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I'm collecting some links to projects that involve walking. Not all of them deal with sustainability, but some do. Here are a couple from today:NYT - Pounding the Pavement From Up on a Pedestal…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Fereshteh Toosi Sep 7, 2010.
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Bruce Barber replied to Fereshteh Toosi's discussion links to walking projects"For the duration of the Gabrovo workshop Bruce Barber will be measuring his daily walking practice in Halifax Nova Scotia and thinking about carbon capture, a sustainable living and art practice. It's anxiety invoking and soon this will be…"
Fereshteh Toosi replied to Fereshteh Toosi's discussion links to walking projects"http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/01/04/how_the_city_hurts_your_brain/
... Berman outfitted undergraduates at the University of Michigan with GPS receivers. Some of the students took a stroll in an arboretum, while others walked…"
Fereshteh Toosi commented on Sacha Kagan's blog post LOGISTICS"I tried to translate the link for the busses, but I'm still not sure about the station to use for trips from Sofia to Gabrovo. Do they depart from the Central Bus Station, or from Sofia's Poduyane/East bus station?"
Fereshteh Toosi commented on nadezhda savova's blog post Walking with Community Architectures: Space Kinaesthetics in Art and Food Cooking Society"I thought you might be interested in this project from an artist who is working with wheat:
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/sarah-kavage-board-of-trade-grain-futures-art-project/Content?oid=2193300"
Fereshteh Toosi replied to Fereshteh Toosi's discussion links to walking projects"Bringing together youth from Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro to climb Tri-peak in the Balkans Peace Park, where all 3 countries meet on the…"
Fereshteh Toosi replied to Fereshteh Toosi's discussion links to walking projects"Marc Abrams dies at 58; walking doctor was a Silver Lake fixture
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-marc-abrams-20100723,0,7860931.story"
Fereshteh Toosi replied to Fereshteh Toosi's discussion links to walking projects"Here's another one:
sound artist Viv Corringham
http://vivcorringham.org/home
Also, someone mentioned Stephen Laub on the EcoArtSpace Facebook post about David Haley's article. Anyone familiar with his work?"
Christopher Williams replied to Fereshteh Toosi's discussion links to walking projects"I tuned into this work a few years ago, the artist wrote some fantastic posts which i don't think are online any longer. He walked 700kms retracing his family history, seeking connection to both the land and the discovery of his indigenous…"
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Walking in life, art and science : a few examples (Sacha Kagan, ed., 2010). eBook in PDF format to download HERE
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