Invisible Dust

Aeolian Ride, Capetown, 2005. Photo: Sean Wilson.

This participatory and quirky cycling event is looking for cyclists to join them in their next Aeolian ride in San Jose, California.

52 riders will be sporting wind-inflatable white suits handmade from ripstop nylon.

To find out more and see more photos click here.

Aeolian Ride, Tokyo, 2006. Photo: Jessica Findley.

Angela Palmer's 'Ghost Forest' in Oxford, on the lawn of Oxford University’s Museum of Natural History. Photo: the Good Agency

For more than two weeks, Angela Palmer’s installation Ghost Forest has found its third home after London’s Trafalgar Square and Copenhagen, where it coincided with the UN Climate Change Conference last year. It has now been hoisted onto the front lawn of Oxford University’s Museum of Natural History and the Pitt Rivers Museum, where it will remain for 12 months.

Palmer’s installation, which consists of 10 primary rainforest tree stumps shipped from Ghana, aims to highlight the alarming depletion of the world’s natural resources, and in particular the continued rate of deforestation. The choice of Ghana as a source for the tree stumps is no coincidence: situated some 3000 miles south from Trafalgar Square, it is the closest rainforest to Britain, yet one whose primary rainforest has been cut by 90% over the last 50 years. Ghana now exercises strict regulations in sustainable and responsible forestry and, crucially, is the first African country to enter the VPA (Voluntary Partnership Agreement) with the EU in an effort to outlaw illegal logging.

To find out more about the Ghost Forest Art Project, read here

The Jellyfish Theatre - work in progress

The Red Room, a theatre company which promotes social justice through their programme, and the Architecture Foundation have commissioned award-winning Berlin-based architects Köbberling/Kaltwasser to create a temporary theatre in a public playground in Southwark, in South London.

 This exciting new venue will be made entirely from recycled and reclaimed materials, like junked theatre sets and Covent Garden market pallets. Designed for 100 seats, the Jellyfish will be open from 26 August to 9 October, during which time it will also be used as an exhibition space. Two of the UK’s leading playwrights, Kay Adshead and Simon Wu, have written two environmentally-themed plays especially for performance in the theatre.

For more information please see The Red Room and KOEBBERLING / KALTWASSER 

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Winner: Good for You, Green For London by Rachel Lillie

Any Londoner will have noticed that the number of cyclists is solidly increasing in the capital. It’s rapidly becoming one of the most efficient ways of transport in the clogged city, and, with the current heat wave, one of the most pleasurable as well. While creating a possible pain for drivers, cyclists have attracted support from the government, who has introduced the Cycle Scheme, and TLF, who are set to launch their Cycle Superhighway this July 17th with the first two lanes.

In the light of this mini-revolution, the London Transport Museum has asked illustrators to draw the links between cycling in London, environment issues, health and fun. Over 1000 artists submitted artworks, and fifty of these are now on display at the Museum until the 22 of August.

For more information please click here

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BP oil cap during pressure. Photo: Reuters

The gush of oil flowing from the Gulf well has finally been capped for the first time since its leak in April. Read the guardian article here.

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