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| Ecomundi is the latest trading arm of The Mundi Group Ltd, a company which
operates on a commercial basis, but with a strict adherence to sustainability
in all its forms, relating to producers, customers, partners and the
environment. The business exists to make a profit, but, much more
importantly, it exists to make a difference. The shareholders and
directors share a common belief that it is unsustainable for businesses
to continue to ignore the full costs of their activities in terms
of impact on their surroundings, and exploit the natural resources
of the planet without due regard for the generations yet to come and
use their position and financial muscle at the expense of small farmers
and producers all over the world in the quest for maximum profit. A rich source of ecological products.. http://www.mundigroup.com/index.php/ecomundi |
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The Artists' Co-op
has been founded by a group of New Zealand artists who, for the most part, work outside the traditional areas of painting and object sculpture, in the more ephemeral realms of performance and conceptual art. With the aid of a $3000 QE II establishment grant the Co-op provides, for all interested artists in any field, studio, performance and exhibition space outside the public and dealer gallery set-up. It aims to protect and nurture artists' interests, to make art a more vital force in the community and to connect New Zealand artists with an international network of similar and like-minded organisations.
Their most recent event however is the most adventurous step it has taken yet to come to terms with recent art movements. The exhibition, entitled Work, is a documentation with photographs, tapes and video of recent work by Barry Thomas, Eva Yuen, Ian Hunter, Terry Handscombe and Ross Boyd - all of them Artist's Co-op committee members. Of the five, Barry Thomas is the most well-known. He sky-rocketed to fame early this year with his cabbage plantation on the demolished Duke of Edinburgh/Roxy Theatre site in the centre of Wellington. This cabbage patch, planted in such a way as to spell the word CABBAGE immediately captured the imagination of both the media and the public and engendered a flurry of other activities on the site, culminating in a week-long festival recently when the cabbages were ceremonially harvested. Click below for more links:
http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/11/02/vacant-lot-of-cabbages-documentation-enters-te-papas-archives/
http://bat-bean-beam.blogspot.co.nz/2011/10/occupy-wellington.html
http://bowalleyroad.blogspot.co.nz/2010/08/riders-of-storm.html
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| Ecofirms
provides a free service to help organizations, companies, as well
as individual visitors find a viable resource within the eco industry
in the US and Canada. It provides a searchable index of companies,
links, and a free listing to anyone wanting to be on the index. The
categories cover Foods and Dining, Health and Wellness, Issues and
Solutions, Media and Advertising, Eco Friendly Products, Ecological
Services, Eco Energy, Sources, Eco Tourism. A well organised site
invaluable for research. ..http://www.ecofirms.org/ |
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greenmuseum.org
- a new online museum of environmental art, advances creative efforts
to improve our relationship with the natural world. Their goal is
to inform, inspire and connect people through environmental art
and encourage the creation of new work that serves their communities
and ecosystems. The site has three main sections: Artist Section
presents images and documentation of artwork, writings and online
exhibitions. Community provides a full listing of Events, Opportunities,
and Links.... www.greenmuseum.org
A typical example
of an artist's work on this site are the impressive stone and earth
sculptures of New Zealand artist, Chris
Booth. They are feats of balancing, engineering and a widely
conceived sense of place. Stacked stone forms refer to their origins
in volcanos or river banks and are often gathered in consultation
with representatives of local indigenous people... http://greenmuseum.org/content/artist_index/artist_id-30__nosplit-z.html
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Centre
for Alternative Technology - Europe's foremost Eco-Centre
- an educational charity striving to achieve the best cooperation
between the natural, technological and human worlds. At their centre
in Wales, UK, they test, live with and display strategies and tools
for doing this. The website will take you on a tour round the centre
and show their work in solar heating, low energy building, wind
power generation, and list their publications and other attractions
(and how to get to their Welsh site) ..
http://www.cat.org.uk/
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Rocky
Mountain Institute - An
entrepreneurial, nonprofit organization created by Amory and Hunter
Lovins, that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources
to create a more secure, prosperous, and life-sustaining world.
