resources/readings

[Tamara Ashley]

Hi Everyone
Post your resources and readings in this forum and this will help keep everything organised in one easy to find place.

If lots of subjects get going then we will start different forums for them!

Enjoy.

[Tamara Ashley]

From John Lustig - thank you John!

The Big Oyster by Mark Kerlanski (sp?) - about water quality around Long Island
Evolution's End, etc. by Joseph Chilton Pearce - a neurologist whose work deals with the interelations of brain development and evolution
The Works: Anatomy of a City by Kate Ascher - a grown-up (but still illustrated) 'How Things Work' for the various infrastructure layers of New York City
Permaculture: Principles and Pathways beyond Sustainability by David Holgren - one of the seminal works on permaculture, giving form to a paradigm by fleshing out the unerlying principles
Conquest of the Land Through 7,000 Years, Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 99, USDA Soil Conservation Service by ? Loudermilk - a critique on the history of human sedentary farming practices
Design With Nature by Ian McCarr (sp?) - A Univ. of PA professor presenting permaculture-related designs applicable for Southeastern PA (my home)
Agriculture by Rudolph Steiner - the seminal tome of biodynamics by the mystic and founder of the Anthroposophical Society

[Tamara Ashley]

Permaculture resources from John Lustig - thank you John

The Big Oyster by Mark Kerlanski (sp?) - about water quality around Long Island
Evolution's End, etc. by Joseph Chilton Pearce - a neurologist whose work deals with the interelations of brain development and evolution
The Works: Anatomy of a City by Kate Ascher - a grown-up (but still illustrated) 'How Things Work' for the various infrastructure layers of New York City
Permaculture: Principles and Pathways beyond Sustainability by David Holgren - one of the seminal works on permaculture, giving form to a paradigm by fleshing out the unerlying principles
Conquest of the Land Through 7,000 Years, Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 99, USDA Soil Conservation Service by ? Loudermilk - a critique on the history of human sedentary farming practices
Design With Nature by Ian McCarr (sp?) - A Univ. of PA professor presenting permaculture-related designs applicable for Southeastern PA (my home)
Agriculture by Rudolph Steiner - the seminal tome of biodynamics by the mystic and founder of the Anthroposophical Society

[Jon Lustig]

Andrew recommended this YouTube video to witness the potential of permaculture design, in particular, using on-contour swales to resuscitate a desertified landscape : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sohI6vnWZmk

[Tamara Ashley]

post-colonial thinking/anti-racist resource:

Mbembe, Achille (2008) ‘What is post-colonial thinking?’ in Eurozine, available: http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2008-01-09-mbembe-en.html

[Tamara Ashley]

SCI ART RESOURCES

clarifications and updates appreciated

www.iland.org - Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art, Nature and Dance
www.artcatalyst.org - UK based SCIART agency
www.eartotheearth.org - Festival of sound, music and ecology
www.artsci.ucla.edu - art and science research
www.penpynfarch.co.uk - rural retreat centre for body/ecology in UK
www.dartington.ac.uk - have MA course in arts and ecology
www.rhizome.org
www.eyebeam.org
www.exitart.org
www.glowlab.org

[Olive Bieringa]

try this instead
http://artsci.ucla.edu/

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Penpynfarch
UK retreat center focussed on body/ ecology etc in the UK
http://www.penpynfarch.co.uk

Art and Science Collaborations
http://www.asci.org/


Tamara Ashley said:

SCI ART RESOURCES

clarifications and updates appreciated

www.iland.org - Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art, Nature and Dance
www.artcatalyst.org - UK based SCIART agency
www.eartotheearth.org - Festival of sound, music and ecology
www.artsci.ucla.edu - art and science research
www.penpynfarch.co.uk - rural retreat centre for body/ecology in UK
www.dartington.ac.uk - have MA course in arts and ecology
www.rhizome.org
www.eyebeam.org
www.exitart.org
www.glowlab.org

[Ian Garrett]

It's a bit of a self-plug, but I'd also invite people to check out the Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts:

sustainablepractice.org
connect.sustainablepractice.org
wiki.sustainablepractice.org

[margit seeds]

plugs are welcome!

Ian Garrett said:

It's a bit of a self-plug, but I'd also invite people to check out the Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts:

sustainablepractice.org
connect.sustainablepractice.org wiki.sustainablepractice.org

[margit seeds]

For an exploration of the emerging field of ecosomatics, and an investigation on drawing boundaries with technology, please read the multimedia document below. Enjoy, and Vaya con Gaia!
you can download it at the following url: