single impact, maybe how it affects people locally, but then talk about how the world will be different when we enact these changes. And how do you tell a story that gets to that? Because that gets people engaged and excited because you're then telling this story about what we're fighting for, not what we're fighting against. And that is where the energy is in a story.Female student: Right, so something as simple as a story could change a person's behaviour? Teacher: Yes, it could, because humans are much more likely to understand an issue through a narrative, image or allegory than through raw scientific data. In fact, we need all of it, we need scientists working with artists and other sectors to effect change. People have to work together. As I was listening to episode 19 this next quote struck me as a really good way to talk about the power of words to affect change. It's by Indigenous writer Richard Wagamese in episode 19 :To use the act of breathing to shape air into sounds that take on the context of language that lifts and transports those who hear it, takes them beyond what they think and know and feel and empowers them to think and feel and know even more.  We're storytellers, really. That's what we do. That is our power as human beings.Teacher: How is everyone doing? Need a break? No, ok, well, let's take a look at arts policy in 2021 now. Cultural theorist and musician Dr. David Maggs, wrote a paper in 2021 called Art and the World After This that was commissioned by the Metcalf Foundation. In this excerpt from episode 30, Dr. Maggs explains the unique value proposition of the arts and how the arts sector basically needed to, at the time, reinvent itself:  Complexity is the world built of relationships and it's a very different thing to engage what is true or real in a complexity framework than it is to engage in it, in what is a modernist Western enlightenment ambition, to identify the absolute objective properties that are intrinsic in any given thing. Everyone is grappling with the fact that the world is exhibiting itself so much in these entanglements of relationships. The arts are completely at home in that world. And so, we've been sort of under the thumb of the old world. We've always been a kind of second-class citizen in an enlightenment rationalist society. But once we move out of that world and we move into a complexity framework, suddenly the arts are entirely at home, and we have capacity in that world that a lot of other sectors don't have. What I've been trying to do with this report is articulate the way in which these different disruptions are putting us in a very different reality and it's a reality in which we go from being a kind of secondary entertaining class to, maybe, having a capacity to sit at the heart of a lot of really critical problem-solving challenges.Adult student: We studied this report in an art history class. It's a good piece of writing. I think it had 3 modes of engagement: greening the sector, raising the profile :Teacher: … and I think it was reauthoring the world if I remember correctly. It's interesting to note how the arts community were thinking about how to create ecological artworks as well as theoretical frameworks and how does that happen. I'll give you a couple of examples. First, an environmental theatre company in Vancouver called The Only Animal. Let's listen to their artistic director Kendra Fanconi inepisode 36:Ben Twist at Creative Carbon Scotland talks about the transformation from a culture of consumerism to a culture of stewardship and we are the culture makers so isn't that our job right now to make a new culture and it will take all of us as artists together to do that? …  It's not enough to do carbon neutral work. We want to do carbon positive work. We want our artwork to be involved with ecological restoration. What does that mean? I've been thinking a lot about that. What is theatre practice that actually gives back, that makes something more sustainable? That is carbon positive. I guess that's a conversation that I'm hoping to have in the future with other theatre makers who have that vision.Teacher: This actually happened. The arts community did develop carbon positive arts works. To be realistic the amount of carbon removed from the atmosphere was probably minimal but the impact on audiences and the public at large was large.  At the time and still today, it gets people motivated and open the door to change. People started creating their own carbon positive projects Female student: (interrupting) Amazing! I just found a video of their work on You Tube…Teacher: Please share the link in the chat. It's always good to see what the work looked like. The other example I would give is in Montreal with a group called Écoscéno, which was a circular economy project that recycled theatre sets. Now this one is in French, so let me explain that what Anne-Catherine Lebeau, the ED of that organization is saying. She suggests that the arts community should look at everything it has as a common good, praises the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in England for their work on circular economies and she underlines the need to create art that is regenerative…Let's listen to Anne-Catherine Lebeau in episode 37:. Pour moi, c'est sûr que ça passe par plus de collaboration. C'est ça qui est intéressant aussi. Vraiment passer du modèle ‘Take Make Waste' à ‘Care Dare Share'. Pour moi, ça dit tellement de choses. Je pense qu'on doit considérer tout ce qu'on a dans le domaine artistique comme un bien commun dont on doit collectivement prendre soin. Souvent, au début, on parlait en termes de faire le moins de tort possible à l'environnement, ne pas nuire, c'est souvent comme ça que l'on présente le développement durable, puis en faisant des recherches, et en m'inspirant, entre autres, de ce qui se fait à la Fondation Ellen MacArthur  en Angleterre, en économie circulaire, je me suis rendu compte qu'eux demandent comment faire en sorte de nourrir une nouvelle réalité. Comment créer de l'art qui soit régénératif? Qui nourrisse quelque chose.Male student (interrupting) Sorry, wait, regenerative art was a new thing back then? Teacher: Actually, regenerative art had been around for a while, since the 1960 through the ecological art, or eco art movement that David Haley, who we heard from earlier in this class. he and other eco artists did work with the environment and ecosystems. Let's listen to another excerpt from David Haley from episode 43:What I have learned to do, and this is my practice, is to focus on making space. This became clear to me when I read, Lila : An inquiry into morals by Robert Pirsig. Towards the end of the book, he suggests that the most moral act of all, is to create the space for life to move onwards and it was one of those sentences that just rang true with me, and I've held onto that ever since and pursued the making of space, not the filling of it. When I say I work with ecology, I try to work with whole systems, ecosystems. The things within an ecosystem are the elements with which I try to work. I try not to introduce anything other than what is already there. In other words, making the space as habitat for new ways of thinking, habitat for biodiversity to enrich itself, habitat for other ways of approaching things. I mean, there's an old scientific adage about nature abhors a vacuum, and that vacuum is the space as I see it.Teacher : So eco art was an important movement but it did not become mainstream until the 2020s when natural resources on earth were drying up and people started looking at art forms that were about ecological balance and a harmonious relationship with nature. . Now, fortunately, many artists had tested these models over the years so there was a body of work that already existed about this... Btw there's a great book about eco art that came out in 2022 called Ecoart in Action: Activities, Case Studies, and Provocations for Classrooms and Communities. I'll  put it on the reading list for you so that you can get it form the library. All of this to say that in retrospect, we can see that 2021 was the beginning of the end of capitalism that Dr. Todd Dufresne predicted, and the arts were at the heart of this transformation because they had the ability to us metaphor, imagery, illusion, fantasy, and storytelling to move people's hearts and presented a new vision of the world. So, I think you're starting to see how things were unfolding in the arts community in 2021. What was missing was coordination and some kind of strategic structure to move things along in an organized way now this was happening in the Uk with Julie's Bicycle and Creative Carbon Scotland and similar organizations, but we did not have that in Canada. I want you to listen to an excerpt of Schryer's conversation with Judi Pearl, who ended up being a very important figure in the arts in the 2020's because she was a co- founder with Anjali Appadurai, Anthony Garoufalis-Auger, Kendra Fanconi, Mhiran Faraday, Howard Jang, Tanya Kalmanovitch, David Maggs, Robin Sokoloski and Schryer himself of an organization called SCALE, which I mentioned earlier. Here is Judi Pearl who explains what SCALE was about in episode 59:It's a national round table for the arts and culture sector to mobilize around the climate emergency. A few months ago, you and I, and a few others were all having the same realization that while there was a lot of important work and projects happening at the intersection of arts and sustainability in Canada, there lacked some kind of structure to bring this work together, to align activities, to develop a national strategy, and to deeply, deeply question the role of arts and culture in the climate emergency and activate the leadership of the sector in terms of the mobilization that needs to happen in wider society. SCALE is really trying to become that gathering place that will engender that high level collaboration, which hopefully will create those positive tipping points.Teacher: OK, time is passing quickly here. there are many other examples in season 2 of the role of the arts, about community-engaged arts, immersive systems, activist art, ritual based art, etc. but in the interests of time, I suggest we move to the notion of hope now. There were so many amazing books and podcasts about hope during this time. Schryer mentions that he enjoyed the book by Thomas Homer-Dixon's Commanding Hope, Eslin Kelsey's Hope Matters, Joanna Macy's and Chris Johnstone's classic from 2010, Active Hope but there were many others. The thing about hope back then is that it was aspirational. Indeed, andthere were many different forms of hope. Let's start with Schryer reading a quote from Dr. Todd Dufresne in episode 19:We're all being “radicalized by reality.” It's just that for some people it takes a personal experience of fire, landslide, or hurricane to get their attention. I'm afraid it takes mass death and extinction. … Whoever survives these experiences will have a renewed appreciation for nature, for the external world, and for the necessity of collectivism in the face of mass extinction. There's hope in this — although I admit it's wrapped in ugliness.Teacher: And it is very ugly, isn't it...? Here's another take on hope from composer Dr. Annie Mahtani in episode 52. Annie was director of a electroacoustic music festival in the UK where the focus of the 2021 was on listening and how listening could us better understand our environment. If we can find ways to encourage people to listen, that can help them to build a connection, even if it's to a small plot of land near them. By helping them to have a new relationship with that, which will then expand and help hopefully savour a deeper and more meaningful relationship with our natural world, and small steps like that, even if it's only a couple of people at a time, that could spread. I think that nobody, no one person, is going to be able to change the world, but that doesn't mean we should give up.Female student: I love the focus on listening. I think Schryer was a specialist in acoustic ecology, if I remember correctly.Teacher: Yes. On a similar wavelength, here's excerpt from soundscape composer Hildegard Westerkamp from episode 22:We need toallow for time to pass without any action, without any solutions and to just experience it. I think that a slowdown is an absolute… If there is any chance to survive, that kind of slowing down through listening and meditation and through not doing so much. I think there's some hope in that.Teacher: Thankfully, we did survive, and we did develop the capacity to listen and slow down as Westerkamp suggests. She was quite prescient in this way. But the notion of hope was elusive, because science keep telling us that they were headed for catastrophe, and there was good reason to be concerned about this and this created massive tension. Male Student: How did they manage that? Teacher: They just kept going in spite of the uncertainty and the grim prospect... As I mentioned earlier, no-one knew if was possible to stop the destruction of the planet, but they kept going on and they   use art not only to change systems abut also to keep up morale.  