• Natural Landscape

    Cumulative effects of human footprint, natural features and predation risk best predict seasonal resource selection by white-tailed deer

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  • New Art

    How Can Arts Organizations Reduce Their Carbon Footprint? Here Are 6 Takeaways From a New Art-World Climate Conference

    Is the art world going to save the warming planet? Yes, according to novelist and poet Ben Okri, for art deals with vision, which is needed to paint the picture of a sustainable future amid the urgent calls for change. “Don’t talk yourselves down,” he told the art-world audience members at the Gallery Climate Coalition (GCC) conference “Decarbonising the Art World” at London’s Barbican Centre on November 24. Okri’s words were not empty. The GCC, a confederation of some 600 dealers, has set the ambitious goals of reducing the art world’s carbon emissions by 50 percent (from 2018 and 2019 levels) and achieving zero-waste operations by 2030. The conference marked the official launch…

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