Dear Colleagues,
Environment Europe Ltd is very pleased to announce a Green Economy
and Environmental Art focused session at the forthcoming UNFCCC COP23
meeting in Bonn to take place at 15:00 on November 17th in the Press
Conference Room 2 in the Bula Zone.
Environmental art could be a new language to reach the hearts and
minds of wider public on the most important issues our planet is facing.
The “
Magical
Realism” series to be exhibited at the forthcoming United Nations
UNFCCC COP23 meeting in Bonn is drawing our attention to the importance
of ecosystems in everything we do. 'Magical realism' series depicts
ecologically sensitive and often protected areas
in Latin America. Through his work with International Union for
Conservation of Nature, the artist developed a new approach to assess
the value of ecosystems, highlighting social, ecological and economic
dimensions. By capturing unique and meditative landscapes
in most exotic locations, the artist aims to communicate the fragile
beauty of nature, something money can’t buy. Ecosystems support life on
this planet, regulating water cycles, generating oxygen, capturing CO2,
absorbing dust, purifying water and processing
organic waste. Ecosystems need to be restored and preserved for other
reasons other than economic. What is required seems to be a paradigm
shift in economic thinking, that could be inspired by ecological
economics, a new interdisciplinary field.
The new series from Colombia, one of the world’s “megadiverse”
countries, hosting close to 10% of the planet’s biodiversity according
to the Convention on Biological Diversity, includes travel notes from
high altitude wax palm forest 'El Bosque la Samaria',
a charming coffee-producing town of Salamina, Colombian humming birds,
Sumapaz Paramo National Park, the beautiful and colourful Cartagena de
Indias, the ancient Spanish port city, which saw violent pirate attacks
from Francis Drake, and, finally, Tayrona
National Park on the Caribbean coast, where fresh jaguar footprints
were found on one of the beaches. A small selection of images from this
series, made using
Hasselblad medium format film camera and Fuji film will be exhibited at the forthcoming United Nations COP23 meeting in Bonn.
Environmental art can be a powerful language to attract attention to
the world’s most important problems: climate change, biodiversity loss,
plastics pollution in our oceans, the impact our production activities
have on this planet. Following in the footsteps
of great environmental artists: Sebastiao Salgado, Edward Burtynsky,
James Balog, David Maisel and Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Dr Stanislav Shmelev
trying to address the issues the world is facing not just through the
language of science but the language of art.
Engaging the audience’s emotional intelligence and the art historical
connotations, his works are aiming to make people pause and think. The
most interested viewer could of course read the volumes of theory that
Dr Shmelev has edited and written. One of them
is called
‘Ecological Economics: Sustainability in Practice’ (2012) and has become a bestseller with over 26000 downloads. The executive education
Summer and Winter Schools in Ecological Economics which Dr Shmelev has initiated and run are focusing on inspiring change for sustainability and have already been attended by
participants from 52 countries.
The forthcoming session to take place on the 17th of November 2017
will also be a cause for celebration of a new collaborative book, that
Dr Shmelev has edited. It is entitled '
Green
Economy Reader' and is a collection of though provoking articles by
the leading sustainability thinkers of our time. State of the art in
sustainability thinking, inspired by interdisciplinary ideas of
ecological economics, this book is focusing on sustainability
pathways, new economic theory, democracy and institutions,
multidimensional assessment of sustainability, macroeconomic modelling
and policies, climate change and renewable energy, resource flows and
circular economy, regenerative cities, environmental conflicts
and values. It will be helpful for MSc and PhD students in Economics,
Management, Environmental Change, Ecological Economics, Development
Economics, Sustainability and practitioners in business, international
and nongovernmental organizations, such as UNDP,
UNEP, IUCN, OECD. Rich, diverse and thought provoking collection of top
level contributions, it will help to facilitate the transition towards
sustainability and educational reform.
