In Summer 2014, Invisible Dust will work with artist Eve Mosher to produce ‘HighWater Line’ where London communities will draw a bold chalk line through their streets, charting an area susceptible to increased flooding caused by climate change.
Visualizing Climate Change – the project began life in New York City in 2007 and was repeated in Miami this year. The project will run in London and Philadelphia in 2014
See more here
Sculpt the Future Foundation’s ‘Beat Waste Challenge’ first prize winner – Waste Ventures – addresses the UN in New York on 6 November 2013.
Waste Ventures, founded by young entrepreneur, Parag Gupta, is addressing the challenge of waste management in developing countries and the organisation provides cities with incentives, profit, and sustainable practices – offering practical solutions to an industry needing significant change.
Read Waste Ventures latest news here
Founded by the Swiss private bank Pictet & Cie in 2008, the Prix Pictet is the world’s leading prize in photography and sustainability. The award aims to uncover outstanding photography applied to confront the most pressing social and environmental challenges of today.
The Prix Pictet has two elements: the prize of CHF 100,000 and the Commission, in which a nominated photographer is invited to undertake a field trip to a region where the Bank is supporting a sustainability project.
Check out the Jury and shortlisted photographers here
The Slow Life Symposium convenes business leaders, scientists, NGOs, renowned thinkers and policy makers to help accelerate progress towards environmental sustainability. Participants discuss global issues and seek practical solutions that can be applied within a local context.
StFF Founder and Chairman, David de Rothschild, is a participant. See pre-event interview here.
Check David’s tweets from the Symposium on our front page
A newly opened nutrient recovery reactor in Slough, UK is set to revolutionize crop growing in the area. The new plant makes use of the phosphorus that clogs sewage pipes and could provide a sustainable alternative to the mining of phosphorus, which will be completely used up in a hundred years.
Read The Guardian’s take on it here and the BBC’s coverage here, which looks at the wider picture.
StFF believes in learning through adventure and that storytelling can inspire people, providing lifelong skills. This company’s work has been brought to our attention, so check out Fafu’s play stuff here.
We work really hard on making products that inspire children to find their own stories and ideas rather than following ours. We want the products to have endless possibilities and not have an obvious purpose so that the child will feel a bit puzzled and inspired to create and collaborate with other children.
Fafu
For more information, click here to see the Fafu video:
StFF beneficiary – Roz Savage – has had her new book published. ‘Stop Drifting, Start Rowing’ chronicles her three-stage Pacific voyage that took 300 days to cover 8,000 miles from Sausalito, Calif., to Madang, Papua New Guinea and promotes Roz’s environmental messages about everything from plastic pollution to rising sea levels.
Read more here
Picture: Courtesy Phil Uhl
Katharine and David Lowrie have completed their epic adventure – see The Guardian’s feature here.
Tomorrow (Saturday 26th October 2013) the couple will be in London celebrating their achievement. You are welcome to join them: 1430-16.30pm, 80-100 Victoria Street, SW1E 5JL , London.
This is the banner:
http://www.5000mileproject.
with details of the presentation and run.
We would absolutely love to see you.
Friend of StFF, Lloyd Godson, is on a mission to encourage young people to pursue STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) studies and careers, to conserve Australia’s unique marine biodiversity and to lead an active and healthy lifestyle.
His new project is ‘Sea Stars of STEM’ will create the ultimate underwater superhero headquarters for Tik and Bubbles, characters who will inspire young people to follow their dreams and change the world through action.
The project is raising funds to make an underwater headquarters a reality, to check out his page here and maybe you can help.
StFF beneficiary – Living On One – was supported to tour their film around the US in a renovated old bus and inspire young people to do what they can to make a difference through adventure and experiential learning. See project description on this website for details.
”Living On One Dollar’ has won Best Documentary at the Sonoma International Film Festival, and received endorsements from Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah, and the Director of the Hunger Games, Gary Ross.
You can buy Living on One Dollar, on iTunes and the website for $9.99. Every purchase from the Living On One website helps send their friends Chino and Rosa, the stars of the film, to school! Click here to buy
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