http://www.metafilter.com/tags/environment+art Posts tagged with 'environment' and 'art' at MetaFilter. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:13:44 -0800 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:13:44 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/82559/What%2DWould%2DIt%2DLook%2DLike <a href="http://www.globalonenessproject.org/">The Global Oneness Project</a> is exploring how the radically simple notion of <a href="http://www.globalonenessproject.org/videos/whatwoulditlooklike">interconnectedness</a> can be lived in our increasingly complex world. They travel the globe gathering stories from <a href="http://www.globalonenessproject.org/interviewee/bob-randall">creative</a> and <a href="http://www.globalonenessproject.org/interviewee/ibtisam-mahameed">courageous</a> people who base their lives and work on the understanding that <a href="http://www.globalonenessproject.org/videos/goptrailer">we bear great responsibility for each other</a> and our shared world. They hope that by showing the diverse ways oneness is expressed—in the fields of <a href="http://www.globalonenessproject.org/videos/knowinghowtonurtureourselves">sustainability</a>, <a href="http://www.globalonenessproject.org/interviewee/mc-mehta">conflict resolution</a>, <a href="http://www.globalonenessproject.org/interviewee/angel-kyodo-williams">spirituality</a>, <a href="http://www.globalonenessproject.org/interviewee/napi-waaka">art</a>, <a href="http://www.globalonenessproject.org/videos/threattolivingcommunities">economics</a>, <a href="http://www.globalonenessproject.org/interviewee/don-alverto-taxo">indigenous culture</a>, and <a href="http://www.globalonenessproject.org/videos/sharingpower">social justice</a>—others will be inspired to <a href="http://www.globalonenessproject.org/videos/ubuntu">create solutions</a> to personal and community challenges from their own lived understanding of oneness. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.82559 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:13:44 -0800 art conservation courage creativity culture economics environment existentialism globaloneness interconnectedness justice oneness resolution spirituality sustainability netbros http://www.metafilter.com/75783/Elemental%2DArt <a href="http://webecoist.com/2008/09/28/elemental-works-of-art-epic-examples-of-earth-art/">Elemental ‘Earth Art’: 15 Epic Land Formations.</a> <a href="http://webecoist.com/2008/10/05/elemental-earth-art-water-ice-formations-phenomena/">15 Epic Water and Ice Formations and Phenomena.</a> <a href="http://webecoist.com/2008/10/12/fire-as-art-flares-lightning-smoke-and-meteors/">12 Elemental Fire and Light Formations and Phenomena: Flares, Lightning, Smoke and Meteors.</a> <a href="http://webecoist.com/2008/10/19/air-cloud-light-color-formations-phenomena/">10 Breathtaking Natural Cloud and Color Formations.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.75783 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:45:07 -0800 Art Earth Environment Photography homunculus http://www.metafilter.com/72391/Museum%2Dof%2DNature <a href="http://koti.phnet.fi/halsilk/pagenglish/museumofn.html">The Museum of Nature</a> by <a href="http://koti.phnet.fi/halsilk/pagenglish/info_e.html">Ilkka Halso</a>. <small>[Via <a href="http://www.ectomo.com/">Ectoplasmosis!</a>]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.72391 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:30:20 -0800 Art Environment Photography Science homunculus http://www.metafilter.com/66041/Illustrations%2Dof%2Dprimates <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/10/photogalleries/primate-pictures/photo15.html">Look at that tail!</a> <a href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/29/primates/index.html?ex=1351396800&en=6ddfdefe55c72f78&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">Stephen Nash</a> has illustrated the most endangered primates (image gallery: <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/10/photogalleries/primate-pictures/index.html">part 1</a>, <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/10/photogalleries/primate2-pictures/index.html">part 2</a>) -- so faithfully over the years that <a href="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2002/2002-06-24-06.asp">one now bears his name</a>. The just-released "<a href="http://www.primate-sg.org/T25full07.htm">Primates in Peril</a>" report has full profiles of each animal, along with all of Nash's illustrations (including those replaced by photos in the gallery above -- don't miss the <a href="http://www.primate-sg.org/abelii07.htm">sumatran orangutan</a>!). tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.66041 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:31:35 -0800 apes art endangeredspecies environment gibbons gorillas illustration IUCN lemurs monkeys orangutans primates stephennash salvia http://www.metafilter.com/65330/speculative%2Dlandscapes%2Dand%2Dradical%2Dreconstruction <a href="http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/without-walls-interview-with-lebbeus.html">An interview with Lebbeus Woods</a> -- designer and illustrator of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bldgblog/sets/72157602238729872/">speculative futuristic landscapes and buildings</a>. Woods just set up <a href="http://lebbeuswoods.net/">his own website</a>, which has an amazing quantity of drawings, photographs, and text focusing on his lesser known projects <small>[for those willing to deal with a frustrating <strong>flash</strong> interface and <strong>sound</strong>. It's better in IE than Firefox.]