Becoming Nature with Yoshikazu Kawaguchi (1939-2023)
This week we received news that Yoshikazu Kawaguchi, our sensei and the star of our
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Quick looks look at our recent projects, and short takes on the everyday people and places that are promoting the power of the individual creative spirit inside each of us to re-connect our world.
“Food, Earth, Happiness” Television Broadcast in UK
For the first time ever, our short film exploring the natural farming mindset will be broadcast on live television! You can catch the premiere in March and April in the UK as part of the Inheritance Festival.
Call for Artists: The Nature of Cities Festival 2021
Submissions are open for ecological artworks and happenings to take place at this global virtual festival of urban ecology.
Making a Natural ‘Pocket Park’ in Japan
With only a few weeks to work, we tried to turn vacant urban land into a pocket park that would make Masanobu Fukuoka and Patrick Geddes proud. Here is the short story of how it happened.
Osaka Festival 2019, Limited Edition Catalog
Printed sustainably in Japan, this beautiful little book features writings and artworks from our very first eco-arts festival.
A Year in Review
From environmental workshops and exhibitions to community gardens, green streets, and our first eco arts festival, your support helped us accomplish a lot this year. What will 2020 bring?
A Tiny Book, and the Beauty in Uneconomic Actions
Written in four languages, this small art book produced in Kyoto, highlights international artists, and the power of sharing.
‘SocieCity’ is now ‘City as Nature’
To ring in the new year, SocieCity is announcing a new name and more focused direction. From 2019, we’ll continue working with art and ecology in cities, but in a way that more explicitly helps cities and their inhabitants become partners within the ecosystems where they exist.
Global Pollution and Silent Motorcycles
There are silent scooters running about the Streets of Shanghai. What does it mean for global pollution?
Where Art and Technology ‘Get it On’
A hand-picked cast of artists, curators, and technology tycoons form an initial working group for Silicon Valley’s ZERO1 Garage, with a goal to create a place where art and technology can ‘get it on’ in the garage. Find out how Silicon Valley plans to solve the world’s problems using art, science, technology and business.
Why the Bicycle isn’t About Saving the Planet
This Saturday in Changwon, Bernhard Ensink, Secretary General of the European Cyclists’ Federation claimed that
The Art of Sustainable Art in Oaxaca
A community of artisans form a small pueblo, using their skills in woodcarving painting to produce beautiful “alebrijes” sculptures, but it’s their conservation efforts that set them apart from the rest.