Site rich in information and constantly updated.
http://www.rmi.org/ |
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GREENPEACE
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rich source of green information of all kinds - statistics, technical
information, campaigns, links to other sites. What more needs to
be said.. http://www.greenpeace.org/ |
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Coalition of Green Artists, a group of professional artists
and philanthropists committed to environmentally-friendly approaches
to creativity, has launched a project to promote an innovative solution
to the need for art supplies and materials in schools and community
recreation centers and to teach the benefits of recycling to students
and artists...http://greenartists.tripod.com |
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| Dreamfish.org
is an open creative network of people who are committed to bring forth
a just, sustainable, healthy world. "We believe that sustainability
grows in an environment of creativity, multiculturalism, diversity,
health, compassion, and celebration. DreamStream is our collective
blog, an intercultural interdisciplinary space where registered users
of dreamfish.org have conversations about sustainability innovation.
Swim in the stream for inspiration, knowledge, news, videos and fun"...Site
that relies on voluntary contributions and whose aims deserve support....http://www.dreamfish.org/ |
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| GreenNet
is part of the only global computer network specifically designed
for environment, peace, human rights and development groups. It offers
email and its own special conferences, as well as the usual range
of dial-up Internet services... http://www.gn.apc.org/ |
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| Stuff
in the Air - sets out to explain modern meteorological processes
and techniques, scientific concepts as well as meteorology and weather
systems. An increasing number of pages include enlightening photographs
and physical science articles. It was created to some extent for the
use of students exploring career options, educators of such students
and other members of the public who may be looking for answers to
important questions like global warning. A site that is rich in
useful ecological information and hard to classify, but very well
designed and supported. ...
http://www.stuffintheair.com |
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EVENTS
| This
year 2012 the ANTI
- Contemporary Art Festival programme works on the themes
of man's relationship with nature and the connection between sexuality
and the body as well as the natural state of the human body. Artist
Heather Cassils will perform her work Teresias in the classical assembly
hall in the Kuopio Provincial Government building. Teresias is based
on the Greek myth and deals with the transformation of the body. Australian
artists Makeshift invite people to help them preserve seasonal food.
In the end the jars will contain pickles and jam but also discussions
and moments lived together. A stimulating site featuring this year
an environmetal theme in their festival programme - links to other
years.. http://www.antifestival.com/2012/eng/luonnonanti/ |
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Cheng-Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Project
This website is about an international environmental art project held each year in Cheng Long Wetlands, Kouhu Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. The art project consists of site-specific sculpture installations focused on environmental issues and to promote public awareness. Artists work with the community and school children in Cheng Long village in rural south-western Taiwan. Five international artists (3 from other countries and 2 from Taiwan) are selected each year from a Call for Proposals to artists all over the world. The founder and curator is American environmental artist Jane Ingram Allen, living in Taiwan since 2004 when she came there as a Fulbright scholar artist in residence. This site is a blog following the annual project (in English and Chinese)....http://artproject4wetland.wordpress.com/ |
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Hackwood Arts Festival 2011 - Planning for the fifth Hackwood Art Festival from 24th to 26th June 2011 is well underway and we look forward to an exciting year. Building work means it will take place in the stunning grounds of Huish House, less than half a mile from Hackwood Farm. The Festival started in 2005 and since the beginning have helped raise over £100,000 for charity and have been keen to champion eco-art, showing the work of such artists as Steve Yeates (sculpture from recycled vandalised bus shelter glass), Darren Greenhow and Tracey Falcon. We are always looking for new artists and particularly eco-artists
The Festival aims to bring greater understanding and appreciation of ecological contemporary art to all parts of the community and to assist working and amateur artists to promote their work. Supporting artists enables them to work and the public to enjoy the fruits of their work, so please come and enjoy the Festival and buy a picture or two or take part in one of their workshops.... http://www.hackwoodartfestival.co.uk/ |
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SHOPPING
| Arte
Ideas is a company in the UK which aims to bring you an inspiring
collection of Fashion and Lifestyle products which do not compromise
ethics for style, whilst helping to make a worth while contribution
to our planet. Their long term ambition has always been to make a
difference to people's lives and work towards a sustainable society.