Let's listen to this excerpt from episode 54 with theatre artistIan Garrett: I don't want to confuse the end of an ecologically unsustainable, untenable way of civilization working in this moment with a complete guarantee of extinction. There is a future. It may look very different and sometimes I think the inability to see exactly what that future is – and our plan for it - can be confused for there not being one. I'm sort of okay with that uncertainty, and in the meantime, all one can really do is the work to try and make whatever it ends up being more positive. There's a sense of biophilia about it.Male student: OK, they knew that there would be trouble ahead but what about adaptation and preparedness in the arts community. How did they prepare and adapt to the changing environment? Did they not see it coming?Adult Student: It's one thing to raise awareness through art but how did art actually help people deal with the reality of fires, floods, climate refugees and all of that?Teacher:  Remember that art had the ability to touch people emotions and motivate them to change their attitudes and lifestyles, but it was also a way to teach people how to adapt while continuing to enjoy the things around them. Artist-researcher and educator Jen Rae is a good example. Rae and her colleagues in Australia did a lot of work in the 2020's to develop tools and resources that call upon art to reduce harm during emergencies.  The notion of preparedness. This is from episode 41:The thing about a preparedness mindset is that you are thinking into the future and so if one of those scenarios happens, you've already mentally prepared in some sort of way for it, so you're not dealing with the shock. That's a place as an artist that I feel has a lot of potential for engagement and for communication and bringing audiences along. When you're talking about realities, accepting that reality, has the potential to push us to do other things. It's great to hear about Canada Council changing different ways around enabling the arts and building capacity in the arts in the context of the climate emergency. It'll be interesting to see how artists step up.Teacher: Online student, you have a question. Please go ahead. Female student: Did artists step up? Teacher: Yes, they did. For example, in 2021, there were the Green Sessions organized by SoulPepper Theatrecompany and the Artists for Real Climate Action (ARCA), a really great collective of artists who did all kinds of activist art projects that set the tone for years to come. Some of the most impactful art works were the ones that directly addressed the culture of exploitation and the disconnection from nature that caused the ecological crisis in the first place, so it was not observations but also critique of the root of the issues that humanity was facing at the time. There was also a body work by Indigenous artists, writers, curators and educators that was extremely important and transformative. A good example is Towards Braiding, a collaborative process developed by Elwood Jimmy and Vanessa Andreotti, developed in collaboration with Sharon Stein, in 2020 that opened the door to new ways of working with indigenous communities in cultural institutions and all kinds of settings. It was very impactful. I found an episode from conscient podcast episode 67 from season 3 called ‘wanna be an ally' where Schryer talks about this book and reads the poem called ‘wanna be an ally' from Towards Braiding and I think it's worth listening to the whole thing. It's really important to understand these perspectives. conscient podcast, episode 67, ‘wanna be an ally'? I've been thinking about decolonization and reconciliation and other issues in our relations with indigenous communities. I was reading a text the other day that really affected me positively but also emotionally and I wanted to read it to you. If you remember last episode, I talked about the idea of radical listening. Well, this is a type of radical listening in the sense that each of these words are, I think very meaningful and important for us all to consider. It's from a document called Towards Braiding by Elwood Jimmy and Vanessa. Andreotti written in collaboration with Sharon Stein and it's published by the Musagetes Foundation. I'd like to start by thanking them all for this a very important document that essentially talks about how to, or proposes how to engage indigenous and non-indigenous relations in an institutional setting and, principles and methods, to consider. It's very well-written and I recommend a strongly as something to read and something to do, but for now, I'll just read this poem, on page 39 of the document and, and leave it at that for today because, it's already a lot to consider and as we listen more radically, that means just sitting back and listening with our full attention and openness of mind. So here it is.don't do it for charity, for feeling good, for looking good, or for showing others that you are doing good don't do it in exchange for redemption from guilt, for increasing your virtue, for appeasing your shame, for a vanity award don't put it on your CV, or on Facebook, or in your thesis, don't make it part of your brand, don't use it for self-promotion don't do it as an excuse to keep your privileges, to justify your position, to do everything except what would be actually needed to change the terms of our relationship do it only if you feel that our pasts, presents and futures are intertwined, and our bodies and spirits entangled do it only if you sense that we are one metabolism that is sick, and what happens to me also happens to you do it recognizing that you have the luxury of choice to participate or not, to stand or not, to give up your weekend or not, whereas others don't get to decide don't try to “mould” me, or to “help” me, or to make me say and do what is convenient for you don't weaponize me (“I couldn't possibly be racist”) don't instrumentalize me (“my marginalized friend says”) don't speak for me (“I know what you really mean”)don't infantilize me (“I am doing this for you”) don't make your actions contingent on me confiding in you, telling you my traumas, recounting my traditions, practicing your idea of “right” politics, or performing the role of a victim to be saved by you or a revolutionary that can save you and expect it to be, at times, incoherent, messy, uncomfortable, difficult, deceptive, paradoxical, repetitive, frustrating, incomprehensible, infuriating, boring and painful — and prepare for your heart to break and be stretched do you still want to do it? then share the burdens placed on my back, the unique medicines you bring, and the benefits you have earned from this violent and lethal disease co-create the space where I am able to do the work that only I can and need to do for all of us take a step back from the centre, the frontline from visibility relinquish the authority of your interpretations, your choice, your entitlements, surrender that which you are most praised and rewarded for don't try to teach, to lead, to organize, to mentor, to control, to theorize, or to determine where we should go, how to get there and why offer your energy to peel potatoes, to wash the dishes, to scrub the toilets, to drive the truck, to care for the babies, to separate the trash, to do the laundry, to feed the elders, to clean the mess, to buy the food, to fill the tank, to write the grant proposal, to pay the tab and the bail to do and support things you can't and won't understand,and do what is needed, instead of what you want to do, without judgment, or sense of martyrdom or expectation for gratitude, or for any kind of recognitionthen you will be ready to sit with me through the storm with the anger, the pain, the frustration, the losses, the fears, and the longing for better times with each other and you will be able to cry with me, to mourn with me, to laugh with me, to “heart” with me, as we face our shadows, and find other joys, in earthing, breathing, braiding, growing, cooking and eating, sharing, healing, and thriving side by side so that we might learn to be ourselves, but also something else, something that is also you and me, and you in me, and neither you nor me Teacher: We need to wrap this class up soon, but I think you've noticed that Schryer was deeply influenced by indigenous writers and knowledge keepers of his time. He published a blog in September 2021 that quotes Australian academic and researcher Dr. Tyson Yunkaporta from episode 321 of the Green Dreamer podcast. I'll read a short excerpt now but encourage you to listen to the entire interview if you get a chance. Teacher:The most damaged people on the planet are going to have to set aside their IOUs, set aside any kind of justice, or hope for justice or karma, or anything else, and carry the load for another thousand years to keep everything alive. And it's going to be hard just to forgive and then hand over all this wealth of knowledge and relationship and everything else to the people who are still holding the capital from the last great heist and are not going to give it up or share it anyway. The only way that's going to save the entire planet is to bring everybody back under the law of the land, and be very generous with our social systems, open them up and bring everybody back in. And that's going to be really hard, because at the same time, people are going to be trying to extract from that, corrupt that and everything else. Adult student: That's interesting. It kind of brings us back to the notion of reality and grief, but Yunkaporta doesn't even mention art in that quote so how do we connect the dots with the arts here?Teacher (interrupting): It's a good point but the presence of arts and culture is implied through the notion of the transfer of knowledge and through relationships with humans and the natural world. I think art is there he just did not use the word. Most indigenous cultures at that time did not consider art as separate activity from day-to-day life. It's interesting to observe Yunkaporta's prophesy is essentially what is happening in our world today, isn't it? We're slowly returning to the natural laws of the land, at least in the habitable parts of the planet, and our social systems are being transformed by the knowledge and expertise of Indigenous peoples, right? It's true that we had to go through a tremendous amount of suffering to get there – and we still are - but we seem to be on the other side of that elusive just transition that Anjali Appadurai spoke about in episode 23. So that's why 2021 in the arts in Canada is such an interesting topic and that's why we spent two classes on it as part of this course on Canada in the year 2021. The arts essentially planted seeds for massive transformation that came later. Artists and cultural workers at the time guided the way for that transformation. Unfortunately, we're almost out of time for today's class and my voice is getting tired... I suggest we end the class with another quote from that same blog by Schryer. I've just put it in the chat. I suggest we read it out loud as a group, OK? I'll start and then point to the next person to read out loud. I'll begin.  Now that season 2 is complete, I've been thinking about I can be most useful to the ecological crisis. Is it by sharing more knowledge about art and climate through podcasts like this one? Is it by engaging in more activist and protest art? Or is it by developing more green policies for the arts sector? All of these will likely help, but I think the most useful thing for me to do is to listen radically. Let me explain what I mean by listening radically. Male Student: Listening radically is about listening deeply without passing judgment. Listening radically is about knowing the truth and filtering out the noise. Listening radically is about opening attention to reality and responding to what needs to be done.Female Student: I conclude this blog with a quote that I used at the end of episode 1 of this podcast by Indigenous writer Richard Wagamese, from his novel, For Joshua. ‘We may not relight the fires that used to burn in our villages, but we carry the embers from those fires in our hearts and learn to light new fires in a new world.'Adult Student: ‘We can recreate the spirit of community we had, of kinship, of relationship to all things, of union with the land, harmony with the universe, balance in living, humility, honesty, truth, and wisdom in all of our dealings with each other.'Teacher: OK. We'll continue with more about Canada in 2021 next week. Thanks so much for being such an engaged and fun group today. Merci. Miigwech.(speaking softly under the professor, improvised)Male Student: Thanks Prof. I'm really exhausted but I learned a lot. Female Student: Moi aussi. Merci pour cette classe. Aurevoir 2021. Adult Student: Yup, I learned a lot, but I'm bushed. Does anyone want to go for coffee? *END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODESHere is a link for more information on season 5. Please note that, in parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and it's francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I publish a Substack newsletter called ‘a calm presence' which are 'short, practical essays for those frightened by the ecological crisis'. To subscribe (free of charge) see https://acalmpresence.substack.com. You'll also find a podcast version of each a calm presence posting on Substack or one your favorite podcast player.Also. please note that a complete transcript of conscient podcast and balado conscient episodes from season 1 to 4 is available on the web version of this site (not available on podcast apps) here: https://conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes.Your feedback is always welcome at claude@conscient.ca and/or on conscient podcast social media: Facebook, X, Instagram or Linkedin. I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. Claude SchryerLatest update on April 2, 2024

