Charlotte Smithson
@charlottesmithson.bsky.social
Environmental Artist | Designer | Maker | MSc Mindfulness student | Nature Swooner | Meditator | Vegan | Word Lover | Yoga | Salt & Pepper Tofu Aficionado | Mcr UK |She/Her 🌱🌎🧶📸💚 www.charlottesmithson.com
Apparently this sculptor is "furious" that no one is giving him millions of dollars for his ill-conceived art that he spent his own money making despite no one asking or wanting him to do so, and while I hate everything about this guy, also: same.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.New York sculptor spent $100,000 to make a Charlie Kirk statue no one wants to buy
“We’ve only had 114 years to do something, let our kids sort it out!”
Calling all #YorkshireDales landowners 🌳 In places like #CautleyValley, woodlands show conditions typical of temperate rainforest – ideal for ferns, mosses & lichens. We are working to expand and connect these habitats. Email us 👉 woodlandcreation@yorkshiredales.org.uk
From the Hanging Stones collection, Andy Goldsworthy
Happy weekend! Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago! 🐙❤️ Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology
This just in: humanity has officially protected 10% of the ocean. 🌊 #worldoceanday In 2000 it was 0.7%. The ocean did not respond to repeated requests for comment, but is reportedly pleased. A thread on why this is the best deal on Earth 🧵
A nice day for a walk. (Note: the reason there is no bird feeder hanging off the metal post you can see in the foreground is because this #bear kept stealing it.)
I read this as 15 meters. That really would be wild.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo agoMore than 15m oysters to be released in the North Sea for UK rewilding project
This is the story of Weda Bay – and how nature is being sacrificed for mining
This is the story of Weda Bay – and how nature is being sacrificed for mining
Analysis has found more than 3,000 mining operations within the most naturally precious areas of the planet – a much bigger footprint than previously thought
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I can highly recommend engrossing yourself in this novella by the wonderful @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social 📚📘
Jeff (Mixed Metaphors)@mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 6mo agoHello everyone! My novelette, There Are Infinite Universes and All of Them Are Boring, is now available from the wonderful @emergejournal.bsky.social It's a classic tale of "lab tech meets corporate analyst and they gaze into the boring abyss." In print and ebook: elj-editions.com/there-are-in...
Who needs some witty cheer today? Here’s a story by my most favourite human You’re going to want a donut afterwards, but don’t push anyone over in the process, ok? 🍩 📚
Jeff (Mixed Metaphors)@mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 7mo agoI've got a new flash up at @foofarawpress.bsky.social! It's maybe funny? It's maybe a philosophical exploration of what moments of a life matter? The title of the story is too long to fit into a single BlueSky post, which is one way of getting around lit mag word limits. #writingcommunity
A glimpse into my time in residence at Frank Lloyd Wright’s incredible Fallingwater, USA #artist #charlottesmithson #fallingwater #franklloydwright
Charlotte Smithson - Fallingwater Institute The Nutting Foundation Artist-in-Residence
YouTube video by Fallingwater
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Will We Run Out Of Chocolate? Sustainable Alternatives And The Problem With Cocoa #vegan
Will We Run Out Of Chocolate? Sustainable Alternatives And The Problem With Cocoa
Chocolate is the ultimate comfort food, but between cocoa shortages and the climate crisis, it's possible that humanity might run out one day
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‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns - Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus Story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns
Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus
theguardian.com
This is your cue to make a cup of coffee and read this wonderful story! Written by @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social one of my favourite human beings ever and published by the amazing @malarkeybooks.bsky.social 📚💙 ☕️
Jeff (Mixed Metaphors)@mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · last yr.I'm so so so excited to have a story in Malarkey. They are a wonderful press and I've read and loved so many of their short fiction collections. (Subscribe to their book club!!!) Please read and share my story if you are so inclined and please forgive my use of too many exclamation marks!!!
A little grace from time to time doesn’t hurt anybody, and it’s free, which is always nice. This is as much a reminder to ourselves as to anyone else.
Excited to be opening my solo show Emotional Geographies at The Art House in Wakefield tonight - an immersive arborical installation inspired by trees my Grampa planted in the city in the 1950s 💚🌳🌱 #charlottesmithson #thearthouse #wakefield