This is what the endorsements read:
A fabulous composition of papers by the authors who really count! Ernst von Weizsäcker, The Club of Rome
The authors present a refreshing perspective on the possibilities of
human progress in harmony with nature, without the need for economic
growth to secure long term human welfare and wise use of nature's
services. Extremely relevant.
Peter May,
Past President, International Society for Ecological Economics and Professor, UFRRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The book goes well beyond the Green Economy, offering arguments
and blueprints for a complete makeover of the current economic system.
With multi- and interdisciplinary contributions ranging from moderately
to fundamentally critical of current economics,
it raises fundamental questions of value and power, draws on a wide
range of theories, opens the eyes for the historical processes that
brought about the current crises and demonstrates the value of
ecological, but also classical economic thinking to their
solution. If better politics require better theories, this is a must
read for academics and decision makers in the time of climate crisis. Joachim Spangenberg,
Sustainable Europe Research Institute, SERI Germany e.V.
The book could be found on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Economy-Reader-Ecological-Sustainability/dp/3319389173/
Press inquiries regarding the forthcoming presentation at UNFCCC COP23 meeting in Bonn should be directed to
director@environmenteurope.org
Dr Stanislav Shmelev is an award winning British photographer,
painter, and ecological economist. Holding PhD in Ecological Economics
(2003), a LEAD Europe Fellowship (2007) and named on of top four most
promising young economists in the world by the Handelsblatt
Newspaper, Stanislav combines his interest in fine art and
sustainability and expresses his admiration for the natural world
through oil paintings and photographs, printed on aluminium plates.
Passionate about green economy, nature protection and sensitive
ecosystems, Stanislav creates evocative environmental landscapes
inspired by his travels in Brazil, Colombia, Malaysia, UK, France and
the countries of the Mediterranean. Formerly a member of the IUCN World
Commission on Protected Areas, Senior Researcher
at the Oxford University, and Visiting Professor at Universities of
Geneva, Paris and Versailles, Stanislav devotes all his energy to the
promotion of sustainability ideas both through the language of art and
of science. Stanislav has been a Member of the
St Ives Arts Club, was represented by DEBUT Contemporary Gallery in
Notting Hill (London), had several solo shows at Oxford University,
exhibited with the STITCH ‘Art for the Earth’ auction in London
alongside Vivienne Westwood and Marc Quinn, STITCH & OCEANA
show at PHILLIPS (London), Swiss Cottage Gallery (London), Royal
College of Art (London), O3 Gallery (Oxford), OVADA Gallery (Oxford),
Studio 44AD (Bath), Prince Galitzine Library (St Petersburg), British
Council (St Petersburg), FOTONOVIEMBRE de Tenerife
International Photography Festival (Spain), Brighton Photo Biennial
2014 (Brighton), Brighton Photo Fringe 2014 (Brighton), Global
Landscapes Forum (Lima, Peru), United Nations (Vienna, Austria) and is
selling his work through SAATCHI ART. Stanislav is an
author ‘
Ecological Economics: Sustainability in Practice’ (Springer, 2012) and author and editor of '
Green
Economy Reader' (Springer, 2017) and '
Sustainability Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Approach' (Palgrave,
2012). His image ‘Complex Systems. Dorset’ is published by National Geographic in an edited volume.
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Dr Stanislav E. Shmelev
Director, Environment Europe Ltd, Oxford, UK
Environment Europe Limited is incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006 as a private company, Reg. 9328647
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New article: Shmelev and van den Bergh (2016) Optimal Diversity of Renewable Energy Alternatives under Multiple Criteria: an Application An Application to the UK': http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032116001301
New book: Shmelev S.E. (2016) Green Economy Reader: Lectures in Ecological Economics and Sustianability: http://www.springer.com/kr/book/9783319389172
New book: Ecological Economics: Sustainability in Practice (Springer, 2012) http://www.springer.com/economics/book/978-94-007-1971-2
New book: Sustainability Analysis: an Interdisciplinary Approach (Palgrave, 2012) http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=539023
