Solarpunk Renaissance - November Newsletter
Kia Ora,
Welcome to the Biome Newsletter, November edition, featuring updates from our Giftees & local ecosystem.
It’s now clear that the scale of the social, ecological crises facing humanity demands transformational changes to the way we live, as well as the way we think.
As we navigate through these times, we might ask ourselves - what does a truly sustainable civilisation actually look like? What can be saved from our current paradigm? And how do we get there?
Art has the power to shape our attitudes, connect us to our senses, enliven our sense of creativity. Great art can help us to identify with one another, expanding our notion of we - beyond our local worldview.
Artwork can inspire visions of that more beautiful world our hearts know is possible. It can make the world felt. And this felt feeling may spur thinking, engagement, and even action.
Welcome to Solarpunk, a transformative art movement that is refuturing our Imagination for an Ecological Transformation spotlighted below by our friends at One Earth.
With that, please enjoy this monthly digest.
Ngā mihi aroha
- Biome Trust
Giftee Updates
One Earth spotlights the Solarpunk art movement: Refuturing our imagination for an ecological transformation. More here
Web3 x Nature: Ma Earth have released a collection of Sound Bites from Season 1 Interviews. View here
Learning Environment have partnered with local organisations to create Te Hoeroa ki Tū Manawa ora - a 6 month outdoors program for Rangatahi in Whanganui aged 13-23 starting in November. Register here
Mangaroa Farm Shop / Kete Kai - local food hub & resiliency centre is now open Wednesday & Friday 11am - 6pm as well as normal hours on weekends. More here
Future Whenua has released their 2024 Future Whenua Summit March 15th - 17th 2024 in Ngawha, Northland. More here
Happen Films has released a short film about zero waste heroes Hannah and Liam from The Rubbish Trip. More here
Kōanga Institute is hosting a Herbal Health & Healing Workshop on Saturday 25th November. See the full range of workshops here
One Earth’s Conservation hero Zuzana Burivalova is pioneering bioacoustics researcher who harnesses soundscapes to gauge the impacts and success of conservation efforts. More here
Hua Parakore is a kauapapa Maori certification which is the world's first kai verification through indigenous methods. More here
Farmers Footprint launched in Aotearoa NZ last week featuring speakers from Ata Regenerative, Kai Rotorua, Nicole Masters & Zach Bush MD. More here
Erin Matariki Carr of River shares her opinion on the “Rights of Nature” on Ma Earth interview here
“We should be thinking beyond politics, and think about how we can re-enchant the world again. Awaken our senses. The challenge is to re-wild our hearts.”
– Célia Xakriabá
