I've got an article in this publication on the Climate Change Forest.

Join us for the launch of Making the Geologic Now: Responses to Material Conditions of Contemporary Life
(punctum books, 2012) on December 4th, from 7-9 p.m. Free and open to the public; no RSVP necessary.

In the spirit of a broadside, this edited collection circulates images and short essays from over 40 artists, designers, architects, scholars, and journalists who are extending our active awareness of inhabitation out to the cosmos and down to the Earth’s iron core. Their works are offered as test sites for what might become thinkable and possible if humans were to take up the geologic as our instructive co-designer—as a partner in designing thoughts, things, systems, and experiences. As a reading and viewing event, Making the Geologic Now is designed to move with its audiences while delivering signals from unfolding edges of the “geologic now." It offers early sightings of an increasingly widespread turn toward the geologic as source of explanation, motivation, and inspiration for creative responses to material conditions of the present moment.

The December 4th launch will release both the ebook (an open-source, free download from punctum) and the interactive, website version of the book. The printed book also will be available for pre-order from punctumbooks.com, shipping in mid-December.

The evening's program will feature a brief introduction to the project from co-editors Elizabeth Ellsworth and Jamie Kruse, followed by comments from contributors. Videos and images from the project will be on display, and Eileen Joy, director of punctum, will appear via Skype from Australia to speak about the spirit behind punctum books.

Drinks and snacks will be provided.

Studio-X NYC
180 Varick Street #1610, New York, NY
(212) 989-2398 · studioxnyc.com

Oliver Kellhammer will be giving an update on some of his long-running 'botanical interventions' projects, including ongoing research into growing living botanical 'chimeras' and the 'Climate Change Forest' he is working on in with UK scientist Rupert Sheldrake –a landscape level experiment that re-introduces tree varieties that were native to British Columbia, over 50 million years ago, during the age of the Eocene Thermal Maximum.

Roundhouse Arts and Community Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews  Vancouver, BC V6Z 2W3

Will be giving a talk on Botanical Interventions as part of the 2012 Village Building Convergence, in Portland, Oregon.

Details here: http://www.meetup.com/Portland-Permaculture-Meetup/

Check out VBC's chock-a-block full schedule of event listings here:
http://cityrepair.org/wp-content/uploads/VBC_Builder2012.pdf

I'm going to be hanging out with these guys which sounds like a lot of fun...

Location: – 1800 Spyglass Place – under the Cambie Street Bridge next to the Seawall  (Olympic Station on the RAV line).

CityStudio is an inter-institutional project that unites the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Economic Commission with students and instructors from Vancouver's 6 public universities and colleges to design and implement Vancouver's Greenest City 2020 urban sustainability strategies. The onsite course runs on location near City hall, where 20 students each term will work on a specific Greenest City project.

Working in the dual modes of dialogue + design, students taking the course will: examine the societal context and the nature of sustainability aims and challenges; ask difficult questions and have conversations that matter; undertake relevant and meaningful research. Students will also generate ideas, document process, test and present outcomes, learn critique and refine our work - all aiming to directly assist the City in the implementation of sustainability strategies.

This full-time, one-semester program includes 20 of Vancouver’s brightest upper level students, selected through a rigorous application process and representing diverse Departments and Faculties. While their experiences and future interests vary, they all share high academic standing, unusual motivation and enthusiasm, a keen interest in engaging public issues, and exceptional communication abilities.