conscient podcast
e43 haley – climate as a cultural issue

conscient podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 34:36


Climate change is actually a cultural issue, not a scientific issue. Science has been extremely good at identifying the symptoms and looking at the way in which it has manifest itself, but it hasn't really addressed any of the issues in terms of the causes. It has tried to use what you might call techno fix solution focused problem-based approaches to the situation, rather than actually asking deep questions and listening.david haley, conscient podcast, may 6, 2021, united kingdomI first came across David Haley's work as an eco artist and eco educator through the Eco Art Network, notably his Going beyond Earthly essay, from which I drew this quote in e19 reality:We now need aesthetics to sensitize us to other ways of life and we need artists to sensitize us to the shape of things to come.I was hooked on his thinking and was enchanted when we had a conversation on May 6, 2021.  For example:Going back to reality, one of the issues that we are not tackling is that we're taking a dystopian view upon individual activities that creates guilt, syndromes, and neuroses which of course means that the systems of power are working and in terms of actually addressing the power - of speaking truth to power - we need to name the names, we need to name Standard Oil, IG Farben who now call themselves ESSO, Chevron, Mobil, DuPont, BP, Bayer, Monsanto BASF, Pfizer and so on. These are the people that control the governments that we think we're voting for and the pretense of democracy that follows them. Until those organizations actually rescind their power to a regenerative way of doing and thinking, we're stuffed, to put pretty bluntly.I was also touched by his idea of ‘space as habitat for new ways of thinking' (which made me think of the adage ‘do no harm'):What I have learned to do, and this is my practice, is to focus on making space. This became clear to me when I read, Lila : An inquiry into morals by Robert Pirsig. Towards the end of the book, he suggests that the most moral act of all, is to create the space for life to move onwards and it was one of those sentences that just rang true with me, and I've held onto that ever since and pursued the making of space, not the filling of it. When I say I work with ecology, I try to work with whole systems, ecosystems. The things within an ecosystem are the elements with which I try to work. I try not to introduce anything other than what is already there. In other words, making the space as habitat for new ways of thinking, habitat for biodiversity to enrich itself, habitat for other ways of approaching things. I mean, there's an old scientific adage about nature abhors a vacuum, and that vacuum is the space as I see it.As I did with all episodes this season, I have integrated excerpts from previous episodes in this case, from e19 reality in this episode, including moments of silence.I would like to thank David for taking the time to speak with me, for sharing his deep knowledge of ecological art practices, his insights as an eco educator and for his vision of a path forward that ‘creates space'.For more information on David's work, see www.Davidhaley.ukLinksDavid Haley, Going beyond EarthlyThe Clock of the Long Now : The Ideas Behind the World's Slowest Computer by Stewart BrandLila : An inquiry into morals by Robert PirsigGreenhouse Britain, by Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison and the Harrison Studio & Associates Britain *END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODESHere is a link for more information on season 5. Please note that, in parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and it's francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I publish a Substack newsletter called ‘a calm presence' which are 'short, practical essays for those frightened by the ecological crisis'. To subscribe (free of charge) see https://acalmpresence.substack.com. You'll also find a podcast version of each a calm presence posting on Substack or one your favorite podcast player.Also. please note that a complete transcript of conscient podcast and balado conscient episodes from season 1 to 4 is available on the web version of this site (not available on podcast apps) here: https://conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes.Your feedback is always welcome at claude@conscient.ca and/or on conscient podcast social media: Facebook, X, Instagram or Linkedin. I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. Claude SchryerLatest update on April 2, 2024

Girl Gotta Hike The Podcast
14. Mariah Reading | Eco Artist, Interpretive Park Ranger & Cold-Water Swimmer

Girl Gotta Hike The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 129:39


Episode 14 is all about the incredible and amazing Eco Artist, Mariah Reading of the great state of Maine! Back in February, Melissa headed north, where the two of them set out on not one, but two amazing adventures in one day – first an icy 5-mile walk and talk around Long Pond in Acadia National Park, over on the quiet side Mount Desert Island, and second, a minutes-long Wim Hof inspired dip in the frigid Atlantic Ocean. Yes, really!On the walk we learn all about Mariah’s experiences painting lansdcapes on found trash as artist in residence at Zion, Denali and Acadia National Parks and while visiting other amazing and far-flung places like Antarctica! The appreciation she gained for Nature’s beauty while being immersed within these parks creating art, has now inspired her to work at a greater capacity within the National Park System as an Interpretive Park Ranger. In this role she teaches park visitors about the local ecology, geology and the vast cultural history of the indigenous peoples of each specific place.As an Eco Artist, Mariah is dedicated to being as zero waste as possible, and over the course of their hike, we learn a ton about Mariah’s process of making her beautiful work, as well as the multitudes of creative ways she reuses and repurposes materials to create them with. This episode has it all, including some hot tips on cold water swimming, and tons and tons of geologic facts about Maine. So dive on in, it’s a fun one!SHOW NOTES / USEFUL LINKS:Gossamer Gear Discount — use code “GIRLGOTTAHIKEGOSSAMER” for a 1-time, 15% off discount on all core products at GossamerGear.comWhere to find Mariah Reading:InstagramMariah Reading Art – websiteFacebookIndigenous Peoples:Wabanaki ConfederacyPassamaquoddyMescalero Apache Tribe State and National Parks:Acadia National ParkBaxter State ParkCatalina Island ConservancyDenali National ParkNature Bridge Guadaloupe National ParkVoyageurs National ParkYosemite National Park Other Artists & references:Heidi Annalise – Altoid Tin ArtistThe Acadia Family CenterLou Bolin – body painterJenny Browne – Texas Poet LaureateCold Tits Warm HeartsCelia Garland – Artist, Naturalist, Storyteller from AntarcticaHudson River Artists Alexa Meade – body painterWindover Art CenterWim HofSean Yoro – LA based, Hawaiian born artist, also known as Hula

HRN Happy Hour
Presenting Fields Episode 1: Seeds and Time Travel

HRN Happy Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 50:53


On this episode of HRN Happy Hour we're thrilled to present the first episode of one of HRN's newest shows: Fields.  Fields brings you the stories of people who are working in urban agriculture—for money, for fun, to feed the hungry, and for entirely other reasons. In each episode, hosts Melissa Metrick and Wythe Marschall delve into different foods grown in cities. Moreover, we investigate the whys behind getting up in the morning and working as a farmer in the shadow of skyscrapers. You don’t need to be a farmer to enjoy this podcast, or even a foodie! With their expert guests, Melissa and Wythe break down the realities and possible futures of urban farming to their elements.So, how are seeds gender-defying time travelers? Subscribe to Fields and find out! In our first story, Melissa and Wythe talk to plant-focused artists Ellie Irons and Anne Percoco of the Next Epoch Seed Library and to Ken Greene, expert seed breeder and seed librarian. We explore how different seeds travel across time and space—sometimes becoming “invasive” “weeds,” and sometimes disappearing from human cultivation. Anne and Ellie are working to help all of us, especially those of us in big cities, rethink our relationships to the plants traveling all around us, to our neglected environments, to our politicized borders, and to the world’s rapidly changing climate. Ken is working with indigenous leaders to grow, save, and return—without keeping—sacred seeds. We talk about organic seeds, the ethics of growing, and farming while queer. We learned so much from our first guests, and we know you will, too!Further Resources: Seed Shed: https://seedshed.org/about/peopleThe Native American Seed Sanctuary: https://hvfarmhub.org/seed-sanctuarySubscribe now to get the episodes as they launch! (Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS). Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Fields by becoming a member!Fields is Powered by Simplecast.

Access to Inspiration
38. Mariah Reading: Sustainability through eco-art

Access to Inspiration

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 23:23


Sue Stockdale talks to Mariah Reading, an eco-artist who creates impressionist paintings from recycled items she picks up in the natural environment. Mariah explains how she developed this particular area of interest, why its relevant today, and how big brands such as Merrell and Subaru have recently collaborated with her as she highlights the harm of pollution and climate change.  Mariah Reading was born and raised in Bangor, Maine, USA where the surrounding landscape gave her a deep appreciation of nature’s beauty. The 2016 National Park Centennial propelled her Recycled Landscapes work to greater attention which was designed to highlight the need of preserving and protecting the environment. Having already visited 24 National Parks, she plans to continue her project in all 62 US National Parks. Mariah has dedicated herself to the field of eco-art through her Artist in Residence at Denali, Zion, and Acadia National Parks, working as an Arts In the Parks Volunteer at the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, assisting in Yosemite Facelift efforts, developing a K-12 STREAM curriculum with University of California Santa Barbara Oceanography students, and creating conservation workshops with the Channel Islands National Park.Find out more about Mariah Reading and her art on: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mariahreading/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mariahreadingartWebsite http://www.mariahreadingart.com/Read the transcription for this episode at www.accesstoinspiration.org and connect with us on social media via:Twitter www.twitter.com/accessinspirat1  Facebook www.facebook.com/accesstoinspirationInstagram www.instagram.com/accesstoinspiration LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/access-to-inspiration/

Creativity for Future
Creativity for future/ Uma im Gespräch mit Ludwig Lehner dem Initiator und Gründer der Naya Veda Vastu Eco Art Village auf Bali

Creativity for Future

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021 49:23


About the founder Ludwig Lehner:The idea of Naya Veda Vastu started about 40 years ago, at a 6-month Siddhi-course. The first Naya project, which was successful, was at a historic Greek mansion on the island of Büyükada (a car-free island) in the Marmara sea close to Istanbul. Due to the war in Syria, however, it was necessary to leave and move to Bali. Once in Bali, we were in charge of a retreat project for someone else near the property of Moksa, in Ubud. This was, even though it was successful, not an option for our ambitions as we required at least 1 hectare of land. We were shown the land of today's Naya Veda Vastu. Only after we saw the land for the 3rd time, did we feel that it was perfect for this project. A Stapati (a Veda Vastu) expert and architect from India blessed the land according to the rules of the Veda scriptures. This especially concerns the location and orientation, which happened in 2015. “Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.”— Albert EinsteinThe quote from Albert Einstein is my ultimate guideline, for the realisation of Naya Veda Vastu.webseite: www.naya.earthcontact: Ludwig Lehner Phone (+62) 0822-4747-9400E-mail nayavedavastu @ gmail.comWebsite related emails: naya.earth @ gmail.com

Fields
Seeds and Time Travel

Fields

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021 49:26


How are seeds gender-defying time travelers? Subscribe to Fields and find out! In our first story, Melissa and Wythe talk to plant-focused artists Ellie Irons and Anne Percoco of the Next Epoch Seed Library and to Ken Greene, expert seed breeder and seed librarian. We explore how different seeds travel across time and space—sometimes becoming “invasive” “weeds,” and sometimes disappearing from human cultivation. Anne and Ellie are working to help all of us, especially those of us in big cities, rethink our relationships to the plants traveling all around us, to our neglected environments, to our politicized borders, and to the world’s rapidly changing climate. Ken is working with indigenous leaders to grow, save, and return—without keeping—sacred seeds. We talk about organic seeds, the ethics of growing, and farming while queer. We learned so much from our first guests, and we know you will, too!Further Resources: Seed Shed: https://seedshed.org/about/peopleThe Native American Seed Sanctuary: https://hvfarmhub.org/seed-sanctuaryPhoto Courtesy of Allie WistHeritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Fields by becoming a member!Fields is Powered by Simplecast.

