Apologies, the email got mixed up at my end - I was responding to the book description. My only excuse is that I'm sick at the moment, having trouble even typing - Best, Alan
On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 1:41 PM Alan Sondheim <sondh...@panix.com> wrote: > > > Just looked up the book, which I'd love to read - at least from Spring > it's way out of our price range - is there any pdf? Apologies if this has > already been answered, thanks, Alan > > On Mon, 1 Apr 2019, Helen Varley Jamieson wrote: > > > > > thanks for forwarding this edward. it looks like a good thing to > participate > > in. > > > > i recently came across https://www.missionlifeforce.org/, initiated by > > lawyer polly higgins who is working to make ecocide a crime punishable in > > the international courts. not specifically arts-related but it seems > like a > > really concrete positive thing to do. > > > > On 28.03.19 16:08, Edward Picot via NetBehaviour wrote: > > > > This just came to me via email: > > > > 'We are facing an unprecedented global emergency, the planet is > > in crisis and we are in the midst of a mass extinction event. > > Scientists believe we have entered a period of abrupt climate > > breakdown. Carbon emissions and temperatures keep rising; > > ecological collapse has begun. On this course we are likely?to see > > abrupt and irreversible devastation. The time for denial is over ? > > we know the truth about climate change. It is time to act. > > > > ? > > > > This is an invitation to write a letter of response to this > > crisis. This?could?be a letter to or from the Earth,?future or past > > generations, those who hold positions of power and influence, > > other species. The idea is open to interpretation: it can come > > from a personal place, be dramatic in form, be a call to action. > > The?invitation is open to all -?to think beyond the human narrative > > and to bear witness to the scale and horror of this crisis. This > > is an opportunity to ask how this existential threat affects the > > way we wish to live our lives and the action we take.' > > > > The full call-out is at https://www.letterstotheearth.com/ but > > the deadline is 12 midnight on 29th March, ie. tomorrow - so if > > you want to act, act now! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > -- > > > > helen varley jamieson > > > > he...@creative-catalyst.com > > http://www.creative-catalyst.com > > http://www.upstage.org.nz > > > > > > > > web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 347-383-8552 > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/wb.txt > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- *=====================================================* *directory http://www.alansondheim.org <http://www.alansondheim.org> tel 718-813-3285**email sondheim ut panix.com <http://panix.com>, sondheim ut gmail.com <http://gmail.com>* *=====================================================*
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