Theatremakers vs the Climate Fools in the White House
At the recent New York University The Reckoning: A Conference on Climate Justice on March 10-11, economist Jeffrey Sachs announced:
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Author: Chantal Bilodeau
The Visual Magic of Phantom Limb
Phantom Limb Company produces visually stunning work for the stage that combines dance and puppetry. Co-founded in 2007 by artist, director,
Plastic, plastic, every where!
Plastic, plastic, every where, All the fish are bereft; Plastic, plastic, every where, Not a soul is left. I met
Painting the Mysteries of Science
Irish painter Siobhan McDonald often collaborates closely with scientists in the creation of her work. Her sources of inspiration over the last
Why I’m Breaking Up with Aristotle
It’s me, of course, not him. After all, Aristotle and his posse of ancient Greeks gave us many of the elements that have become the foundation of Western Civilization. They gave us human rights, democracy, and the Olympics. They gave us philosophy, significant advances in mathematics, and medicine. And they gave us dramatic structure, the golden principle behind all of Western dramatic literature. That’s a lot to admire, I know. But I’m still breaking up with him. The thing is, our relationship has run its course. Given the new challenges brought on by a rapidly changing world and our inability to communicate effectively around them, and given the fact that I feel he doesn’t really see me as a woman, it’s best we go our separate ways. I have no doubt he’ll continue to be influential in my life—we had many good years together and I will forever value the lessons I learned from him—but in the end he’s too controlling and
Rhyming Science Over a Street Beat
A rapper is perhaps the last person I would expect to tell me about our global environmental issues. Yet rap
Nurturing Local Seeds Into Global Vibrancy: Climate Change Theatre Action
This article was originally published on HowlRound, a knowledge commons by and for the theatre community, on September 20, 2015.
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Our Affair With Energy
Our current energy consumption is to human civilization what an affair is to a marriage: the manifestation of a deeper
Pursuing Active Hope in Houston
What does the intersection of art and environmental activism look like? Along with Lina Dib and Tony Day, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human Sciences at Rice University, recently created Fossilized in Houston. Fifteen local artists were commissioned to produce images of species endangered by climate change. These images were then used to create lawn signs and thousands of posters and stickers that are being distributed throughout Houston in a guerilla public art campaign. Each week between March and July 2015, a new species makes its appearance. The goal is “to contribute to an enhanced intellectual and emotional awareness about climate change and the ongoing mass extinction, and hopefully push decision-makers in energy companies, city planners and individual citizens to reconsider collectively destructive yet normative behaviors.” Matthew wrote a great article about why this project matters in the Houston Chronicle. And photos of the lawn signs, posters and stickers in various locations around Houston can be found here. Where did the idea for Fossilized in Houston come from? Distantly,
Happy 45th Anniversary Earth Day!
This year is Earth Day’s 45th anniversary. Yay! Here are a few offerings for the occasion: • Wonder when it