Art Observing Nature
…and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough? Vincent Van Gogh Here’s a small collection of beautiful artworks inspired by each artist’s observations of the natural world around us.
Discussion: how can art serve eco-education on the Garden Route?
Join on Sunday 30 January 2022 at 10am in Wilderness on the Garden Route for an informal discussion about how art can help to educate, raise awareness & inspire action around environmental conservation, rehabilitation, and regenerative living. Contact Janet Botes … Continued
Plett whale sculpture
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A stunning new steel whale sculpture on Central beach in Plettenberg Bay works towards increased public awareness of the plastic pollution and marine litter problems we face. This project forms part of Nature Valley Trust’s TMF small grants programme and … Continued
Babiana villosula
Chris Lochner385 x 575 mmWatercolour on ArchesArchival framing Babiana villosula, a species of bobbejaantjie, has lost 80% of it’s habitat due to urban growth and agriculture, and now occurs only in scattered populations in the Cape region. They can still … Continued
Hippocampus capensis
Knysna SeahorseKnysna-seeperdjieiHashe Yolwandle Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: ActinopterygiiOrder: SyngnathiformesFamily: SyngnathidaeHippocampus capensis Boulenger 1900 Seahorses are found in shallow seas from Tasmania to the United Kingdom, and they feature in myths and legends from around the world (think of how they’re usually … Continued
Six Kingdoms Ecological Landscaping
Contact 076 6189 722 for indigenous gardens, edible landscaping and sustainable water management including ponds, rain management features, and water harvesting on the Garden Route (South Africa). Six Kingdoms is an incredible team of passionate, conscious and knowledgeable people who … Continued
Get into nature! Win with Greenpop & Cape Nature
“Get into Nature this festive season! Our Friends at Greenpop are hosting a restoration festival in 2021 and here’s your chance to win a free ticket plus a weekend away with CapeNature valued at R8000+ Enter now:https://bit.ly/GetIntoNatureComp“
#BeatPlasticPollution
Let’s Clean Up Our Home! Our home, Africa, is bearing a disproportionate burden of the global plastics crisis. For many African countries, plastic pollution is causing environmental devastation along with substantial human rights and child labour violations, specifically for those … Continued
A little reading list
I thought I’d share some interesting articles I came across recently. Happy reading! Earth Was a Very Different Place Before Mud A great mud boom 400 million years ago changed features such as the shape of rivers and the planet’s … Continued
LEARN & TAKE ACTION
According to Endangered Wildlife Trust’s red data list of South African mammals, 17% are deemed to be threatened with extinction and 10% are near threatened. In terms of our bird species, Birdlife SA’s research reveal that 132 threatened species are listed as … Continued
‘The Disappearing Shore’ by Roberta Park
So, I was gifted a copy of Roberta Park’s eco novella ‘The Disappearing Shore’ and decided to share about it here. I really enjoyed the honest message and depiction of the characters. Part 1 of the book gives snapshots – … Continued
Lycaon pictus
African wild dog / painted hunting dog / painted wolf / African painted dog Endangered, with only 1409 mature individuals, and numbers are decreasing The social structure of a wild dog pack is a fascinating, almost altruistic system. Like other pack animals there is a strict hierarchy, with … Continued
Resilience in times of great transition
We’re living in challenging timeswe’re living in exciting timeswe’re living through a great transitionwe’re learning new ways to bewe’re learning new ways to see As we move through this time, I am focusing my attention on learning to listen more. … Continued
Haematopus moquini
African black oystercatcher – Near-threatened The African Black Oystercatcher is one of the rarest oystercatchers in the world and is found only on the coasts of South Africa and Namibia. Because they nest in areas that are popular with man … Continued
Bunolagus monticularis
Riverine rabbit / Oewerkonyn / bushman rabbit One of the most endangered mammals in the world, with only around 500 living adults, and 1500 overall with an extremely limited distribution area, found only in the central and southern regions of the … Continued
What are you teaching through your work?
We are all teachers. Whether you create art, music or design, whether you work in an office, whether you create tinctures, veggie gardens or delicious meals for your family… We’re all creators. And we’re all teachers. We teach through our … Continued
Sandbat
Ingrid Coerlin Photographic Print FRAMED To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour ~ William Blake
Art made of the air we breathe, by Emily Parsons-Lord
TEDxYouth@Sydney Emily Parsons-Lord re-creates air from distinct moments in Earth’s history — from the clean, fresh-tasting air of the Carboniferous period to the soda-water air of the Great Dying to the heavy, toxic air of the future we’re creating. By … Continued
StateoftheArt Gallery Award finalist Monique Day-Wilde’s art
Artist Statement The building of a culture is essentially about growth – the layering of traditions and narratives and the connections made. Many symbols, personal to me, are also relevant in the broader South African context. With land being a … Continued
StateoftheArt Gallery Award finalist Balekane Legoabe’s art
Artist Statement: The fact that humans can simultaneously experience an array ofoverlapping emotions is something that has always fascinated me.As people, we have the ability to occupy more than one emotional state at a time, which means that our feelings … Continued
Land Art by Buse Mutan
Buse Mutan was born on March 11 th , 1982 in Izmir. She graduated from Dokuz Eylul University, Buca Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts Education in 2018. The same year, she started studying for a Master’s degree in Sculpture … Continued
Heather Green’s ‘My Tree’ & your invitation to plant a tree..
“An idea arrived to encourage everyone to plant a tree specifically for his or her own life (or on the birth of a child) in gratitude to the earth, Gaia, who supports and nourishes us daily. A tree is one … Continued
Pre-order your CYCLES 2020 journal by Rachael Amber
“If we cannot control our own tides, then we must learn to flow with them instead of against.” The Cycles Journal is an illustrated guide, by illustrator and artist Rachael Amber, to tracking your menstrual cycle alongside lunar influence. It … Continued
New species a week by Giulia De Amicis
” Infographics and illustrations about animal species and curiosities from the natural world. The project was initially thought and proposed as a content dedicated to a weekly science column for magazines and newspapers. Presenting endangered, unique or peculiar species as well as comparing pattern behaviour between animals, the … Continued
Centre for Alterity Studies (CFAS)
The Centre for Alterity Studies (CFAS) is a resource for the work of an international network of artists and researchers with interests in non-human otherness, encompassing animal, plant and mineral alterity. ON CONSCIOUSNESS: CALL FOR WORK The Centre for Alterity Studies is looking for … Continued
A restaurant, garden & dojo
Moksa in Ubud is a vegan restaurant, Permaculture garden and martial arts dojo in Ubud, Bali. Combining three things that I love: eating, gardening and martial arts. You are greeted by large bamboo growing at the entrance, and then enjoy … Continued
Write with New York City Trees
“Katie Holten has created a New York City Tree Alphabet. Each letter of the Latin alphabet is assigned a drawing of a tree from the NYC Parks Department’s existing native and non-native trees, as well as species that are to be … Continued
Honour your moontime
To all the ladies reading my blog, Your moontime, your body’s cycle, is sacred. The term “ritual” is derived from the Sanskrit word R’tu, which means “menstrual.” This etymology suggests that ritual in a general sense and menstrual acts have a … Continued
9 Angels – a fellow-ship that sails ahead in what a conscious business should be
The delicious vegan buffet works like this: dish your food, keeping tabs of what you are putting into your plate. Calculate what you are eating (measured per dishing spoon or as two pieces of tofu for example), and then place … Continued
Environmental art in a Taiwanese village
I found this great article on Art Radar, and it shows the power of art in our social and community capacity. Art connects us. It creates interaction. It gives hope. The article is from 2013, but it stays relevant 6 … Continued