Category: Ecocentric
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What is a “Nature Person” and why does it matter?
By Mary White Finding myself increasingly in environmental activist spaces online during the last five years, I have noticed an identity crisis of sorts around the question “do I count as a ‘nature person’?” “Well,” I would think, “I care a huge amount about nature! I care about the planet and its ecosystems and the
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Blue Health in a Time of Drought and Flood
Before I sat down to write this I dropped my son off at a holiday club for a day of canoeing on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Devizes, Wiltshire. He’s a 12-year-old boy, with two dads and African-Carribean heritage. You might be wondering what this has to do with Blue Health and Climate Breakdown,
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Lusto – a dynamic museum
Lusto is the Finnish word for an annual ring of a tree, and it is the name for the Finnish Forest Museum. It’s a place to explore the Finnish forest as it grows over time, and the ways its use has changed over time. Now, Lusto is changing, to keep up with the times. The
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Yarmouth Springs Eternal: a reflection on the season
As the Spring season comes to an end in a burst of sunshine and rain to make way for Summer, so does Yarmouth Springs Eternal. Based in Great Yarmouth on the Norfolk coast, this community arts, walking and nature project celebrates and connects with overlooked ‘nature’ discovered around town. We’ve now spent our second Spring…
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Acts of River Kindness
In March 2021, Climate Museum UK ran two Acts of River Kindness workshops online for Lewisham residents, as part of a programme funded by Lewisham Local. The sessions were co-run by James Aldridge, Beckie Leach and myself Lucy Carruthers, each introducing our creative practice relating to rivers. James demonstrated how to make a concertina sketchbook
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The Pandemic and the Earth crisis
About this post It’s more than a post! It’s an experiment in contemporary collecting, responding to the emerging Covid-19 pandemic. Although published in March it was regularly updated until August 2020, and some additions are still being made. As a team and wider community, we are sharing our findings and questions as we consider: what
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