Conservation Tribe
Using ART to bridge the environmental communication gap | Mariska, Designer and Artist

Conservation Tribe

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 48:38


In this episode I talk with Mariska Nell - a designer, artist, podcaster and zero-waster. Mariska seeks to create an impact to stir change for a sustainable future and over the years she has worked with Azraq, Nespresso, Costa and DXB airport. As well as a number of high profile clients including South African comedian and The Daily Show Host, Trevor Noah, Actor and Environmentalist, Adrian Grenier, Entrepreneur, Gary Vaynerchuck, Kris Fade, a radio presenter for the Kris Fade radio show on Virgin Radio Dubai, Black Coffee a world-renowned DJ and producer and Mason Plumlee an NBA basketball player for the Denver Nuggets.

Conversations with Safe Harbour Therapy
64 – Eco-Art Therapy: Supporting the Journey with Jess Winnicki

Conversations with Safe Harbour Therapy

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2020 23:33


“Look deep into nature, and then you will know everything better.”~Albert Einstein Today I wanted to bring you a brief overview of eco-art therapy, some of the background and theory,  describe how nature can be a container and support for us, the potential benefits of eco-art therapy, as well as bring you information from a […]

Eco-Conscious Diver: Sustainability and Diving
EP4: Evan Snow, 1000 Mermaids Project

Eco-Conscious Diver: Sustainability and Diving

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020 39:11


'The 1000 Mermaids Artificial Reef Project & Gallery of 1000 Mermaids is a monumental public EcoArt project in the form of an artificial reef installation that will also serve as an underwater eco-friendly destination for tourism & research. Its mission is to enhance marine habitats and expand fishery populations while providing enhanced creative, economic and educational opportunities for the benefit, education and enjoyment of residents, students and visitors alike.' www.1000mermaids.com to check out their latest news, support the cause, buy some awesome gear, and to sign up as a dive volunteer. Follow 1000 Mermaids Project on Instagram: @1000mermaids Follow Evan Snow on Instagram: @evansnow13   Head to www.eco-consciousdiver.com for all episodes. Follow ECD on Instagram/Facebook: @ecoconsciousdiver; Follow Caitlin on Instagram/Facebook @seacaitlinmccall.

Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Asia, Art History, and Climate Change: The Challenges of EcoArt History

Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 44:34


n the anthology, EcoArt History in East and Southeast Asia, case studies discuss the impact of the Little Ice Age on court painting and systems of representing marine life in the Joseon period in Korea. Other contributors consider contemporary artistic strategies, such as developing a sustainability aesthetics and focusing attention to non-human agents, to respond to environmental damage and climate change in the present. Additional essays analyze the complicated art historical ecology of heritage sites and question the underlying anthropocentrism in art historical priorities and practices. As a whole, this anthology argues for bringing ecological considerations to bear in the study of Asian art.

Art on the Air
Art on the Air Presents Eco Art with Lisa Watson and Jessica Leigh Lebos

Art on the Air

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 59:33


On this week's episode of Art on the Air we're pleased to welcome Lisa D. Watson and Jessica Leigh Lebos into the studio! They gave us all of the details on the Re::Claimed exhibition at Sulfur Studios, as well as engaging in a broader discussion on environmental and found material art.PLUS we broadcast our Field Note with Zoe Huddleston, whose project "Insides" is currently on-view in the Drive Thru Art Box at Green Truck Pub! More information on her project can be found here: Insides by Zoe Huddleston at The Drive Thru Art BoxListen in!

Tiny Climate Challenge
010 Christina Burress: Tiny Plastic EcoArt

Tiny Climate Challenge

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2019 40:27


In Tiny Climate Challenge Episode 10 our Guest Challenger, poet and artist Christina Burress talks about how she uses found objects (tiny plastic trash that she picks up off our beaches) to create artwork while raising awareness of the threats of plastic ocean pollution. She also shares a reading of her powerful poem, “In the Crease”.  Guest Challenger Information Christina Burress is passionate about teaching her students to notice the world around them for inspiration and healing. Currently, she is Chair of the English Department at the Grauer School in Encinitas, California where she teaches 10th and 12th-grade Literature and Creative Writing. Since 2010, she has taught the course, Language of Poetry to K-12 educators getting their Master’s in Arts in the Curriculum from the School of Education at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since 2009, she has taught poetry classes for UCSD Extension. You can find some of her poetry published in the San Diego Poetry Annual.  Christina Burress on Instagram: @christinamisenburress  Links mentioned Llyn Roberts Wild Wisdom Retreat James Nestor - Deep  Eric Booth - The Everyday Work of Art  The Plastic Pick-Up The Grauer School  For the Wild podcast I Love A Clean San Diego  Alexandra Burress Nick Burress Contact Mayela Manasjan TinyClimate.com

Make(Her) Space - A Podcast about Women Who Dared
Eco-Art with Meredith Brower

Make(Her) Space - A Podcast about Women Who Dared

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2019 29:48


Meredith Brower is a SouthCoast eco-artist, photographer, and founder of Firefly Yoga Festival.  She regularly hosts mandala workshops on her farm in Tiverton, RI, where participants forage natural materials and then photograph their work.  In addition to her workshops, Meredith is a photographer with a specialization in dog portraits.

Storied: San Francisco
S2E26, Part 2: Ginny Stearns and Bob Isaacson on the Future of Mission Creek Living (Part of Our San Francisco Houseboats Series)

Storied: San Francisco

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019 18:46


No living situation is permanent, especially in San Francisco. The residents of the houseboats on Mission Creek, which are nestled amid one of the hottest areas of development in the city, are always are aware of this. In this podcast, Ginny Stearns and Bob Isaacson talk about their efforts to secure their homes on the water, the only such dwellings in San Francisco. Bob talks about a couple of books he's been a part of publishing that cover the history of Mission Bay and Mission Creek as well as efforts to preserve the environment in those areas. They talk about how they met and Ginny's move to their houseboat. And Bob ends the podcast declaring that the houseboat community has been beneficial to the area. If you missed Part 1, please go back and listen. Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

Storied: San Francisco
S2E26, Part 1: Bob Isaacson and Ginny Stearns on Protecting Mission Creek (Part of our San Francisco Houseboats Series)

Storied: San Francisco

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2019 18:15


Before there was the ballpark where the Giants play ... before the elevated I-280 freeway ... before most of the northeastern half of what we call the Mission District ... before the Gold Rush, there was Mission Bay. It was fed by many sources, the biggest of which was Mission Creek, which flowed over waterfalls down from Twin Peaks, by Mission Dolores, and down into the bay. Today, all that's left of that creek is what some call McCovey Cove. But to the residents of a couple dozen houseboats, it's Mission Creek. In this podcast, houseboat residents Ginny Stearns and Bob Isaacson talk about founding many of the preservation groups that have worked with the government and developers to protect their little corner of the city. Bob and Ginny talk about moving to San Francisco, the various work they did before moving into their houseboat, and how the area around Mission Creek has changed dramatically. We recorded this podcast in Bob and Ginny's houseboat in April 2019. Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

State Of The Art
The Art of Rehabilitation: Mary O'Brien & Daniel McCormick of Watershed Sculpture, Artists

State Of The Art

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2019 71:08


Artist duo Mary O'Brien & Daniel McCormick use "land as the palette" for the work they do. In this episode, the two explain their efforts to use land art as a restorative medium, bringing much needed life and balance back to struggling ecosystems. As we continue our exploration into "environmental art," O'Brien and McCormick explain why they refer to their work as "restorative art" rather than "eco-art," how they became involved in the land art movement, and who they bring into their artistic efforts to successfully rebuild the habitats they're involved with.-About Watershed Sculpture-The Art Practice of Daniel McCormick & Mary O’BrienDaniel McCormick and Mary O’Brien collaborate on ecological art installations that have remedial qualities. Working in both urban and agricultural watersheds and riparian corridors, McCormick and O’Brien respond to environmental issues by moving away from an anthropocentric view of nature to create sculptures that work with natural systems. Their work is often ephemeral and temporal. When their interventions are completed and a restoration cycle is established, they intend to leave no evidence of a hand made object. For over 25 years, they have been using art to restore and affect a positive ecological balance in damaged environments.McCormick & O’Brien both hold degrees from University of California, Berkeley. Daniel McCormick's experience as a multi-disciplinary artist in the fields of sculptural installation and environmental design brings both a public art and ecological trajectory to their work. Mary O'Brien is a sculptor and writer and initiates the community engagement plans enlisting the support of art organizations and government agencies.Their collaborations reflect the artists’ concerns for the environment and community, but also their belief that art has a responsibility to do more than witness or document cultural changes. Their installation works can be found in watersheds across the United States. Learn more at www.watershedsculpture.comFollow them @watershedsculpture*This interview was recorded at The Headlands Center for the Arts; learn more here*

Let's Talk About The Weather
Ep. 35 Zack Rago: Diving In with Chasing Coral Co-Star

Let's Talk About The Weather

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2019 28:32


Produced by www.EcoArtsFoundation.org visit www.LetsTalkAboutTheWeather.org to comment. ZACKERY RAGO is the Youth Outreach Manager for Exposure Labs' Chasing Coral Impact Campaign and is thrilled to engage youth around the globe through science, art, and passion. Zack’s passion for coral reefs began in the Hawaiian Islands where he spent his childhood summers under the waves of the Pacific. His infatuation with coral led to a position in the marine aquarium industry for 4 years before bringing his passion to Teens4Oceans and View Into The Blue. He received a degree in Evolutionary Biology & Ecology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. As a talented reef aquarist and long-time scuba diver, he is dedicated to communicating the story of coral through science and art. Links Mentioned https://www.chasingcoral.com/ http://www.exposurelabs.com/ https://teens4oceans.org/ https://www.viewintotheblue.com/ Contact Zack Zack Rago Zack on Twitter @coral_buff Zack on Instagram @coral_buff Zack and Resources on www.ChasingCoral.com Contact us and let’s talk (about the weather) Ashley Mazanec at EcoArtsFoundation.org Britta Nancarrow on Instagram Britta Nancarrow at the Climate Reality Project EcoArtsFoundation.org Let’s Talk About The Weather podcast page Email the show Purchase the podcast’s namesake Eco Music album "Let’s Talk About The Weather" on iTunes or Bandcamp.

