Ghost Forest Art Project » News http://www.ghostforest.org Art highlighting deforestation's impact on climate change Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:43:08 +0000 en hourly 1 Ghost Forest Sells the Sizzle of REDD http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/08/ghost-forest-sells-the-sizzle-of-redd/ http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/08/ghost-forest-sells-the-sizzle-of-redd/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:42:44 +0000 lou http://www.ghostforest.org/?p=1671 “A traveling exhibition of dead trees from the Ghanaian rainforest, on their way this month to Oxford, England, is helping people understand the majesty of these threatened giants – and, in the process, drumming up support for schemes that reduce greenhouse gas emissions by saving trees.”

Read the full article on: Forest Carbon Portal

]]> http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/08/ghost-forest-sells-the-sizzle-of-redd/feed/ 0 Ghost Forest on Daily Info, Oxford http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/07/ghost-forest-on/ http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/07/ghost-forest-on/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:27:37 +0000 lou http://www.ghostforest.org/?p=1609 “Rainforest tree stumps – Angela Palmer’s exhibition on the front lawn highlights deforestation crisis.”

Read the full article on: Daily Info, Oxford

]]> http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/07/ghost-forest-on/feed/ 0 Ghost Forest: tree stumps travel from Ghana to Oxford http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/07/bbc-oxford-the-ghost-forests-oxford-roots/ http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/07/bbc-oxford-the-ghost-forests-oxford-roots/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:14:08 +0000 lou http://www.ghostforest.org/?p=1556 “Ghost Forest is an installation of rainforest tree stumps on display at Oxford University’s Museum of Natural History and the Pitt Rivers Museum from 9 July 2010 to 31 July 2011. The project, by Angela Palmer, aims to highlight the alarming depletion of the world’s natural resources and the rate of deforestation.”
Read the Guardian article: guardian.co.uk
]]> http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/07/bbc-oxford-the-ghost-forests-oxford-roots/feed/ 0 The Ghost Forest’s Oxford roots http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/07/the-ghost-forests-oxford-roots/ http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/07/the-ghost-forests-oxford-roots/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:15:40 +0000 lou http://www.ghostforest.org/?p=1581 “Artist Angela Palmer has brought a little piece of the West African rainforest to Oxford. The ‘Ghost Forest’ is displayed on the lawn of Oxford University’s Museum of Natural History. It consists of a collection of huge rainforest tree stumps from a commercially logged tropical forest.”
Watch the BBC video: BBC Oxford Ghost Forest video

]]> http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/07/the-ghost-forests-oxford-roots/feed/ 0 Ghost Forest takes root in Oxford http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/07/ghost-forest-takes-root-in-oxford/ http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/07/ghost-forest-takes-root-in-oxford/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:48:05 +0000 lou http://www.ghostforest.org/?p=1547 Today a Ghost Forest appeared on the lawn of Oxford University’s Museum of Natural History and the Pitt Rivers Museum to the sound of African drums.

Read the Ghost Forest Oxford Press Release

]]> http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/07/ghost-forest-takes-root-in-oxford/feed/ 0 Do something difficult – it could even make you happy http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/07/psychology-today/ http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/07/psychology-today/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:08:00 +0000 lou http://www.ghostforest.org/?p=1573 An article on Angela Palmer, the artist behind Ghost Forest, happiness and challenges was released today in Psychology Today.

Read the full article in Psychology Today.

]]> http://www.ghostforest.org/2010/07/psychology-today/feed/ 0 BBC News: Ghost trees ‘haunt’ London http://www.ghostforest.org/2009/11/bbc-news-ghost-trees-haunt-london/ http://www.ghostforest.org/2009/11/bbc-news-ghost-trees-haunt-london/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:15:27 +0000 lou http://www.ghostforest.org/?p=991 “The stumps of 10 rainforest trees, complete with their roots, have been placed around Trafalgar Square to highlight the issue of deforestation.”

Read the full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8361486.stm

]]> http://www.ghostforest.org/2009/11/bbc-news-ghost-trees-haunt-london/feed/ 0 The Telegraph and Artdaily on Ghost Forest http://www.ghostforest.org/2009/11/the-telegraph-and-artdaily-on-ghost-forest/ http://www.ghostforest.org/2009/11/the-telegraph-and-artdaily-on-ghost-forest/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:15:17 +0000 lou http://www.ghostforest.org/?p=1052 Watch the Telegraph’s footage and read the full story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/6588131/Video-Ghost-forest-haunts-Trafalgar-Square.html

Read the Artdaily article: http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=34345

]]> http://www.ghostforest.org/2009/11/the-telegraph-and-artdaily-on-ghost-forest/feed/ 0 Creative Cities covers Ghost Forest http://www.ghostforest.org/2009/11/creative-cities-covers-ghost-forest/ http://www.ghostforest.org/2009/11/creative-cities-covers-ghost-forest/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:13:01 +0000 lou http://www.ghostforest.org/?p=1156 Haunting vision: Ghost Forest in Trafalgar Square.  Read the full article: http://www.creativecities.org.uk/haunting-vision-ghost-forest-invades-trafalgar-square/

]]> http://www.ghostforest.org/2009/11/creative-cities-covers-ghost-forest/feed/ 0 Oxford University on Ghost Forest and on their role http://www.ghostforest.org/2009/11/oxford-university-on-ghost-forest-and-on-their-role/ http://www.ghostforest.org/2009/11/oxford-university-on-ghost-forest-and-on-their-role/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:10:00 +0000 lou http://www.ghostforest.org/?p=1153 Oxford helps plant ‘Ghost Forest’.  Read the full article: http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2009/091119_1.html

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