I've just published a new page on my website documenting the last 3 months on an art residency exploring fire through the plant aiteann (gorse) and its relationship to sitka spruce: https://shanefinan.org/VAP/15_aiteann.html

This was part of the international research project investigating wildfires called FIRECULT. For the project, I created charcoal and made new drawings, made work with fire, and created two new video artworks.

#art #ArtistResidency #aiteann #gorse #wildfire #fire #sitka

Selama periode Januari-Juli 2023, sekitar 28,718 hektar hutan dan lahan di Nusa Tenggara Timur telah dilalap oleh api, menjadikannya provinsi dengan luas kebakaran hutan dan lahan terbesar di Indonesia berdasarkan data dari Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan (KLHK). (Sumber: Mongabay Indonesia)

Kalo lihat data NASA Fire Map, NTT, NTB & Kalbar merah banget sebulan ke belakang 😳

#wildfire #wildfires @indonesia

#LahainaFire > County of #Maui releases validated list of names of individuals who remain unaccounted for following #Lahaina #wildfire disaster

#Missing #mauifires #MauiFire #Hawaii #Wildfires

https://www.mauicounty.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?aid=12763&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&s=09

County of Maui releases validated list of names of individuals who remain unaccounted for following

The County of Maui on Thursday released a validated list of the names of 388 individuals who have been reported unaccounted for following the Lahaina wildfire disaster on August 8, 2023.

^{Maui County}

“The news coverage of the smoke palls swirling out of Canada across the East Coast has centered on the substantial threat to people suffering from asthma, heart disease & other ailments exacerbated by smoke inhalation.

This would be a great moment to remind North American audiences that much of the developing world lives, indoors & outside, with vastly worse smoke exposure.” https://revkin.substack.com/p/putting-the-awful-eastern-us-wildifre

Excellent perspective by @revkin on the US #wildfire smoke. #ClimateChange

Putting the Awful Eastern U.S. Wildfire Smoke in Perspective

The media capital of the world is freaking out over air pollution levels that are low compared to those in millions of developing-country homes

^{Andy @Revkin (Sustain What)}