State Of The Art
The Art of Protecting Lands: Aviva Rahmani

State Of The Art

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2019 57:25


Continuing our exploration into the umbrella of environmental art, in this episode Andrew speaks with artist, Aviva Rahmani, who creates public, site-specific art to fight off land developers. Focusing on her series, Blued Trees Symphony, Aviva explains how her approach incorporates community, creativity and legal theory to protect natural landscapes. She also touches upon her belief of our community being in a time of "eco-suicide," and where she identifies her art in the umbrella of "environmental art."-About Blued Trees Symphony- The Blued Trees Symphony is an ongoing, site-specific land art project wherein Aviva Rahmani and collaborators convert threatened lands into art pieces. The hope is that by having them protected by the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA), Aviva can the prevent the use of eminent domain to seize lands for pipeline construction where the artworks are situated.The first iteration of Blued Trees Symphony emerged on, June 21, 2015 in Peekskill, New York. It is now installed over many miles of proposed pipeline expansions, and each 1/3 measure of those miles has been copyrighted for protection. Visually, Blued Trees Symphony presents stretches of trees painted with musical movements using an environmentally friendly ultramarine pigment. Together, these movements form a score which can be read and performed.Learn more about Blued Trees Symphony here-About Aviva Rahmani-Aviva Rahmani began her career as a performance artist, founding and directing the American Ritual Theatre (1968-1971), performing throughout California. She graduated from California Institute of the Arts and received a PhD from Plymouth University, UK, Rahmani has presented workshops on her theoretical approach to environmental restoration and her transdisciplinary work has been exhibited internationally including in The Independent Museum of Contemporary Art (IMCA), Cyprus with the National Centres of Contemporary Art (NCCA), Ekaterinburg and Moscow, Russian Federation, KRICT, Daejeon, Korea, the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, the Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH, and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO. Her work has been discussed and covered in books, essays, and in art magazines such as Art in America, Art News, The Huffington Post and Leonardo. Rahmani’s video documentation Gulf to Gulf sessionshave been viewed on line from over eighty-five countries. “Trigger Points/ Tipping Points,” a precursor to Gulf to Gulf, premiered at the 2007 Venice Biennale. In 2002, her pioneering community action project, Blue Rocks, helped restore degraded wetlands on Vinalhaven Island, Maine a USDA investment of over $500,000. The Blued Trees Symphony (2015 - present) has received numerous awards and been extensively written about and exhibited internationally. A Mock Trial is scheduled for the project at the Cardozo Law School, NYC on April 25, 2018.Learn more here

State Of The Art
The Art of Metamorphosis: Franky Cruz, Artist

State Of The Art

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2019 54:36


In this episode, Andrew Herman speaks with Miami-based artist, Franky Cruz, who works with butterflies to create unexpected art pieces. Initially a graffiti artist, Franky shifted away from conventional painting in search of a non-toxic means by which to express himself creatively. This environmentally conscious move led him to learn how to repair butterfly wings, rear caterpillars successfully through metamorphosis, and how to work with these creatures to produce large-scale paintings; all in an effort to raise awareness and empathy for an organism weighing less that 1/5 of an ounce.-About Franky Cruz-Follow Franky @toolooselautrecWatch Franky's video on Vivarium Meconium hereFranky Cruz is represented by Spinello Projects

State Of The Art
Introducing Environmental Art

State Of The Art

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2019 16:55


With Earth Day celebrations just around the corner, for the month of April, we will be dipping our toes into the vast spectrum of Environmental Art. SOTA host, Andrew Herman, returns to lead fascinating conversations with a 4 different artists, each using and/or collaborating with the environment in a variety of ways. Primarily, we will be looking at eco art, land art, earth art, and how each artist approaches and considers the implications of their work both as an art form and, potentially, as an act of activism. Join us in this pre-episode kick-off to learn more about the SOTA team's thoughts on where the month will take us and what we hope to learn along the way.

Let's Talk About The Weather
Ep. 34 Beverly Naidus: Superwoman Remediating Superfund Sites

Let's Talk About The Weather

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2019 37:02


Beverly Naidus is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and educator. While developing an innovative studio arts curriculum, she has been creating interactive installations, digital projects, artist books and narrative and conceptual drawings for over three decades. Much of her work is audience-participatory, inviting people to tell their own stories in response to the theme being explored. Inspired by the lived experience, topics in her art focus on environmental and social issues, including how we are individually and collectively affected by racism, climate change and multiple forms of systemic oppression. Her unique courses at UWT emerge from her own projects and include Art in a Time of War, Cultural Identity and Art, Body Image and Art, Eco-art, Labor, Globalization and Art and the Artist as Visionary and Dreamer. She is the author of Arts for Change: Teaching Outside the Frame, numerous essays on socially engaged art and pedagogy and some recent pieces of speculative fiction. She has taught at several NYC museums, Carleton College, Cal State Long Beach, Hampshire College, Goddard College and the Institute for Social Ecology. She has guest lectured and led workshops all over North America and in Europe. She facilitated and designed the permaculture-inspired, eco-art project, Eden Reframed, on Vashon Island, WA, funded by the Royalty Research Foundation. Her work has been exhibited internationally, in mainstream museums, university galleries, alternative spaces, and city streets. It has been reviewed and discussed by many significant writers, including Lucy R. Lippard, Suzi Gablik, Paul Von Blum and Lisa Bloom. As part of her new collective, ARTifACTs, she is collaborating on an interactive, multidisciplinary project about the future. “We Almost Didn’t Make It,” imagines the artifacts (and stories that emerge from them) found by our descendants that give them insights into the risks taken by activists (their ancestors) that allowed the descendants to exist. It’s an audience participatory and multi-media work that gives participants the opportunity to imagine the artifacts that their descendants might find. Topics & Links Covered in this Episode Joanna Macy - Despair and Personal Power in the Nuclear Age Beverly Naidus- Eden Reframed Beverly Naidus - Soil Remediation Pesticides originally developed as bio warfare during World War II Beverly Naidus on Panic and Despair about Climate Change - We Almost Didn’t Make It UW Tacoma YouTube - We Almost Didn't Make It - Beverly Naidus Pete Seeger “Lots of teaspoons can fill a pail” (The teaspoon brigade) Children & Nature Network - Nature Deficit Disorder No More "Nature-Deficit Disorder" - The "No Child Left Inside" movement Beverly Naidus Book: One Size Does Not Fit All Beverly Naidus Book: Art in a Time of War Book: Arts for Change: Teaching Outside the Frame Non violent communication Beverly Naidus - Labor Globalization and Arts class Beverly Naidus - So you want to be an eco-artist? Lessons in Grief and Gratitude Beverly Naidus - Portable Altars for Grief and Gratitude Beverly sits on the Puyallup Nation Land Contact Beverly Naidus BeverlyNaidus.net On Facebook: Arts for Change: Teaching Outside the Frame Download: Naidus-Art CV 2018 Eco-art Project’s Blog: Eden Reframed: Eco-art Meets Permaculture Design on Vashon Island Beverly Naidus: Academia, University of Washington Tacoma, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Faculty Member Beverly Naidus: Wikipedia Purchase the podcast’s namesake Eco Music album "Let’s Talk About The Weather" on iTunes or Bandcamp.

Let's Talk About The Weather
Ep. 31 Mario Benassi: A Walk on the Wild Side of Environmental Film

Let's Talk About The Weather

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2018 70:51


Mario Benassi is a producer, director and cinematographer dedicated to the preservation of biodiversity. National Geographic, PBS and Discovery Channel are just a few of the many organizations Benassi has worked with. Acclaimed for filming in rugged and remote jungles, Benassi has put himself in extreme situations to capture intimate moments with truly amazing wildlife. He now resides in Haines, Alaska where he continues to document the wonders of nature exposing how pollution and other environmental issues affect the ecosystems. As founder of Wildside Productions, an organization that uses media, presentations and live animal encounters to create environmental awareness, Benassi’s goal is to inspire the preservation of the Earth’s beauty. Links mentioned Marty Stouffer's Wild America. Ginger Kathrens and The Cloud Foundation protecting and preserving America's wild horses and burros. Mario Benassi film Toxic Treasure (listed down the page) at the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival. Mario’s Contact Info Mario BenassiProducer / Director / CinematographerHC 60 Box 2844Haines, AK 99827Wildside Productions LTDMario Benassi films on VimeoMario on FacebookMario Julian Benassi on Facebook Purchase the podcast’s namesake Eco Music album "Let’s Talk About The Weather" on iTunes or Bandcamp.

Let's Talk About The Weather
Ep. 30 Jill Kubit: DearTomorrow Personalizes Climate Change

Let's Talk About The Weather

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2018 40:06


Sent on April 25, 2018 by Anonymous. “to the future generation, Hello to whoever reads this letter in the future. Today is a beautiful sunny day without a single cloud in sight. The sun is warm with a slight breeze tingling down my face as I walk on the sidewalks. Over the next ten, twenty or even thirty years, these clear, sunny skies may not even exist. At the current rate of pollution and climate change that we are currently experiencing, cities may begin to fill up with smog and pollution. I fear the day that we may not ever see a sunny day in the future…” Read the complete letter and Send Your Own Message Here. Jill Kubit is the director and co-founder of DearTomorrow - a digital and archive project for people to personally connect with the issue of climate change, to commit to taking stronger action and to share these stories with friends, family and their social networks. After spending a decade working with the U.S. labor movement on climate change, she has become fascinated with how to best engage the general public on this complex issue. Jill is deeply committed to building new ideas, projects and organizations to explore this question and brings many organizational development skills to her work, including: fundraising, building partnerships, developing strategy, teaching, writing, organizing events, and managing projects. She has a Masters in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School and a B.A. from Northwestern. Her TED Talk discusses the founding of DearTomorrow - a project she started with Trisha Shrum when her son Gabriel was 18 months old - which she has been working to build ever since. Guest Contact Info Jill Kubit Website: www.deartomorrow.org Send Your Own Message Here Also LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-kubit-65a10396/ #DearTomorrow Facebook: DearTomorrow https://www.facebook.com/DearTomorrow/ Instagram: DearTomorrow https://www.instagram.com/deartomorrow/ Twitter: @deartmrw https://twitter.com/DearTmrw TED talk: Climate change is personal | Jill Kubit Let's Talk About The Weather podcast is a project of EcoArts Foundation. Purchase the podcast’s namesake Eco Music album "Let’s Talk About The Weather" on iTunes or Bandcamp.

