Community energy

Community energy

Community Energy has been a part of the UK’s energy strategy since 2014 following shifts in government policy and legislation. Policy only invites mountains to move but doesn’t actually cause them them to do so. According to our project partner Regen, the more recent...
1.5 degrees

1.5 degrees

#energy #renewables #ecoart #fossilfuels #climatechange #creativity #innovation It’s a very odd time in the tussle with the extractive industries. Most people ‘know’ that there is a problem – it’s almost something that can be felt, palpable, a corporeal intrusion. For...
Community energy

Community energy

Community Energy has been a part of the UK’s energy strategy since 2014 when the coalition government published the Community Energy Strategy. According to energy consultancy Regen, the more recent Net Zero Strategy published in 2021 mentions community energy 17 times...
balkonkraftwerk

balkonkraftwerk

Once again the UK plays catchup with our immediate neighbours with the imminent (so we’re told) arrival of plug-in solar panels. Could this moment also represent an arty challenge? This is timely, of course, given the extraordinary disruption to energy stability and...
Culture wars

Culture wars

I find it inordinately odd – and depressing – that climate change is so frequently dragged into politics and culture wars. I have been reading a recent piece in The Guardian about solar farms. Admittedly they are not uncontentious, primarily on two...
Storms

Storms

Storms... On a day like today, we just need to look forward… is due out later this year. We’re exploring the inter-relationships between culture, imagining, energy and creativity. When we were working on the concept for this book, it felt relevant and urgent. Today (a...