Ecoventions

"Coined in 1999, the term ecovention (ecology + invention) describes an artist-initiated project that employs an inventive strategy to physically transform a local ecology." Spaid, S., Ecovention: Current Art to Transform Ecologies. This entire book is available online at http://greenmuseum.org/c/ecovention/sect1.html

Lynne Hull is the inventor of trans-species art (art created for animals). She collaborates with wildlife specialists, environmental interpreters, landscape architects, and local community members to create sculptures and installations that "provide shelter, food, water or space for wildlife, as eco-atonement for their loss of habitat to human encroachment." http://www.greenmuseum.org/c/ecovention/sect4.html#habitat Lynne Hull's webpage is at http://www.eco-art.org/

Lynee Hull, Raptor Roost

Artist Betsy Damon initiated the "Keepers of the Waters" project, which groups around the world are invited to join. See http://www.keepersofthewaters.org/resources.cfm#principles for Living Water Garden design principles. Living water projects elegantly solve multiple problems using nature as a model. They are unique to their culture and geography, but share certain characteristics. A living water project cleans, protects and restores water, blends art and science, educates about water in a visible and experiential way, reflects the local culture, and is developed using an inclusive and public process.

"Science is the information; art is the way to communicate that information in an accessible and inspiring way. These two inherently creative disciplines are natural allies. By bringing them together, we can derive elegant and potent designs that are grounded in practical application. This multi-functional idea is modeled all around us in nature... For long term solutions to our water problems we must utilize all of our vast intelligence. Projects should bring together diverse groups and bridge diverse issues. Ideally, they will support and accelerate the work of government agencies, environmental groups, indigenous people, public artists, scientists, and industry."

See also Patricia Johanson

Founded in the mid-1990s by historian T. Allan Comp, AMD&ART works in former coal- mining communities that are suffering economically and environmentally from acid-mine drainage (AMD). http://greenmuseum.org/c/ecovention/litmus.html