Let's Talk About The Weather
Ep. 29 Daniel Hudon: Eco Fiction and Poetry for Species Lost

Let's Talk About The Weather

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2018 40:19


Daniel Hudon, originally from Canada, is an adjunct lecturer in math, astronomy and physics. He is the author of two books of nonfiction: a humorous intro to the universe, called The Bluffer’s Guide to the Cosmos and a lyrical prose compendium designed to raise awareness about the biodiversity crisis, called Brief Eulogies for Lost Animals: An Extinction Reader. He likes to go hiking and kayaking and to dance Argentine tango. He can be found online at DanielHudon.com, @daniel_hudon, and in Boston, MA. A quote read by Ashley from Tagore blazed onto a sign in a hillside stand of deodars in Simla, India: Be still, my heart, these great trees are prayers, and as I watch them swell above me I see the symmetry of hands pressed together tapering skyward and try to remember when I last loved a tree so much I wanted to get lost in its forest, or even its shadow. Once in a Toronto park I saw a maple sing out as if it was the last tree on Earth; never had I seen such red for in Alberta, where I grew up, fall was brief and yellow, without maples. I remember telling my parents about it on the phone. On my block in Boston, every autumn a maple turns red in a slow burn from the top down over several weeks, as if refusing to let its fire out too quickly. But last fall it turned early, dropped its leaves before the end of August and now bark is peeling away from the trunk. All winter I wondered if it would bud in the spring and now I know. I fear it will be removed and don’t know what I will do then. Last year scientists said our planet had three trillion trees, enough to give each person four hundred and twenty two, a small forest and really, I’d like to know where mine are because I want to climb one of them, or perhaps build a treehouse, string a hammock between a pair, or walk among them as if they are elders of the Earth, praying for all of us. Guest Contact Info Daniel Hudon, Ph.D. Twitter: @daniel_hudonWeb: DanielHudon.com See my new book: Brief Eulogies for Lost Animals: An Extinction Reader, available at http://penandanvil.com/brief-eulogies/ Purchase the podcast’s namesake Eco Music album "Let’s Talk About The Weather" on iTunes or Bandcamp.

MAP Radio Hour
Provocateurs: A Conversation with Eco-Art Luminary Newton Harrison pt. 2

MAP Radio Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2018 16:45


Part two of Janeil Engelstad’s conversation with eco-art pioneer Newton Harrison includes conversation about his current watershed project in Scotland, the impact of climate change on the region, both now and in the future, and how art and science can address it. Today’s episode features music by Austin-based musician Lungfulls. To hear more of his work, please visit www.soundcloud.com/lungfulls or www.lovemade.bandcamp.com.

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MAP Radio Hour
Provocateurs: A Conversation with Eco-Art Luminary Newton Harrison pt. 1

MAP Radio Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2018 15:21


Janeil Engelstad speaks with eco-art movement pioneer Newton Harrison about his – along with Helen Harrison’s – 1993 work Serpentine Lattice, including its impact on the Pacific North West Temperate Coastal Rain Forest and the challenges the forest still faces today. This episode features the track "Higher Self" by Lungfulls. To find out more about Lungfulls and their music, please visit lovemade.bandcamp.com or soundcloud.com/lungfulls.

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Let's Talk About The Weather
Ep. 28 Doron Gazit: Olympics Fly Guy inventor takes Inflatable Art to Devastated Environments

Let's Talk About The Weather

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2018 36:06


Designer and environmental artist Doron Gazit‘s use of the natural elements - in particular wind - has provoked and fascinated onlookers from the Fly Guy of the Olympics to visual feasts across castles and deserts. Since 2014, he has sounded a creative alarm of sorts through his Red Line Project, a series of red balloon tunnels highlighting humans’ misuse of the environment. Gazit’s temporary installations can be found documented across the globe from the Dead Sea sinkholes to Alaskan glaciers. Topics and Links mentioned VIDEO: Keeping the Dead Sea alive: Artist Doron Gazit creates eye-popping installations in Israel, i24news 1984 Olympic games and the “Fly Guy” Doron’s development of “vertical winds” Doron’s Burning Man installations The Redline Metaphor and the Projects Valerie Kosheleff MSc, and the Save a Horney Friend Foundation VIDEO: The Red Line Project at the Dead Sea Sinkholes - Doron Gazit Glacier Melts Doron’s Mission Doron Gazit’s Art Materials National Geographic - We Made Plastic. We depend on it. Now we're Drowning in it National Geographic - Planet or Plastic? Pesticides and Algae Blooms VIDEO: Sculpting the Winds of Change | Doron Gazit | TEDxVail BOOK: Doron Gazit: Art * Design * Spirit Inspirational: Christo and Jeanne-Claude Inspirational: Andy Goldsworthy Inspirational: John Quigley The Instructables Wind Tube Doron’s closing words: “Don’t be passive.” Think how to change, improve. Be active. Break the frame!” Guest Contact Info Doron GazitDoronGazit.comDoron on Instagram Purchase the podcast’s namesake Eco Music album "Let’s Talk About The Weather" on iTunes or Bandcamp.

Let's Talk About The Weather
Ep. 27 Miss Violette: Making an Impact through Melody and Rhyme

Let's Talk About The Weather

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2018 58:55


Miss Violette is a budding duo that marries the unique style of singer/songwriter and activist Violette Larsen with the musical direction and insight of acclaimed producer and writer Angus Wilson. On and off stage they commit their lives to the musical embodiment of love and truth through lyrics and melody, on a mission together to bring heart centered, impact driven music back to the mainstream. Their first EP Black Snake, inspired by the Dakota Access oil pipeline, will be released July 16, 2018, alongside a music video to accompany its namesake single. Guest Contact Info Miss Violette@GrooveOnViolette on InstaGramMiss Violette on FacebookMissViolette.com Angus WilsonmuSIChouse.earthmuSIC house on Facebook Purchase the podcast’s namesake Eco Music album "Let’s Talk About The Weather" on iTunes or Bandcamp.

Let's Talk About The Weather
Ep. 26 Lara Segura: Bee Conscious and National Water Dance Choreography

Let's Talk About The Weather

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2018 37:10


Lara Segura has extensive experience as a professional dancer, teacher, producer and choreographer. In 2005 Lara graduated with a BFA Degree from San Diego State University and was later named the 2012 Dance Alumni of the Year for SDSU. She has had the pleasure of performing with Malashock Dance, Mojalet Dance Collective, Jacksonville Dance Theater, Sound Dance Company, Wallpaper Performance Company and San Diego Dance Theater’s Trolley Dances. She has served as a faculty member at Douglas Anderson School for the Performing Arts and Jacksonville University. In 2014 Lara received her MFA in Choreography from Jacksonville University with an emphasis in engaging audiences via site-specific dance. She is a founding steering committee member for San Diego Dance Connect and serves on the advisory board for National Water Dance. Her Bee Conscious Summer Series is a lighthearted look at the buzzing world of pollinators. Show Note Links Dale Aundra Founder National Water Dance National Water Dance Liquid Flux Rebecca Brown H2O Dance Company San Diego’s Museum of Man LIVE Stream @ National Water Dance via YouTube or on Lara’s FB page Xeriscaping Ep. 4 Rob Greenfield: Food Waste Fiasco, Trash Me, and Creative Eco Adventures Bees and the “waggle” dance Ep. 7 Alicia Previn: Earthworms, Tortoises, and Bees in Song and Story James McDonald Beekeeper Guest Contact Info Lara Segura on FacebookLara Segura on Instagram Support our podcast by purchasing the podcast’s namesake Eco Music album "Let’s Talk About The Weather" on iTunes or Bandcamp.

Let's Talk About The Weather
Ep. 25 Ruth Wallen: Confronting Development and Climate Change

Let's Talk About The Weather

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2018 56:20


Ruth Wallen is a multimedia artist and writer whose work is dedicated to encouraging dialogue about ecology and social justice. She creates web sites and outdoor installations and has participated in innumerable exhibitions. Solo exhibitions range from Franklin Furnace, CEPA, New Langton Arts, to many San Diego venues. Web site hosts include the California Museum of Photography and the Exploratorium, where her work is currently on view. She was part of Weather Report: Art and Climate Change at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Lucy Lippard, and recently has been addressing climate change in collaboration with scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Ruth writes critically about ecological art and race, gender and visual culture.  She is on the faculty of the MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts Program at Goddard College, a lecturer at UCSD, and was a Fulbright Lecturer at the Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana. Links to the Artwork of Ruth Wallen Listen to the Trees Las Comadres Light Up the Border Again View Points: Estuary Intimate Details Remember The Trees Articles Preserving Paradise A Day Without Mexicans Barrier or Bridge: Photojournalism of the San Diego/Tijuana Border Region LEONaRDo vol 45 calls for “Visionary intervention in a time of crisis” Other mentions Naomi Klein: This Changes Everything Ep. 24 Regan Rosburg: Breaching Grief, Melancholia and Mania with Biophilia Helen Newton . . . @ about 46:30 Public Address (public artists) Guest Contact information RuthWallen.netRuth Wallen on Facebook Purchase the podcast’s namesake Eco Music album "Let’s Talk About The Weather" on iTunes or Bandcamp.

