Saa Magni
Miserere
Sir James MacMillan. Platinum Consort choir.
Cultural eco-systems of Creative People + Places
“This research report from Jonathan Gross and Nick Wilson from King's College London examines the cultural eco-systems of Creative People and Places projects and offers new ways to understand what place-based programmes can seek to achieve in the long term. The report also sets out some important considerations for the development of flourishing cultural eco-systems.
The report will be useful for any communities, networks, organisations or individuals seeking to adopt an ecological approach to cultural development. It shows how ecological perspectives can deepen understanding of the challenges and opportunities for CPP - and other place-based programmes - to affect systemic change”.
Art of Living
Perspective: man-made climate change is third on the list of biggest drivers of global biodiversity breakdown. Time to focus on the bigger picture not only the PR wins!
Weedkiller disgrace
"About 48 per cent of London is surfaced in vegetation, rivers and still waters"
To discover more about the natural habitats of thousands of species, from algae and fungi, to molluscs and mammals visit the Species Explorer page on the London Wildlife Trust website.
How to reduce plastic waste
MOWder
By mowing less in spring and summer you can give clover, buttercups, dandelions and other flora a chance to flower to help pollinators like bees, butterflies, hoverflies and moths. And enjoy seeing which flowers emerge, adding natural joy and colour to your garden! @LGSpace
Honest, truthful, open, tolerant
Our intelligence helps us regulate our emotions. Fear, for example, is based on mistrust and a lack of self-confidence. If, on the other hand, we remain honest and truthful, open and tolerant, we will have greater self-confidence and overcome fear. @DalaiLama
Happy City Thriving Places Index
Is where you live fair and equal? Is it sustainable? Are the conditions present for everyone to do well? Find out how your local area is doing with the #ThrivingPlacesIndex - a radical new way to measure how places support #wellbeing. See 2019 results at thrivingplacesindex.org.
Willow Tit Prayer
Chill October. John Everett Millais, 1870
Captivating! At Tate Britain.
Learn about and speak up for air quality
This map shows the locations of air quality monitoring and action across London. View data related to where you live, work, study: Monitoring, Actions, Air Quality Data Modelling and London Boundaries.
Dalai Lama Compasssion
“We have to learn how to use our time properly. It’s important to make our lives meaningful. Bullying and cheating others may give a short-term return, but leaves a nagging sense of unease. Money doesn’t yield real satisfaction, whereas compassion does.”
Dalai Lama - Inner Values
“From kindergarten onwards we need education to strengthen inner values not just pursue material goals. We need to introduce emotional hygiene, much as we teach physical hygiene. This way we can address the problems we face, in the hope of making this a century of non-violence.”
How walking opens new horizons
“Walking provides just enough diversion to occupy the conscious mind, but sets our subconscious free to roam. Trivial thoughts mingle with important ones, memories sharpen, ideas and insights drift to the surface.
“It’s good to think when you walk, but it’s even better not to,” says Kagge, who prefers to switch his phone off, too. “That’s when you find answers to questions you didn’t even know you had.””
#saynotothemow
“Let your grass grow long! Long grass, peppered with flowers, is one of the rarest habitats in our gardens, yet it is incredibly beneficial for wildlife 🦋🐞🐝🌼🌱”
easy masterpiece
“Adding from the manufactured palette won’t reveal it.
Put fixative on the original, authentic - already fully composed.”