They feel trade should be fair to both the people who manufacture
the products and the environment and all these considerations are
included in the way Arte Ideas do business. They are committed to
improving the impact on the wider community and the environment. They
provide a platform for an inspiring selection of eco-friendly products
but also showcases local designers who care about our planet. A
site offering ecologically produced stylish and recyclable goods online...http://www.arteideas.co.uk/ |
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| Andrea
Jansen - is a maker of Gourd art. Once used solely for utilitarian
purposes such as water carriers and ceremonial vessels, gourds are
now being taken to a higher level and decorated as never before. The
type of gourd she uses is from the calabash tree found here on the
island of Puerto Rico, called an higüera. Its delicate looking
shell is misleading; it is hard, dense and solid, and allows her to
design and carve many shapes not possible with vine-grown gourds.
She lives and works in Puerto Rico and has won prizes in California
for her gourd art. Her simply designed site shows and sells her
varied and attractive work including lamps whose shape is created
as the gourd grows.... http://www.andreajansendesigns.com/index.htm |
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| The
Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper Company -Designers and manufacturers
of recycled, odorless paper products made from elephant dung. Journals,
note boxes and greeting cards and other unique gifts from 'poo paper'.
The company is focused today on the production, innovation and marketing
of all sorts of fun products made from elephant poo! "We have
a fun and dynamic international team at our modest outfits in N. America,
Australia, Japan, and Europe where we spread the word and sell our
products as well as in Asia where we make all our fantastic products
using age-old paper making techniques, evolved locally over hundreds
of years. A portion of our profits from the sale of each product from
The Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper Company is directed to worthwhile
conservation and welfare projects...". Another site offering
ecologically produced paper products..... http://www.poopoopaper.com/index.html |
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Exotic Paper Company is the UK’s sole supplier of the complete
Ellie Poo and Ellie Eats range of 100% recycled papers. The Sri Lankan
elephant has a very inefficient digestive system whereby almost 45%
of it’s food intake is passed through as undigested matter... This
site describes the process of collecting the material, making the
paper in their modern mill near Hemel Hempstead. Together with their
own comprehensive selection of recycled inclusion papers, they offer
a varied, unique, ecological, ethical, biodegradable, acid free and
‘green’ source of 100% recycled papers, stationery, greetings cards
and paper gifts made from Sri Lankan elephant dung which has a warm
beige colour..... Fascinating and well designed site with ideas
for eco gifts and paper to paint or print on... http://www.elliepoopaper.co.uk/ |
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| ECOMALL
- "Earth's Largest Environmental Shopping Center". A site where
you can search for Green products and links to sites with information
about the environment. There is a good search facility by keywords,
or by categories. Not much about art, but lots of links of interest
to artists.... www.ecomall.com |
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| Pibiones
by Antonello - exclusive fashion accessories and luxury handbags
made with hand-woven eco-friendly fabrics. In the heart of Sardinia
in a region known as the Mejlogu; on top of an inactive volcano rises
Siligo a small village of 1000 inhabitants... It was in this vibrant
rural community that Antonello grew up. It was here that he started
to discover the wonders of the luxury hand-woven eco-friendly fabrics...
It was while living in constant contact with the traditional woven
articles (including luxury carpets, luxury tapestries, luxury furniture
mats and festival trappings for the horses and oxen), that Antonello
first developed his interest in luxury eco-friendly fabrics which
would become his passion..A site for the urban rich to satisfy
their consciences by buying ecologically made luxuries.... http://www.pibiones.com/ |
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| Canyon
Spirit Gallery - Bonnie Antich moved to Colorado in
the early 1980's. In 1994 she took pottery lessons, finally fulfilling
her passion for art. In 2002 she and her husband, artist/furniture
maker Scott LeCocq, purchased a historic building in Old Town
Fort Collins and opened their Gallery powered by renewable energy...http://www.canyonspiritgallery.com |
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