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Sublime Toxics with Christopher Wright

Date: September 22, 2023
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (AEST, Brisbane time)
Location: Online (via Zoom)
https://youtu.be/Q4KnJywotwU Join us for a fascinating discussion about the role of the arts in enabling us to see humanity's impacts on the living world, with “The Toxic Sublime: A Photographic Exploration of Degraded Landscapes”. In his presentation, Chris will outline a current photographic project entitled “Toxic Sublime” which explores the paradoxical beauty and mystery that […]

Deep listening to nature – with Andrew Skeoch

Date: September 6, 2023
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (AEST, Brisbane time)
Location: Online (via Zoom)
https://youtu.be/nPJBMdUjWtI Join us as Andrew Skeoch shares his observations from decades of making sound recordings of nature. Andrew will discuss his recent book - "Deep Listening to Nature" - in which he explores our relationship with nature and what we can learn from listening to the wondrous communications within the natural world. By tuning in […]

AELA’s Creative Conversations: with Jude Roberts and Helen Hardess

Date: August 8, 2023
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (AEST, Brisbane time)
Location: Online (via Zoom)
https://youtu.be/N0DX7jC2B4g AELA's Earth Arts program connects with artists and creatives around Australia, and in 2023/2024 we're inviting amazing artists to share stories about their work and what inspires them. On 8 August, please join us for a fantastic conversation with artists Jude Roberts and Helen Hardess. Jude and Helen will talk about their personal methods in […]

Voices of Nature 2020: Poetry as the Conservation of the Wild

Date: October 1, 2020
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm (AEST, Brisbane time)
Location: Online (via Zoom)
https://youtu.be/r9rljD6UE-A Poetry, among all the human arts, may be the most powerful in marrying the inner to the outer. Nothing but the lyric apprehension poetry practices—the seeing, the being, and the saying of Self and world—outs one’s inner life and, at the same time, invites the wider world in. The way of poetry wakes us […]

AELA’s Creative Conversations: with Marian Drew and Michelle Maloney

Date: May 25, 2023
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (AEST, Brisbane time)
https://youtu.be/Bsf5tzadC1I AELA's Earth Arts program connects with artists and creatives around Australia, and in 2023/2024 we're inviting amazing artists to share stories about their work and what inspires them. On 25 May, please join us for a fantastic conversation with internationally renowned photographic and visual artist, Marian Drew. Marian will discuss her personal and creative […]

AELA’s Creative Conversations: with Merete Megarrity and Renata Buziak

Date: April 12, 2023
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (AEST, Brisbane time)
https://youtu.be/H2r8KDWJ0aU AELA's Earth Arts program connects with artists and creatives around Australia, and in 2023/2024 we're inviting amazing artists to share stories about their work and what inspires them. On 12 April, please join us for a fantastic conversation with artists Merete Megarrity and Renata Buziak, about their nature-inspired arts practice. Facilitated by Dr Michelle […]

Launch of the 2022 Earthwords & Artlings Anthology

Date: September 29, 2022
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (AEST, Brisbane time)
Location: Online (via Zoom)
https://youtu.be/2H8MxpkBVVc Please join us to celebrate the launch of AELA's second Earthwords and Artlings Anthology: "Tipping Points" The Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) believes that cultural change is a vital part of building Earth centred law, governance and ethics. To explore and recognise the role of creativity and cultural expression in supporting humanity's connection to, […]

Regenesis: The Blue Mountains Creative Arts Network

Date: September 21, 2022
Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm (AEST, Brisbane time)
Location: Online (via Zoom)
https://youtu.be/DiqcSD9P3bA ABOUT THE REGENESIS PROJECT Through the Regenesis Collective (regenesis.org.au), the Blue Mountains Creative Arts Network is telling the new/ancient story of RE-GENESIS, a way out of our dark path of ecological and civilisational collapse that can be traced back to a foundational story of Western Culture in Genesis, Old Testament, Verse 1.26. This story from Western culture—the […]

What can we learn from Deep Listening to the natural world?

Date: September 19, 2022
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm (AEST, Brisbane time)
Location: Online (via Zoom)
https://youtu.be/m9lBlI3xasI Join us for a fascinating workshop about learning from the sounds of nature. Nature is rich in acoustic communication. To make sense of what we hear requires listening skills and learning the languages of the natural world. This takes us on a journey of discovery into the sentient lives of creatures, and the interactions […]

Performing for the Earth

Date: September 12, 2022
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (AEST, Brisbane time)
Location: Online (via Zoom)
https://youtu.be/ZMhWRe_aRAg Please join us for a fascinating discussion with Simon Kerr and Robin Davidson, about how the performing arts can stimulate, educate, provoke and support our connection to our planet, and to Earth-centred ideas and issues. ABOUT OUR WEBINAR In our webinar, Simon and Robin will share stories from their own experiences ‘performing for the […]