Podcast appearances and mentions of newton harrison

Our Story Weaver, Kaska, talks to Everyday Changemaker Simone Stewart at the Barn's “Plenty?” Festival in Banchory last October. They discuss degrowth and snails, storm Frank's influence on the Barn's creative direction, and the value of improvisation and community in an emergency. One year on, they also reflect on the impact of last year's flooding which interrupted the festival.   This is the first in a short series focusing on flooding and adaptation stories this month.   Credits Recording, interview and sound production: Kaska Hempel   Resources Storm Babet Stories from Angus https://sccan.scot/blog/storm-babet-a-watershed-moment-for-angus/ The Barn https://www.thebarnarts.co.uk/  Newton Harrison's The Deep Wealth of This Nation, Scotland https://www.thebarnarts.co.uk/artist/newton-harrison Becoming Earthly at the Barn https://www.thebarnarts.co.uk/article/becoming-earthly-at-the-barn  Far Orchard Network at the Barn https://www.thebarnarts.co.uk/article/the-far-orchard  Manfred Max-Neef's fundamental human needs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Max-Neef%27s_Fundamental_human_needs  What is degrowth? A beginners guide by Eilidh Connolly The Barn blog ttps://www.thebarnarts.co.uk/article/what-is-degrowth-a-beginners-guide  Degrowth reading list from Creative Carbon Scotland https://www.creativecarbonscotland.com/springboard-2023/reading-list/ Degrowth in Scotland on We Talk podcast (early 2022) https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nico-ndlovu

Brandon Ballengée has a unique quality of attention, one that is not constrained by traditional distinctions between art & science and working & living. He wants to share that capacity to witness to liberate everyone's imagination of what this world can be, a world we are of rather than just in. This ecological consciousness informs his work as a visual artist, biologist and environmental educator. Show Notes:biodiversity (07:00)trophic networks (13:10)ethnography and buffer zones (15:00)citizens getting involved to help biodiversityparticipatory and co-creative nature of his workcommons spaces (16:00)Garret Hardin Tragedy of the Commons (16:20)antiform and antidisciplinary (17:00)complexity (17:10)Malamp project (19:50)evince empathy not fear (21:30)consilience (23:15)the myth of either/or (24:00)the complexity in ushow do you do both art and science? (24:30)how we might approach conservation - connection (27:30)Ghosts of the Gulf exhibit (28:40)Stan Sessions (29:00)Taylor Energy Spill (32:30)What adaptation looks like (33:45)how we persist (35:00)giving yourself over to culture (38:30)Atelier de la Nature(39:00)Newton Harrison and ecological art (44:30)Project about cajun prairiethe impact of our actions (47:30)Rebecca Solnit - Hope in the DarkPoetry Unbound: Yusef Komunyakaa Praising Dark Placeslong view of time, the long arc of change (47:45)muscular hope (48:00)superorganisms and cooperation (50:00)civic engagement (50:30)Lightning round (55:00)Book: Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold (and EO Wilson's the Future of Life)Passion: food as a way to educateHeart sing: learning about gardeningScrewed up: process to make crude oil paintingsFind Brandon online:WebsiteTwitter: @bballengeeAtelier de la Nature'Five-Cut Fridays' five-song music playlist series  Brandon's playlist

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

This podcast focuses on a mix of climate change and ecological art, and how they both relate to Dynamic Competence. We're focusing on the experiential ecological and landscape art of Helen and Newton Harrison. Helen and Newton were part of only a handful of globally acclaimed artists known as ecopioneers in the 1960's and 70's. In these early days, Helen and Newton committed to only producing art that directly benefitted the ecosystems they were working in. This art is a combination of museum and gallery exhibits, paired with ecological restoration work on the ground and implemented through a wide range of global public and private partnerships. Over the years, they have built on their original environmental and ecological concerns in the 60's and 70's to reimagine how we interact with our surrounding landscapes to increase its energetic output in the midst of, and directly in response to, global climate change. Helen and Newton have received commissions from countries around the world, even corresponding with the Dali Lama on the reimagining of the Tibetan Plateau as a water retention landscape. Their first major work, the Lagoon Cycle, commissioned in 1973 and 74, is still considered a foundational work for the Art and Ecology Movement. Much of their work, preceding 2015, is summarized in their beautiful book, the Time of the Force Majeure. Thomas May joins us for the summary discussion. If you would like more information about the Harrison Studio see http://theharrisonstudio.net/

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.

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.

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

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

Helen and Newton Harrison are pioneers in the art and the environment movement since the 1970s. Over the last twenty years they have been doing projects and installations around art and climate change. Past projects have focused on watershed restoration, urban renewal, agriculture and forestry issues. see http://theharrisonstudio.net/?page_id=806 for the Force Majeure ebook. They are currently working with the Sagehen Creek Field Station for a long term art and climate change project. http://theharrisonstudio.net/