I'm a bit of a fan of the Dark Mountain project. Set up by Paul Kingsnorth and Dougald Hine, they're trying to get art forms to look the realities of climate change in the eye.

Having set up the organisation with crowd funding, they're now trying to raise money to produce a high quality journal.

Take a look here.

http://www.indiegogo.com/darkmtn

There's also a Dark Mountain Festival at the end of may which includes appearances from from Alastair… Continue

http://lcace.org.uk/home.php?id=4:16:120:389:0

"On Friday 22 January 2010 a panel including writer, director and producer Armando Iannucci, playwright and actor Kwame Kwei-Armah, writer A.L. Kennedy, psychotherapist Susie Orbach, author Karen Armstrong, musician Brian Eno will gather at St George's House, Windsor Castle, for a day-long symposium to look at this age-old conundrum through modern eyes.

The Chatham House-style event has… Continue

I've just written a blog post mentioning Kate Thompson's book The White Horse Trick here; if you're looking for a book for a teenager (at heart or otherwise) which encounters climate I heartily recommend it. It's funny and doom-laden simultaneously, whi… Continue

If this story from Copenhagen hasn't reached you yet, enjoy! and pass it on - truly an inspiration:

FROM ITHACA, NY DELEGATE DOMENIC FRONGILLO:
Time is running out. Science says we have at best a few years to turn this enormous ship around. It seems that nothing short of a unified and powerful movement will create the political imperative to move. We have to quickly expand our notion of what is possible for the world and of what we ourselves are capable of.

Here’s a video which does just that.… Continue

http://tinyurl.com/yhqtu7o
"CRUMB aims to help those who 'exhibit' new media art, including curators, technicians and artists."