A range of projects around the world where people are using the arts to draw attention to the plight of honeybees.
KEEP THE GLOBAL HIVE ALIVE
Small and vital, bees work together for the good of the whole ecosystem. They are excellent pollinators who bring the abundance of food to our gardens and farms by transferring pollen as they collect the nectar and pollen from the flowers.
A Community Arts Project initiated by Julie Armstrong to raise awareness of the importance of bees for pollination for a whopping 2/3 of our food production. Fruit and nuts including apples, almonds, avocados, cherries, kiwifruit, apricots, peanuts, blueberries, plums, mangos, oranges, peaches, pears, watermelon and honeydew melons. Vegetables and seeds including beans, broccoli, carrots,cucumbers, cauliflower, celery, onions, pumpkins, squash and sunflowers. Livestock feed including clover and lucerne all depend on honeybees for pollination.
What is your favourite food on the Global Hive?
The Good of the Hive
Equilibrium Rites
During this mass pollination event a crew of six women costumed in gold performed a five day 100 mile walk through the desert. Part performance art, part ritual, part activism, Equilibrium Rites seeks to raise public awareness of this ecological crossroads so as to instigate healing and inspire creative response to crisis.
EcoArts Australis
EcoArts Australis draws on the experience of people working across the natural resources and arts sectors across Australia. It includes ecologists, environmental managers, specialists in museum management, environmental theatre, community facilitation, the visual, performing and community arts, project and event management and monitoring and evaluation.