Our arts-science lecture series on “Ecology and the Metamorphosis of Modern Society”, in collaboration with the University of Bonn, was organized virtually from November 2020 to February 2021, so as to shift perspectives on ecology and open new dialogues through art.
Storytelling from the perspective of ice, or a stone, a tree, a branch, a ray of light, for me is such an intense way to build a relationship with the Earth. And language becoming a thing that doesn’t separate us from the natural world, but a way of entangling us in its system of exchanges.
“Caribou ribs separating from the cage is the same sound as tundra cranberries separating from the vine. When you are open to the land, it speaks to you.” says Inuvialuk artist Maureen Gruben, from her hometown of Tuktoyatuk in the Western Arctic.
The emotion driving my work has changed several times throughout my practice, initially, it used to be healing, and even at some point reconciliation. Now I think it’s more a desire to share, to spark curiosity, and start a conversation about the natural world.
STATE Studio collaborated with One Resilient Earth around the thought-provoking work of Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, ‘Designing for the sixth extinction’, as part of Hypertopia, an exhibition and decentralized program held in Berlin, from October to December 2020.
Our pick of the most hopeful, inspiring and engaging documentaries about the central role of food, Indigenous foodways, regenerative agriculture, and… mushrooms in addressing the climate emergency and so many other global crises. Enjoy!
A big part of our struggle seems to be aligned with intentional amnesia, or a community or society choosing not to acknowledge or see even the tribal communities as existing…
In India, there is so much fantastic imagination about times that are not present times, that are not necessarily past times either, but almost parallel time periods. Now in my expanded understanding of what futures thinking is about, I see all of it as future fiction, if not science fiction…
We need to deindustrialize the food system. That’s radical but it is what I believe. And when I say deindustrialize, I’m not saying de-tech it… It’s about using technology to help us farm with nature, not against nature. We need to start farming regeneratively, which means…
Resilience Frontiers, a collective intelligence process catalyzed by the United Nations Climate Change secretariat, laid the foundation for One Resilient Earth, by experimenting with futures thinking, mindfulness and art to envision a climate-resilient future. One Resilient Earth is now a partner to Resilience Frontiers.
Following Satish Kumar, personal transformation comes from the heart and not the mind. How could anyone shift from a consumerist mindset to a conservation mindset without falling in love with nature and recognizing oneself in nature? In other words, having a deep transformative experience is necessary for our hearts to open up…
From May to June 2020, One Resilient Earth was invited to help design and facilitate virtual workshops on the topic of ‘Pandemic, climate crisis and the uncertain future of local communities in Atlantic Canada,’ as part of a collaboration with the Centre for Local Prosperity, based in Saint Margarets Bay, Canada.
A collaboration with poet Alex Lambie to open an inclusive conversation about inner wisdom and connection to our community and nature in today’s world. Each Sunday at 5pm CEST until July 5th, 2020, join us for a free live reading of the poetic fable enki followed by a mini-workshop.
Emergence to me are the phenomena that can fill a void, previously overlooked by my own assumptions. It is the opportunity to notice something unnoticed, to appreciate something unappreciated, and to do something differently than anticipated.
In this episode of the Infinite Mosaic Galleries, we experience the sharp beauty of flowers and edible plants through the digital vision of German artist Achim Mohné.
I am lucky I wake up from nightmares every day. Do you? Those dreams feel so real that I have long wondered whether they are nightmares or travels through different bodies, times and spaces…