Artist, Heather Jansch Artist Heather Jansch was born in Essex in 1948 and studied fine art at Walthamstow and Goldsmiths College in London. Jansch has always had a passion for horses and it is this passion that led her to buy a hill farm in Wales. Having spent several reclusive years breeding Welsh cobs, she then set out to establish herself as a successful painter – a period she describes as her “apprenticeship.”

Taking a sabbatical from commissioned work, she moved to Devon in 1980. Eventually however, wanting to sculpt again, she was drawn back to her roots: the horse. Her earliest pieces of wire and plaster are reminiscent to pieces by Giacometti; followed by her series in copper wire — reminiscent to Da Vinci’s drawings. Yet, they still did not possess the unique quality she was seeking.

You’re probably wondering, “How is this art ‘green?” [Read more →]

The award rewards designers’ creativity from around the globe for their excellence in the disciplines of branding, print, packaging, environments, fashion, photography, art, and design green. All designers who participate in this competition will be part of the solution to the Global Warming Crisis by replacing one of their old light bulbs with a compact fluorescent light bulb provided by The Design Green Project. Additionally, there will be a tree planted in their name and 50% of all proceeds will be donated to the StopGlobalWarming.org fund, just for entering.

Entry fee: US $55 per entry

Deadline: November 30, 2007

The beauty of digital Origami comes to life with students in the digital masters program at Sydney’s University of Technology. By studying trends in parametric modeling, digital fabrication and material science, the team created an amazing display which reflects on the beauty and tradition of the Japanese art but delivers its aesthetics in a modern setting. By using 3500 recycled cardboard molecules, the design students, under the guidance of lecturer Chris Bosse, examined various aspects of architectural foundations through small elements of design. The result: a fabulous installation that examines space and the elements of design including arches, walls tunnels and traditional structures. According to Boss, the aim of the project is “testing the fitness of a particular module, copied from nature, to generate architectural space, with the assumption that the intelligence of the smallest unit dictates the intelligence of the overall system. The geometric paper shapes fill the room, having been placed on top of one another and attached to ceilings and walls that are superbly illuminated by expressive neon lighting which further emphasizes the angular structure of the work itself.

In an appeal for action on global warming, Greenpeace activists are building a replica of Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat — (the spot where the biblical vessel is said to have landed after the great flood). The ark will be revealed in a ceremony on May 31, a day after Greenpeace activists climb the mountain and call on world leaders to take action to tackle climate change.“Climate change is real, it’s happening now and unless world leaders take urgent, decisive and far-reaching action, the next decades will see human misery on a scale not experienced in modern times,” said Greenpeace activist Hilal Atici. “Those leaders have a mandate from the people … to massively cut greenhouse gas emissions and to do it now.”

As many countries struggle to address global and national standards for carbon emissions, delegates from the U.N. are meeting this week in Germany to prepare for December negotiations on a new set of international rules for controlling emissions. The new accord would succeed the Kyoto Protocol, which ends in 2012.