Category Archives: 2017

Inhabitat

Inhabitat Here’s how much land area we’d need to power Bitcoin with solar December 14, 2017 By Lacy Cooke “Bitcoin isn’t exactly environmentally friendly right now. The Bitcoin network is largely powered by coal plants in China, according to Digiconomist. … Continue reading

Texas Public Radio

Texas Public Radio ‘World’s First’ Solar Panel Mural Revealed November 13, 2018 By Jack Morgan “A solar panel went up in downtown San Antonio on Friday, and it’s one that’s unlike any other.” Read More >

Inhabitat:

Inhabitat World’s first solar panel mural unveiled in San Antonio November 17, 2017 By Nicole Jewell “In a world where solar farms are shaped like giant pandas, there’s certainly room for some solar butterflies. Determined to beautify our cities by … Continue reading

ArchitectureAU

ArchitectureAU St Kilda Triangle named design site for international sustainable energy infrastructure ideas competition “Melbourne’s St Kilda Triangle, the beachside block home to the historic Palais Theatre, has been named as the design site for international sustainable energy infrastructure design … Continue reading

Visual Resource Stewardship Conference

LAGI will be presenting at: Visual Resource Stewardship Conference: Landscape and Seascape Management in a Time of Change Argonne National Laboratory: Argonne, Illinois November 7 – 9, 2017 More information about the conference >

LAGI Willimantic Connecticut Information Session

LAGI Willimantic RFQ invited competition for energy generating public artwork The full Request for Qualifications (RFQ) can be found here > RELEASE DATE: September 26, 2017 RESPONSES DUE: November 10, 2017 Join us for a public presentation of the LAGI … Continue reading

LAGI Workshop at EDIT: Expo for Design, Innovation & Technology

Want to be a part of designing Toronto’s clean energy future? LAGI will be giving a full day workshop at EDIT: Expo for Design, Innovation & Technology. Join us on Saturday, September 30 2017 at EDIT: Expo for Design, Innovation … Continue reading

LAGI Exhibition at Chatham University

Chatham University is hosting a Land Art Generator Initiative exhibition this autumn at the Art Gallery in Woodland Hall on the Shadyside campus. Please join us at the reception on October 13th. You don’t have to wait until the reception … Continue reading

Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)

LAGI Directors Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry will be speaking at: Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) Panel: Solar + Storage, Microgrid BeaUtilities Time: 1:30-3:00pm Room: Bryant Park Thursday, October 12, 2017 TKP New York Conference Center, 109 West 39th Street, … Continue reading

Inhabitat: LAGI announces location for 2018 renewable energy design competition

Inhabitat LAGI announces location for 2018 renewable energy design competition July 19, 2017 By Lacy Cooke Energy infrastructure of the past, like oil refineries and rigs, aren’t typically considered to be beautiful. But as the world transitions towards renewable energy, … Continue reading

Landscape Australia

Landscape Australia International design competition to reimagine renewable energy infrastructure in Melbourne July 19, 2017 By Ricky Ray Ricardo One of the world’s most followed sustainable design events, the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI), has announced that its next international … Continue reading

Greater & Greener 2017

LAGI Directors Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry will be joining a panel discussion at: Greater & Greener 2017 PARKS CONNECTING CITIES, CULTURES, AND GENERATIONS AN INTERNATIONAL URBAN PARKS CONFERENCE July 29, 2017 — August 2, 2017 MINNEAPOLIS & SAINT PAUL … Continue reading

UNFCCC Newsroom

Celebrating the Beauty of Renewable Energy #Art4Climate June 23, 2017 “Under the slogan “Renewable energy can be beautiful,” the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) has showcased more than 800 innovative designs from countries ranging from India to the United States … Continue reading

Africa Energy Forum

Africa Energy Forum LAGI / Maasai Solar Exhibition and Lecture June 7–9, 2017 Copenhagen Powering the Planet with Regenerative Art The Land Art Generator Initiative would like to see a world in which the aesthetic influence of clean energy technologies … Continue reading

Binghamton, NY: Land Art Generator Workshop

Binghamton, NY May 6, 2017 Land Art Generator Workshop in collaboration with Souther Tier Solar Works

LAGI Lecture & Exhibition

Engineers for a Sustainable World conference Austin, Texas April 7–9 LAGI Lecture & Exhibition

Willimantic Connecticut: Land Art Generator Workshop

Willimantic Land Art Generator Workshop On March 3, 2017, the Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) at Eastern Connecticut State University and the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Office of the Arts hosted the Land Art Generator Initiative … Continue reading

San Antonio: Land Art Generator Workshop

Land Art Generator Community Workshop San Antonio, Texas On April 6, 2017, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) hosted the Land Art Generator Initiative for a workshop in San Antonio in partnership with the Land Heritage Institute, LiftFund, and AIA … Continue reading

Community Art Workshop, Yakima, WA

YNHS Community Art Workshop Saturday, April 22 1–4 p.m. Washington Middle School 510 S. 9th Street, Yakima The Land Art Generator Initiative will be facilitating a community art workshop in Yakima, Washington! Come share your stories about the neighborhood, draw … Continue reading

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Landscape Architecture Magazine The Art of Infrastructure March 2, 2017 By Timothy A. Schuler “For the past six years, Godfrey has had her students participate in the biennial competition held by the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI). This year, two … Continue reading

Something on which we can all agree: Solar power is great

The future of energy has arrived in Pennsylvania and we ought to push it forward. This is an op-ed article by the founding directors of LAGI. It was originally published in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette on Sunday February 5, 2017. … Continue reading

Temple University and the Village of Arts and Humanities host LAGI in Philadelphia

Photo by Katia McGuirk On February 3rd and 4th, 2017, LAGI was in Philadelphia to give a talk at Temple and facilitate a design workshop with the Village of Arts and Humanities in North Philadelphia. Read more about the events … Continue reading

Issues in Science and Technology

Issues in Science and Technology Winter 2017 Edition: The Energy Transition “Unlocking Clean Energy” By Varun Sivaram LAGI 2016 submissions for Santa Monica are featured on the cover and inside of the Winter 2017 edition of Issues in Science and … Continue reading

LAGI Exhibition at Exeter Innovation Centre

LAGI Glasgow Exhibition Innovation Centre, University of Exeter January 16 – April 28, 2017 An exhibition of LAGI’s collaborations with ecoartscotland and other organisations will be shown at the Innovation Centre, University of Exeter from 16 January to 28 April.