4.10 Elizabeth Gleave of Land Art Agency: ‘Restoring the Earth through the Arts’
Welcome to series 4 episode 10 of the Prompted by Nature podcast.
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Onto the episode. This week, I’m thrilled to introduce the lovely Elizabeth Gleave to the podcast . Elizabeth is the founder of Land Art Agency, an agency that puts nature and the environment at its core to ensure that the creative industry’s great ideas can be executed in a sustainable way, both highlighting environmental issues and at the same time transforming the landscape in which they are created. I feel like the Land Art Agency is and does so much that its hard to encapsulate it in a snappy bio. Elizabeth talks a lot about it and how it came about so I’ll let her do the talking. Go to their instagram @landartcollective to find out more about what they do and the absolutely stunning creatives that they represent and support.
Just a little note that Elizabeth joined me from her cabin and was hot-spotting from her phone so there were a couple of instances where the reception cut out. I’ve edited it as best I can but no meaning is lost, I just wanted to let you know so you don’t think ‘oh! What was that?!’ when it happens!
You can find Elizabeth photography over on instagram @elizabeth.gleave and on her website www.elizabethgleave.com and Land Art Agency is @landartcollective and www.landartagecy.com where you can find the information about the Sustainable Futures residency plus talks and workshops. I’ve also popped the information about the artists we mention below for you to look up and enjoy!
Alternative photography collective: http://www.londonaltphoto.com
Hannah fletcher: https://www.hannahfletcher.com
I would also highly recommend going to the shop on the Land Art Agency’s website as all funds go back to directly supporting the artists and their pioneering sustainable methods. Also look out for their upcoming podcast, which promises to be absolutely incredible and I can’t wait to listen!
One final note that Elizabeth mentions the mountain that was awarded personhood status in New Zealand but we couldn’t think of which it was. Well, I’ve done a little ecosia-ing and found the following:
New Zealand granted legal personhood to the Te Uruwera forest in 2014, and to the Whanganui river and Mount Taranaki in 2017. An Indian court granted legal personhood to the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in 2017, citing the Whanganui Act, and soon after Colombia awarded rights to the Atrato river.
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Happy listening and I’ll speak to you soon!
Helen x
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Writing Prompt
I absolutely love the Land Art Agency tagline, 'restoring the earth through the arts' - so much so that I thought I'd use it as a starting point for the writing prompt for this episode!
In this episode I give you some ideas as to how to might approach this. Remember to check my social media feeds for the bullet journal prompt that accompanies this episode as there will likely be fresh inspiration there too :-)
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Happy creating!
Helen x
