art and ecology

Aotearoa New Zealand welcomes the dawn of the International Day of Climate Action

Great to see my fellow Kiwis up and about so early - see http://www.350.org for the biggest international effort to wake up the world to the need to push for strong policy action ahead of the UN Copenhagen Climate talks in Dec. Huge amount of creative ideas by people's across the globe now - are…Read more Aotearoa New Zealand welcomes the dawn of the International Day of Climate Action

Great poster designers create for climate change in Ljubljana: a post for Blog Action Day

Do you look at posters when you are in a new place? I do and I happened across this great poster in Ljubljana recently. Don't you agree that the strongest message can sometimes be said with the simplest of materials. I wasn't surprised at all that this poster by Gaja Mežnarič Osole of Slovenia, gained…Read more Great poster designers create for climate change in Ljubljana: a post for Blog Action Day

Up a tree with Patrick Jones

I thought you might like to see the work of someone who wrote to me on my blog; these are his recent August sketches. Jones is an artist, poet, thinker, organic gardener, composter, father– and interested in looking deeply into the nature of his local environment and in earlier work, urban surroundings.  I don't think…Read more Up a tree with Patrick Jones