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deep sustainability, art and philosophy, at university college cork

Last week I presented a talk on 'deep sustainability and the art and politics of forests' for the new trans-disciplinary series of seminars on 'Sustainability and Modern Society, organised by scientist Dr Edmond Byrne of University College Cork (UCC). I was warmly welcomed by all who braved a very wet night in Cork - there…Read more deep sustainability, art and philosophy, at university college cork

art, sustainability and modern society at university college cork

I have been very fortunate to have been invited to speak at a new course at University College Cork (UCC's) next week, Oct 16 2012, on art, sustainability and community. It's to UCC's credit in designing such a course when so much national focus is currently on the demise of the economy and rarely on…Read more art, sustainability and modern society at university college cork

Art & Sustainability quote from Bill McKibben: “Where are the books? The poems? The plays? The g***d***** operas?”

Bill McKibben, founder of an international environmentalist movement called 350.org, wrote an essay entitled “What the warming world needs now is art, sweet art,” in which he bemoans the lack of artistic reaction to climate change: “… if the scientists are right, we’re living through the biggest thing that’s happened since human civilization emerged. One…Read more Art & Sustainability quote from Bill McKibben: “Where are the books? The poems? The plays? The g***d***** operas?”