See Monster at Weston-super-Mare

Giant installation reuses offshore gas platform

Part of the Unboxed festival, a public art installation created using a former North Sea offshore gas platform has opened in Weston-super-Mare. See Monster features a 10-metre waterfall, a wild garden and a number of kinetic artworks exploring ideas around the reuse of outmoded industrial infrastructure. More from Dezeen here

Anthropy promises to be a “unique gathering of leaders from all sectors, concerned as to how we move forward as a nation…a chance to re-assess what we value and what values will help create new thinking to tackle long standing challenges.” The event, founded by “serial campaigner in ethical and sustainable business” John O’Brien, will run from November 2-4 at The Eden Project in Cornwall. Participants include representatives from business, politics, media and NGOs, striving to create a “New Vision for Britain”. Details here

A “two-day celebration of today’s forward-thinking consumer brands” comes to London from October 15-16. The Sustainability Show will feature six shopping zones with “the latest sustainable ideas in Fashion, Food, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden, Transport & Energy, Pets, and Money & Travel” as well as “inspiring talks about making the right lifestyle choices”. More here

Production company Spindle has shared a case study about how it was able to make an ad for Greenpeace with a dramatically lowered carbon footprint using AdGreen’s carbon calculator. “We chose to use 3D animation and archive footage from Greenpeace, which helped us to keep our carbon footprint to an absolute minimum. In fact, through the whole process, from the creative development to final delivery, we produced 0.73 tonnes CO2e - that is less than one European flight for a crew member,” they say. More here

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