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Local Alternatives
re-imagining urban histories and futures with children and young people
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sensing climate
this is not only a human age
because there are still dogs
and fish
folding strata into spheres
from the blue marble
to the tainted planet
new images of Earth
where does the Earth's climate
begin and end?
geosphere
pedosphere
biosphere
hydrosphere
cryosphere
atmosphere
toposphere
stratisphere
mixings of elements and forces
within and between climate spheres
why are planets round?
the dark beauty of satellite images
with toxic particles and gases
swirling around the Earth
learning to think
in three dimensions
the conservation of matter
as energy and mass
it's like Alice falling
down the rabbit hole
the digital Earth
thinking in cross-sections
we can see forever
past the curve of the Earth
gravity as an invisible force
that builds planets
the relativity of space and time
ancient light from the stars
climates under the surface of the Earth
and under our skin
interstellar climates
invisible climates
of the body/mind
does all energy on the Earth
come from the sun?
what about hydrothermal energy
that comes from inside the Earth?
climate all the way up
and all the way down
all the way in
and all the way out
collaborators
David Rousell (Biosocial Lab, MMU)
Suzanne Smith (Z-arts)
Z-artists (age 11-14)
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