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The Art of Resilience, 
The Resilience of Art

A paper on the  contribution of art  and culture to urban 
resilience and livability

 

Ideas about identity and social space are grounded in the possibilities of imagination, in streams of 
fantasy that rise up to either order or disrupt our comprehension of the world
— Helene Shulman and Mary Watkins

Art, resilience, and culture
Resilience, like art, permeates and shapes our cultures and constitutes a responsive and generative 
field that enlivens individuals, neighbourhoods, communities, institutions, and societies. Resilient cities adapt rapidly and creatively to constantly changing conditions. By moving beyond mechanistic 
approaches that focus on linear models of cause-and-effect to consider culture, complexity, and possibility, we see an opportunity to demonstrate locally and globally that achieving resiliency is an art as 
well as a science.

Eco-Lessons from Wine

By Jensen Montambault, The Nature Conservancy


Can you save the environment while relaxing with friends over a cup of vino? Science’s answer to this question is a resounding, “maybe.” It all depends on the way you look at how a bottle of wine is produced and what you are most worried about in the environment.

 

A recent study follows the (some might argue delightful) path of a bottle of wine in south-central Italy through its growing, harvest, vinting, bottling and shipping process. It’s called “life-cycle analysis” and it’s a way of determining a product’s impact on the environment from beginning to end.

 

Feeding the future: Saving agricultural biodiversity

 

 

How on earth are we going to feed 2 billion more people by 2050 as climate change depletes the land and water 
available?

We will have to produce more food with fewer resources.

The question is how.

The European Union is developing its Common Agricultural Policy in ways that we believe are good for Europe, and good for the world: towards more sustainability in agriculture.

Scotland has a big role in sustainable energy

27/ago/2013 May East - The ScotsMan

 

 

 

Sustainable energy — energy that is accessible, cleaner and more efficient — powers opportunity. It grows economies. It lights up homes, schools and hospitals. It empowers women and local communities. And it paves a path out of poverty to greater prosperity for all.” (UN Sustainable Energy for All)

 

The unprecedented growth in material wealth in the last two decades has led to a significant decline in global resources. With the global economy roughly doubling in size in each generation, we face the greatest societal challenge of our times – how can we improve the quality of human life for all while steering the developing world from the worst excesses of Western consumption and unfettered economic growth?

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