</small> From his comments at a recent conference (<a href="http://subtopia.blogspot.com/2007/06/subtopia-meets-lebbeus-woods.html">transcript</a>, <a href="http://www.cityofsound.com/blog/2007/06/postopolis_lebb.html">summary with video</a>) and the overview to his website, it appears he wants to start some <a href="http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/">conversations</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.65330 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:48:44 -0800 architecture art buildings cities environment flash illustration landscapes LebbeusWoods nature scifi speculative salvia http://www.metafilter.com/64728/Contemporary%2DPhotography%2Dand%2Dthe%2DEnvironmental%2DDebate <a href="http://www2.oakland.edu/shatteringearth/index.cfm">Imaging a Shattering Earth:</a> <a href="http://www2.oakland.edu/shatteringearth/gallery.cfm">Contemporary Photography</a> and the <a href="http://www2.oakland.edu/shatteringearth/iconography.cfm">Environmental Debate</a>. Featuring the work of <a href="http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/">Edward Burtynsky</a> (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/47420/Edward-Burtynsky-Rock-of-Ages-images">previously</a>), John Ganis, <a href="http://www.petergoin.com/">Peter Goin</a>, Emmet Gowin, <a href="http://www.davidthanson.net/">David T. Hanson</a>, <a href="http://jonlong.com/">Jonathan Long</a>, <a href="http://www.davidmaisel.com/">David Maisel</a> (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/36076/Photography-of-David-Maisel">previously</a>), <a href="http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~dmcmill/index.html">David McMillan</a> (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/33246/just-pictures-no-questionable-backstory">previously</a>), <a href="http://www.parkeharrison.com/">Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison</a> (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/42586/Surreal-photography">previously</a>), <a href="http://www.johnpfahl.com/">John Pfahl</a>, and Mark Ruwedel. Via <a href="http://web.ncf.ca/ek867/wood_s_lot.html">wood s lot</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.64728 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:10:24 -0800 Art Environment Photography Pollution homunculus http://www.metafilter.com/63659/Industrial%2DScars <a href="http://www.industrialscars.com/">Industrial Scars.</a> <a href=http://www.practicalethics.net/gallery_fair.html>Photography</a> by <a href=http://www.jhenryfair.com/>J. Henry Fair</a>. <small>[Via <a href=http://blog.wired.com/underwire/>The Underwire</a>.]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.63659 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:10:07 -0800 Art Conservation Environment Photography Pollution homunculus http://www.metafilter.com/56344/Environmental%2DVisions%2DPresent%2Dand%2DFuture <a href="http://www.marymattingly.com">Mattingly Global</a>, by <a href="http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.2041601/k.8D85/Mary_Mattingly.htm">Mary Mattingly</a>, and <a href="http://www.greetingsfromsaltonsea.com/">Greetings From the Salton Sea</a>, by <a href="http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.2041639/k.9716/Kim_Stringfellow.htm">Kim Stringfellow</a> -- two web projects featured in the International Center of Photography's <a href="http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.2031117/k.C899/Ecotopia.htm">Ecotopia</a> exhibit. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.56344 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:19:35 -0800 art earth environment icp kimstringfellow marymattingly photography jrb223 http://www.metafilter.com/43040/disposable%2Dchopstick%2Dart <a href="http://kwytzakraft.com/">Chopstick Eco-Art</a> Choose from <a href="http://kwytzakraft.com/images/products/detail/J-034.htm">wine racks</a>, <a href="http://kwytzakraft.com/images/products/detail/LH-005.htm">hanging lamps</a>, <a href="http://kwytzakraft.com/images/products/detail/Z-201.htm">candle holders</a> and <a href="http://kwytzakraft.com/products.htm">more</a>. "<a href="http://kwytzakraft.com/about.htm">We genuinely hope that one day we will no longer be able to make our products</a> as a result of heightened preservation efforts." <small><i>[via</i> <a href="http://presurfer.meepzorp.com/archive/2005_06_01_archive.html#111950368234239566">The Presurfer</a>]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.43040 Fri, 24 Jun 2005 22:49:30 -0800 art china chopsticks environment mediareport http://www.metafilter.com/34915/Rosemary%2DMoscos%2DBird%2Dand%2DMoon <a href="http://www.toothdemon.net/birdandmoon/complete.html">bird and moon</a> tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.34915 Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:43:50 -0800 art birdandmoon comic environment games nature rosemarymosco science Fourmyle http://www.metafilter.com/29506/ecological%2Dart Ecological art takes many forms, <a href="http://www.greenmuseum.org/content/artist_index/artist_id-30.html">fascinating</a>, <a href="http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/images/Ecology/prayer.html">beautiful</a>, <a href="http://www.greenmuseum.org/content/artist_index/artist_id-12.html">provocative</a>, <a href="http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/images/I/iris.html">ephemeral</a>, <a href="http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/images/Ecology/wheatfield.html">live</a>, <a href="http://www.greenmuseum.org/content/artist_index/artist_id-34.html">active</a>, and even <a href="http://www.greenmuseum.org/content/artist_index/artist_id-72.html">bloggy</a>. See <a href="http://www.greenmuseum.org/">greenmuseum.org's featured artists</a> and visit the Getty's <a href="http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/images/Ecology/index.html">Ecological Art Gallery</a> (see also <a href="http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/resources/Ecology/Earth/index.html">Art and the Earth</a>, six photo essays). tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.29506 Tue, 11 Nov 2003 03:45:40 -0800 art earth ecology environment environmentalart photography taz