Arts & Ecology

This week's podcast is a conversation between guest interviewer Dr. Mike Edwards, co-founder of environmental organisation Sound Matters, and scientist and journalist Anna Turns who is the Senior environment editor of Conservation UK. Anna writes:  I specialise in crafting features and radio documentaries about sustainability, from climate change and renewable energy to marine issues, food and far...

Chantal Bilodeau is a Montreal-born, New York-based playwright and translator whose work focuses on the intersection of storytelling and the climate crisis. She is the founding artistic director of the Arts & Climate Initiative, where she has spearheaded initiatives for nearly two decades, getting theatre and educational communities, as well as audiences in the U.S. and abroad, to engage in climat...

Show notes Mentioned in the episode The Book of Trespass By Nick Hayes https://astridardagh.com https://www.evabakkeslett.com www.thecoferenceofthebirds.net Biographies Eva Eva Bakkeslett is an artist, filmmaker, curator and gentle activist, exploring the potential for social change through gentle actions and subtle mind-shifts. Her socially engaged practice often combines film, participatory even...

Arts & Ecology is a new podcast all about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future.  Each season we ask artists, authors, and curators one question. This season we ask, how can we tell better stories? This week's guests are ecologist Dr. Rich Blundell and artist Rita Leduc. Guest Bios: Rich My lived-experience is a deeply reciprocal relationship of continuity with natu...

Arts & Ecology is a new podcast all about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. Each season we ask artists, authors, and curators one question. This season we ask, How can we tell better stories?    In this episode,  Natasha  is in conversation with author, environmentalist, and financier Ben Goldsmith.    Ben is a British environmentalist and financier. He is a le...

Arts & Ecology is a new podcast all about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. Each season we ask artists, authors, and curators one question. This season we ask, How can we tell better stories?    In this episode, Natasha speaks with author, mythologist, and pyschologist Sharon Blackie.   Dr. Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist...

Arts and Ecology is a brand new podcast about the vital role art and culture plays in creating a regenerative future. This season we ask authors, artists, and curators one question: How can we tell better stories?   James Bridle is a writer, artist and technologist. Their artworks have been commissioned by galleries and institutions and exhibited worldwide and on the internet. Their writing has ap...

Arts & Ecology is a new podcast all about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. This season we ask artists, authors, anc curators one question: How can we tell better stories?   Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey (b. 1959/1959 England) are internationally acclaimed for creating works that intersect art, activism, architecture, biology, ecology and history.  Referencing...

Arts & Ecology is a new podcast all about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. This season we ask authors, artists and curators one question, "How can we tell better stories?" Not just about the many crises we face but about the regenerative future so many of us are working hard to build.   This week, we speak with author Katherine May. Katherine is an internation...

  Arts and Ecology is a podcast about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. This season we ask one question, "How can we tell better stories?" And not just about the many crises we face but about the regenerative future so many of us are working hard to build. Join your host, Natasha Rivett-Carnac, for these in-depth conversations with artists, curators, and author...

Arts & Ecology is a brand new podcast about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. This week, we speak with writer Liz Jensen. Liz is the author of eight novels including the eco-thrillers  The Rapture  and  The Uninvited. She is a founder member of Extinction Rebellion's Writers Rebel, a literary movement using words and actions to highlight the climate and ecologi...

This week on Arts & Ecology we do something a little different. Mike and Natasha discuss the new Arts & Ecology MA at Dartington Arts School, and you can hear the voices of our students at the end of the show. Mike and Natasha cover topics like the climate crisis, how to connect to the more-than-human, and what aesthetic tools can do to address the many interlocking crises we face today.   Student...

Arts and Ecology is a brand new podcast about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future.   This season we ask authors, curators, and artists one question: What is the artists' role during an ecological crisis?   In this episode, we interview Jay Griffiths. Jay is the award-winning author of six critically acclaimed books, including her latest book,  Nemesis: My Friend ....

Welcome to another episode of Arts & Ecology. This is our third episode and we're so glad you are joining us.    Arts & Ecology is a brand new podcast about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future.   In this episode, we talk to Dartington Arts & Ecology artist-in-residence, Jason Singh. Jason is a sound artist, nature beatboxer, producer, DJ, facilitator and performer...

Welcome to another episode of Arts & Ecology. This is our second episode and we're so glad you are joining us.  Arts & Ecology is a brand new podcast about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. In this episode, we talk to the historic Dartington Summer School Artistic Director, Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Sara is a music broadcaster, curator and writer. She is one of the be...

In this inaugural episode, Arts and Ecology co-host Natasha Rivett-Carnac and O + O Executive Producer Sarah Thomas discuss "Our Time on Earth," a major multimedia exhibition currently running at the Barbican in London with co-curator Caroline Till. Till is the co-founder of FRANKLINTILL, a research agency exploring design, colour, and material innovation for a sustainable future.    You'll also h...

Arts and Ecology is a brand new podcast about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. This season we ask one question, "What is the artists' role during an ecological emergency?" We interview authors, curators, and artists. It's hosted by Natasha Rivett-Carnac, Curator of Arts & Ecology at Dartington Trust, and Mike Edwards, Senior Lecturer at Dartington Arts School...