Animals in Man's World
Yellow-breasted Bunting and Long Valley Eco-art Exhibition

Animals in Man's World

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2018 6:52


Animals in Man's World
Yellow-breasted Bunting and Long Valley Eco-art Exhibition

Animals in Man's World

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2018 6:52


Heritage Radio Network On Tour
Nat Bradford, Dr. Brian Ward, and Forrest Parker at CHSWFF18

Heritage Radio Network On Tour

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2018 33:47


Nat Bradford, Dr. Brian Ward, and Chef Forrest Parker join Kat Johnson for a conversation about the Carolina African Runner Peanut (or CARP), a Southern crop that was brought back from the brink of extinction through Brian's work at Clemson University and the support of famers like Nat. Just a few years ago, there were only forty seeds left in existence. Now, the African Runner Peanut has found its way into the hands of a few chefs, like Forrest, who in turn help share its story with diners. Nat Bradford is a father of five, farmer, and landscape architect in Seneca, South Carolina. He founded Eco Art, LLC in 2000 upon the principles of creativity and stewardship to nurture holistic sustainable landscape architecture. As a farmer he maintains the breedline of their 170 year old family heirloom, the Bradford watermelon. He and his wife, Bette, started Watermelons for Water in 2013, a philanthropic cause funded by all the proceeds from their watermelon harvest. Watermelons for Water has provided hand-dug freshwater wells for small farming families in Bolivia and funded a project in Tanzania where the watermelon is being grown as an inexpensive freshwater source. His greatest joy is sharing this heritage with his children. Dr. Brian Ward is a research scientist at Clemson University. He specializes in organic vegetables and is a member of the Plant and Environmental Research Department in the Coastal Research and la P.h.D in Plant and Environmental Science/Horticulture from Clemson University. Chef Forrest Parker studies the history and people of South Carolina through the lens of food. He is a native of the state and has cooked with Chef Louis Osteen at Louis’s Restaurant and Chef Frank Lee, a founder of the Charleston dining scene. Parker is closely involved with the Carolina Gold Rice Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to the restoration of historic grains and vegetables specific to the agricultural history of South Carolina. Chef Parker has managed huge groups of people in the kitchen and restaurant industry and taught cooking classes on a variety of subjects. He is now the chef at the Vendue Hotel in Charleston and leads culinary tours through his venture Undiscovered Charleston. Heritage Radio Network On Tour is powered by Simplecast.

Let's Talk About The Weather
Ep. 17 Marina Qutab: Living the Eco Goddess Lifestyle through film, photo, recipes, and music

Let's Talk About The Weather

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2017 47:19


www.LetsTalkAboutTheWeather.org Marina Qutab, better known as the Eco Goddess, is a zero waste vegan influencer. As an activist since the age of 10, she latched on to art and music in particular to spread her message. Apart from being an eco-musician herself, she founded Ecostrings, an organization which uses music to educate people worldwide about pressing social issues and encourages them to take action. Among her many talents, Marina is about to release her first ever E-book called "Zero Waste Vegan Travel." Marina uses the power of film, photo, recipes, music, and compassion to enrich the environmental movement. Links mentioned ProjectGreenChallenge.com CoralTreeFarm.com How I traveled across the country . . . Zero Waste Vegan Travel eBook Prince Ea’s YouTube Dear Future Generations: Sorry Recycling: What Goes Where Guest Contact information Marina Qutab EcoGoddess.com EcoStringsMusic.org Marina Qutab on Instagram Marina on Facebook EcoGoddess on Facebook Ecostrings on Facebook EcoGoddess on YouTube Mona Thomas SunHorseEnergy.com monat@sunhorseenergy.com Purchase the podcast’s namesake Eco Music album "Let’s Talk About The Weather" on iTunes or Bandcamp.

Creative Disturbance
Provocateurs: A Conversation with Eco-Art Luminary Newton Harrison pt. 2

Creative Disturbance

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2017 16:46


Part two of Janeil Engelstad’s conversation with eco-art pioneer Newton Harrison includes conversation about his current watershed project in Scotland, the impact of climate change on the region, both now and in the future, and how art and science can address it.       Today’s episode features music by Austin-based musician Lungfulls. To hear more of his work, please visit www.soundcloud.com/lungfullsor www.lovemade.bandcamp.com

Creative Disturbance
Provocateurs: A Conversation with Eco-Art Luminary Newton Harrison pt. 1

Creative Disturbance

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2017 15:22


Janeil Engelstad speaks with eco-art movement pioneer Newton Harrison about his – along with Helen Harrison’s - 1993 work Serpentine Lattice, including its impact on the Pacific North West Temperate Coastal Rain Forest and the challenges the forest still faces today.     Today’s episode features music by Austin-based musician Lungfulls. To hear more of his work, please visit www.soundcloud.com/lungfullsor www.lovemade.bandcamp.com

Alternative Health Tools podcast
073 Melody Owens: Fine Artist, Love Is My Medium

Alternative Health Tools podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2017 59:19


www.AlternativeHealthTools.com Melody Owens is captivated by the mystery and the beauty that make a person iconic and revered. “I am inspired to paint women in classic beauty, illuminate heroines with a Hollywood glow and revive vintage elegance in a contemporary age. I aim to capture the radiance of soft light and diffuse certain features contrasted by focused details. Bright colors and textures can give the eye a sensory pleasure. In my work I play with the balance of abstraction. I use loose but determined strokes to blend details and realism. My choice of media is acrylic followed by oil. Sometimes, I mix it up by starting with a gouache base. The luminescence in my art is often amplified with jewels and the glossy shine of silver leaf contrasting strong rustic textures. Mostly self taught, I've been lucky to have apprenticed with a few of the most skilled artists in Utah & California. Growing up in Utah in an extremely artistic family encouraged me to pursue my passion of art. The roller coaster of life took me from Utah to Las Vegas where I opened a studio teaching my photo realism style seen on www.LiquidLead-Art.com. A few hard years running a studio flew by once I found the peacefulness reflected in my art. Art itself is healing, so my creative inspiration has led me on the path of becoming an energy healer and yoga teacher. In my current studio in Newport Beach, painting full time and happily creating, I enjoy the occasional surf break to chase down a perfect glossy wave.” ~ Melody Owens Topics, Mentions and Links Art Therapy at Southwestern College & New Earth Institute: consciousness-centered graduate school for counseling and art therapy. Eco Artist Ashley Mazanec. The Love Today Exhibition February 11th, 2017 curated with Kate Ryan. Vibrational Painting Workshop July 15th, 2017. Slave to the Wave July 28 to August 28, 2017. Melody's Instagram. Location 1980, Costa Mesa, CA. EMERSUS Water Protectors. “Water as a human right. Not a privilege.” www.PublicWatchdogs.org and San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump. Mt. Shasta. Book by Julia Cameron: The Artist's Way. Santa Fe, NM Day of the Dead Art. Liquid Lead Art - Bare Allurement painting. Helena Gorka Family Constellation - the “Knowing Field.” Rudolf Steiner's Eurythmy “to form the space before it arrives on the canvas.” 50 shades of green. Every child is an artist without having to think about it. Richard Wagner Healing Music. Color and Music in the New Age By Helene Corrine and her other books. Life living tips You are your own source of love - starting with yourself. I experience love through the colors I use. How you see the world, is through the lense you choose to put on. I like my rose-colored glasses. Listen and connect to the small and still voice within you - and nature. Contact information Melody OwensFine Artist, Love is my medium.MelodyOwensArt@gmail.comwww.MelodyOwensArt.comwww.EncompassingTheArts.com@melodiousart on Instagram Using podsafe music from http://ccmixter.org/ Loveshadow - Almost Given UpNethis - SteadySpeck - Greensleeves (whatever mix)

Alternative Health Tools podcast
Ep. 073 Melody Owens: Fine Artist, Love Is My Medium

Alternative Health Tools podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2017 59:19


www.AlternativeHealthTools.com Melody Owens is captivated by the mystery and the beauty that make a person iconic and revered. “I am inspired to paint women in classic beauty, illuminate heroines with a Hollywood glow and revive vintage elegance in a contemporary age. I aim to capture the radiance of soft light and diffuse certain features contrasted by focused details. Bright colors and textures can give the eye a sensory pleasure. In my work I play with the balance of abstraction. I use loose but determined strokes to blend details and realism. My choice of media is acrylic followed by oil. Sometimes, I mix it up by starting with a gouache base. The luminescence in my art is often amplified with jewels and the glossy shine of silver leaf contrasting strong rustic textures. Mostly self taught, I’ve been lucky to have apprenticed with a few of the most skilled artists in Utah & California. Growing up in Utah in an extremely artistic family encouraged me to pursue my passion of art. The roller coaster of life took me from Utah to Las Vegas where I opened a studio teaching my photo realism style seen on www.LiquidLead-Art.com. A few hard years running a studio flew by once I found the peacefulness reflected in my art. Art itself is healing, so my creative inspiration has led me on the path of becoming an energy healer and yoga teacher. In my current studio in Newport Beach, painting full time and happily creating, I enjoy the occasional surf break to chase down a perfect glossy wave.” ~ Melody Owens Topics, Mentions and Links Art Therapy at Southwestern College & New Earth Institute: consciousness-centered graduate school for counseling and art therapy. Eco Artist Ashley Mazanec. The Love Today Exhibition February 11th, 2017 curated with Kate Ryan. Vibrational Painting Workshop July 15th, 2017. Slave to the Wave July 28 to August 28, 2017. Melody’s Instagram. Location 1980, Costa Mesa, CA. EMERSUS Water Protectors. “Water as a human right. Not a privilege.” www.PublicWatchdogs.org and San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump. Mt. Shasta. Book by Julia Cameron: The Artist's Way. Santa Fe, NM Day of the Dead Art. Liquid Lead Art - Bare Allurement painting. Helena Gorka Family Constellation - the “Knowing Field.” Rudolf Steiner’s Eurythmy “to form the space before it arrives on the canvas.” 50 shades of green. Every child is an artist without having to think about it. Richard Wagner Healing Music. Color and Music in the New Age By Helene Corrine and her other books. Life living tips You are your own source of love - starting with yourself. I experience love through the colors I use. How you see the world, is through the lense you choose to put on. I like my rose-colored glasses. Listen and connect to the small and still voice within you - and nature. Contact information Melody OwensFine Artist, Love is my medium.MelodyOwensArt@gmail.comwww.MelodyOwensArt.comwww.EncompassingTheArts.com@melodiousart on Instagram Using podsafe music from http://ccmixter.org/ Loveshadow - Almost Given UpNethis - SteadySpeck - Greensleeves (whatever mix)

Let's Talk About The Weather
Ep. 2 Marissa Quinn: Nature’s Narratives in Pen and Ink

Let's Talk About The Weather

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2017 31:06


www.LetsTalkAboutTheWeather.org From drawing friends’ pets as a seven-year-old to “Re-Wilding” herself along the West coast of the U.S., Marissa Quinn’s journey in pen and ink tells many of nature’s stories. Documenting endangered species, colony collapse, and surfing with dolphins and pelicans, Marissa shares her perspective on endearing humans beyond typical apex predators and drawing a deeper connection to land and sea. Links mentioned Marisa Quinn Art - http://www.marissaquinn-art.com Sea and Wander - https://sea-and-wander.com/pages/about Copa Vida - http://www.copa-vida.com Patagonia - http://www.patagonia.com/home/ Guest Contact information Marissa Quinn760-518-3062Email - marissaquinnart@gmail.comSkype: marissa_quinnWebsite - http://www.marissaquinn-art.com/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/marissaquinn/

