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Forums Free events Workshops	A Collation of Eccentrics This is a day-long interactive forum to discuss the ideas and creative flows of writing about place, green art, environment, culture, creativity, and community. Two speakers will present their work as seeds for discussion. The event is aimed at the interdisciplinary work of academics, students, artists, and writers that connects place and environment. (40 participants [...] + Read More Artists OnArt - Free Forum The Floating Land artists will discuss their art practice and its relationship to environmental themes. Ask questions and interact with artists that have chosen to express their environmental beliefs through their art. When: Monday June 22, 5.30pm Where: [...] + Read More Climate Change and Cultural Knowledge When: Saturday June 20, 9.30am to 4.00pm Where: The TopTent at the Apollonian Hotel, Boreen Point Bookings: Noosa Regional Gallery - 5449 5340 Climate Change and Cultural Knowledge will explore climate change and perceptions and responses to it by indigenous peoples from Pacific cultures. How do the mental models of indigenous culture leaders/thinkers provide additional and important sources [...] + Read More Photographers OnPhotography - Free Forum NZ photojournalist Jocelyn Carlin will join Floating Land photographers Raoul Slater, Adam West, James Muller and Kim Guthrie to discuss techniques and modern practice in the world of photography and film. Floating Land photographers’ events When: Wednesday June 24, 9.30am Where: The TopTent at the Apollonian Hotel, Boreen Point Cost: Free + Read More Photovoice Research Project The purpose of this research was to identify ways in which people think about climate change and possible responses to it, and the value of events such as the Floating Land Festival. We invited artists, visitors to the Floating Land event and residents of Boreen Point to participate in a photovoice workshop. Participants were asked [...] + Read More Shifting Paradigms: Nature & Culture Shifting Paradigms: Nature & Culture is a one-day interactive forum involving a panel of local and national experts on nature, society, culture and sustainability, including Chris Darwin, great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, and renowned performer and writer Robyn Archer. The forum is facilitated by Professor Amareswar Galla (UQ) and Adjunct Professor Peter Bycroft (USC) who are joined by [...] + Read More Writers OnWriting - Free Forum Meet the writers of Writing Floating Land and the winners of Art Monthly’s inaugural competition of How Green is my Pen? Talk to the budding green art writing industry and be encouraged to write your own words. Learn about themes and trends in modern writing, gain an insight into an ever-growing genre of environmental writing, [...] + Read More