Guest Blog by Charlotte Webster: Can we put the environment at the heart of culture by 2020?
Charlotte Webster is is founder and curator of the environmental art platform Human Nature, which produces events and projects promoting art and sustainability.. This is the challenge Human Nature has set itself. By Human Nature I mean myself as founder, Tim Godwin, Creative Director and the growing number of international artists we work with. We’re an environmental art platform based in London, carving a space for artists and organisations who value nature to be heard, collaborate and enhance one another’s voice. Our vision is a world in which nature thrives. Our artists and partners share that vision. The premise is simple, together we are more powerful. The art and environment today The political, commercial, technological and scientific direction we must take is clear. But I’m looking at the less defined role of the arts and culture in our transition to a low carbon society. Art as a means to touch emotions, be the visual, visceral, subtle, powerful means fo...