Ecosystem services – PaleBlueDot

17 Jul 2017

Reimagining a Lost Landscape in the Year 2076

by dotpaleblue | posted in: Art, Bees, Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Farming, Learning, Meadow, Science, Sustainable, Wild Flowers | 0

My research covers the recent cultural and ecological history of the Hoo Peninsula. I’m exploring lost landscapes, both natural and cultural, informed by an archive of material, spanning almost 100 years, collected by my grandparents and great grandparents, recording the … Continued

4 Jul 2017

Air Bee n’ Bee in a Phone Box

by dotpaleblue | posted in: Bees, Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Science | 0

Air Bee n’ Bee is a Citizen Science project devised by The Buzz Club, a new charity led by Professor Dave Goulson at the University of Sussex, to assist scientists to collect research data on pollinators. Are Bee n’ Bee aims to encourage people to … Continued

8 Mar 2016

People Need Nature

by dotpaleblue | posted in: Art, Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Farming, Food, Multidiscipline, Science | 0

We are currently collaborating with inspiring environmental scientist Miles King (no relation). Miles recently launched a new charity – People Need Nature – and asked us to help design a logo. I jumped at this chance because there is something about Mile’s … Continued

13 Oct 2015

Hedges, Habitats & Shooting

by dotpaleblue | posted in: Biodiversity, Birds, Ecosystem services, Farming, Wild Flowers | 0

Why are we depriving wildlife of food and habitat? Each year at the end of August / beginning of September the landscape around us in North Oxfordshire changes abruptly. Summer is brutally terminated and winter arrives prematurely when just after harvest the … Continued

14 Sep 2015

Rubber Stamping

by dotpaleblue | posted in: Art, Bees, Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Exhibitions, Learning, Multidiscipline, Museum, Printmaking | 0

We ran a Primitive Print workshop on Saturday 12th September – one of the events we created during our Lost & Found Exhibition at the Onca Centre for Arts & Ecology . The incredible Mr Stephen Fowler lead two workshops: AM for children and … Continued

29 Aug 2015

Lost & Found Gallery

by dotpaleblue | posted in: Art, Bees, Biodiversity, Birds, Consumerism, Ecosystem services, Exhibitions, Farming, Food, Science, Wild Flowers | 0

Check us out: Our multi-media installation Lost & Found at the ONCA Centre for Arts & Ecology, rated in the top 5 exhibitions in Brighton during August 2015 – alongside Wildlife Photographer of the Year. On from 12th August until 23rd … Continued

8 Jul 2015

Lost & Found in Brighton

by dotpaleblue | posted in: Art, Bees, Biodiversity, Birds, Consumerism, Ecosystem services, Exhibitions, Farming, Food, Museum, Photography, Printmaking, Science, Sustainable | 0

Lost & Found is a powerful and challenging multi-media installation of visual arts created by Pale Blue Dot founders Jane King and Neil Mabbs, to present evidence of links between our consumer driven culture and the decline of the natural … Continued

30 Mar 2015

Beth’s Solitary Bees

by dotpaleblue | posted in: Art, Bees, Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Exhibitions, Farming, Food, Science | 0

We’re creating new work for Lost & Found, to be installed at ONCA in Brighton later this year, based on Dr Beth Nichols project on the solitary Mason bee (Osmia bicornis). Back in February I visited Beth in her lab at the University … Continued

24 Mar 2015

Bees & Weeds Installed

by dotpaleblue | posted in: Art, Bees, Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Farming, Food, Sustainable, Textiles, Wild Flowers | 0

Our 6 month Bees & Weeds research project has finally delivered results. During the past week we adopted guerrilla marketing tactics to promote the project, carrying out interventions in the streets of Oxford – installing and photographing cycle seat covers on scores … Continued

9 Mar 2015

Bicycle Seats & Beeswax

by dotpaleblue | posted in: Art, Bees, Biodiversity, Consumerism, Craft, Cycling, Ecosystem services, Meadow | 0

Cycling may be the greenest form of transport but like most activities it attracts it’s share of junk products. One such is the cycle seat cover, made from plastic or nylon, and used to advertise every kind of brand – pizza, jeans, noodles, … Continued

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