Let's Talk About The Weather
Ep. 1 Andrea Polli: Professor of Art and Ecology

Let's Talk About The Weather

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2017 59:52


www.LetsTalkAboutTheWeather.org Professor Andrea Polli recounts how revolutions in weather computing and statements made by NASA scientists ignited her urgency to create eco-themed art. From lighting a Pittsburgh bridge with elegant wind turbines, to artistic display of air particulate matter, to transforming weather station information, Andrea is a bold model for eco artists everywhere. Links mentioned Eco Art Project Mona Bismark CenterArtCOP21 90 Degrees South Project, Sonic Antarctica Clean Air Carolina A Song of our Warming Planet Leonardo Environmental artist Andrea Polli brings energy use to light with workshops Biolcultura William McDonough Paul Hawkins Guest's Contact information Andrea Polli, PhD www.AndreaPolli.comMesa Del Sol Endowed Chair of Digital MediaProfessor, Art & EcologyFine Arts and EngineeringUniversity of New MexicoDepartment of Art and Art HistoryMSC04 25601 University of New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Therapy Chat
78: Eco-Art Therapy

Therapy Chat

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2017 41:58


Welcome to episode 78 of the Therapy Chat Podcast with host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C. This week's episode features Lanie Smith.   Lanie Smith is the founder of Integrative Art Therapy in Phoenix, AZ helping kids, teens and adults express themselves through art to improve wellness. Art therapy is the creative process of art-making to improve and enhance the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being of individuals of all ages. The creative process offers an outlet for self-expression and helps to resolve conflicts, develop interpersonal skills, manage behavior, reduce stress, increase self-esteem/awareness, and alter the brain state to improve overall functioning. As an Eco-Art Therapist and the owner/founder of Integrative Art Therapy, she has watched so many clients learn how to “bring the inside out and the outside in.” Her passion is to help you recognize your own innate beauty and wisdom as it’s reflected in the trees, mountains, wildlife, and in your own creativity. Her practice is designed to move clients out of chronic stress, overwhelm, and defensive reactivity into a sense of calm and inner peace; beyond the use of coping techniques. Ultimately, her clients shed unnecessary protective layers in order to become who they truly are. Together, they decide on what changes are needed and collaborate on the best path to reach the final destination, using EcoArt Therapy as the vehicle. In this episode, you will hear Lanie speak about what integrative art therapy involves, her work with eco-art therapy in dreamy draw mountain and her work can be used to support self-care. Resources https://integrativearttherapy.net http://www.ecobuddhism.org/wisdom/psyche_and_spirit/james_hillman https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eco-Art-Therapy-Creative-Activities-Earth/dp/0615901476 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mindfulness-Based-Ecotherapy-Workbook-Charlton-LMFT-S/dp/1514840103 Visit Therapy Chat website at Http://therapychatpodcast.com and send host Laura Reagan a voice message letting her know what you think of Therapy Chat! Did you like this episode? Did you dislike it? Let her know! Thank you for listening to Therapy Chat! Please be sure to go to iTunes and leave a rating and review, subscribe and download episodes.

Alternative Health Tools podcast
Ep. 059 Ashley Mazanec: Let’s Talk About the Weather

Alternative Health Tools podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2016 62:54


AlternativeHealthTools.com loves feedback! Ashley Mazanec is an eco musician and environmental justice advocate based in the San Diego area. She is a trusted voice in the movement towards a compassionate economy. Whether reaching audiences through song, speech, or environmental events, she aims to raise awareness of policies, technologies, science, and arts that have the power to balance the earth's ecosystem with our economy. She has performed alongside legendary artists, spoken on college panels, been broadcasted over public radio, and supported sustainability and festival events. A pianist since early childhood and recording artist since 2003, her original music is featured in corporate stores such as TJ Maxx, Hershey's, and Abercrombie Kids. Ashley's new LP, Let's Talk About the Weather, can be found across media channels, including iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Google Play Music and Bandcamp. Visit her Facebook page for updates and stay tuned for her conscious progressive rock band, The Altruists. Links mentioned “Warning Call” from Ashley’s LP Let’s Talk About the Weather. Gabe Lehner producer (9Theory). It's The Chemicals (feat. Scarub), Inspired Flight. Business For Benefit. B Corps. Book: Altruism by Matthieu Ricard. San Diego 350.org. RobGreenfield.tv. “Let’s Talk About the Weather” from Ashley’s LP Let’s Talk About the Weather. Tiny Houses. Ecovillages. Movie: Garbage Warrior. Garbage Warrior on YouTube. LocalEarth.org. Biogas Energy, LLC. Three things you can do: Community, Conscious Consuming, Getting out in nature every day. Jacquelyne Price, HHP, CNC, CCMH from episode 49: Kalos Transformational Healing (Grandma’s Magic) Upcoming Events 12/7 EcoDemocracy at T Short Galleries 7-9. 12/9 The Altruists at Hill Street Cafe 7-8. 12/10 The Altruists at Nates Garden Grill 6-8. 12/14 Solo eco-musical performance at San Diego Green Building Council Social 5:30-8. For easy tracking click HERE to track Let's Talk About the Weather performances, events, and soon-to-be podcasts. Also visit Ashleymazanec.com. The one thing people need to hearLive Compassion. Compassion for yourself. Compassion for your neighbor. Compassion for other creatures. Ask “Did I live compassion today?” Contact informationAshley Mazanec760-815-4652Ashleymazanec@gmail.comwww.AshleyMazanec.com Using podsafe music from http://ccmixter.org/Loveshadow - Almost Given UpNethis - SteadySpeck - Greensleeves (whatever mix) DISCLAIMERThe information contained in these podcasts and on this website is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional to diagnose your health condition and prevent self diagnosis. We do not dispense medical advice or prescribe or diagnose illness. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration or the American Medical Association have not evaluated, approved, or disapproved the material contained in these podcasts or on this website or its related material. No specific claims are made in relation to any health conditions or the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the devices contained in this website.

Alternative Health Tools podcast
059 Ashley Mazanec: Let's Talk About the Weather

Alternative Health Tools podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2016 62:54


AlternativeHealthTools.com loves feedback! Ashley Mazanec is an eco musician and environmental justice advocate based in the San Diego area. She is a trusted voice in the movement towards a compassionate economy. Whether reaching audiences through song, speech, or environmental events, she aims to raise awareness of policies, technologies, science, and arts that have the power to balance the earth's ecosystem with our economy. She has performed alongside legendary artists, spoken on college panels, been broadcasted over public radio, and supported sustainability and festival events. A pianist since early childhood and recording artist since 2003, her original music is featured in corporate stores such as TJ Maxx, Hershey's, and Abercrombie Kids. Ashley's new LP, Let's Talk About the Weather, can be found across media channels, including iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Google Play Music and Bandcamp. Visit her Facebook page for updates and stay tuned for her conscious progressive rock band, The Altruists. Links mentioned “Warning Call” from Ashley's LP Let's Talk About the Weather. Gabe Lehner producer (9Theory). It's The Chemicals (feat. Scarub), Inspired Flight. Business For Benefit. B Corps. Book: Altruism by Matthieu Ricard. San Diego 350.org. RobGreenfield.tv. “Let's Talk About the Weather” from Ashley's LP Let's Talk About the Weather. Tiny Houses. Ecovillages. Movie: Garbage Warrior. Garbage Warrior on YouTube. LocalEarth.org. Biogas Energy, LLC. Three things you can do: Community, Conscious Consuming, Getting out in nature every day. Jacquelyne Price, HHP, CNC, CCMH from episode 49: Kalos Transformational Healing (Grandma's Magic) Upcoming Events 12/7 EcoDemocracy at T Short Galleries 7-9. 12/9 The Altruists at Hill Street Cafe 7-8. 12/10 The Altruists at Nates Garden Grill 6-8. 12/14 Solo eco-musical performance at San Diego Green Building Council Social 5:30-8. For easy tracking click HERE to track Let's Talk About the Weather performances, events, and soon-to-be podcasts. Also visit Ashleymazanec.com. The one thing people need to hearLive Compassion. Compassion for yourself. Compassion for your neighbor. Compassion for other creatures. Ask “Did I live compassion today?” Contact informationAshley Mazanec760-815-4652Ashleymazanec@gmail.comwww.AshleyMazanec.com Using podsafe music from http://ccmixter.org/Loveshadow - Almost Given UpNethis - SteadySpeck - Greensleeves (whatever mix) DISCLAIMERThe information contained in these podcasts and on this website is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional to diagnose your health condition and prevent self diagnosis. We do not dispense medical advice or prescribe or diagnose illness. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration or the American Medical Association have not evaluated, approved, or disapproved the material contained in these podcasts or on this website or its related material. No specific claims are made in relation to any health conditions or the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the devices contained in this website.

the AP Collection
Eco Art Pgh, Ziggy Sawdust // LuvFest, Jami Marlowe

the AP Collection

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2014 67:41


This installment of the AP Collection focuses on one returning and one new guest. Ziggy Sawdust shares information about the upcoming Eco Art PGH event at the Pittsburgh Opera coming up this Thursday, November 13th at 7PM as well as some other holiday type events coming up soon. Then Jami Marlowe (a former resident of Brownsville, PA and Pittsburgher for the past twenty years) shares the story of her mother Billie Marlowe (pictured right)—a cook, mother, and friend to all she met. Billie passed away eight years ago and since then Jami has held an event to celebrate her mother's life and greatest ambition—to bring together friends and family around food. Every year, Luvfest collects cash donations to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank while participants enjoy food, beverage, live entertainment, and great company. This year LuvFest is Novemeber 14th starting at 7PM and is being held at the ToonSeum (945 Liberty Avenue) in Downtown Pittsburgh. Even if you have never met Billie Marlowe you can still get behind what she stood for—feeding people who need it most. During our conversation Jami shares stories about her mother and explains how former guest and forever friend of The AP Collection, Marcel Walker, has been adopted by her family. Get all the info you need about the upcoming events including tickets, times, and places below!   Ziggy Sawdust // Eco Art Pgh Tickets for Eco Art PGH Info on NakYouOut about Eco Art Pgh   Jami Marlowe // Luvfest   Facebook Event page Like on Facebook

The Green Divas
Green Light: Eco-Art 1

The Green Divas

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2011 1:39


Based on an excellent report from our GD Guest Co-Host Barbara Taylor, who researched some truly interesting and beautiful eco-artists.