The Art and Science of Green
by Beth Conover on February 11, 2008The connection between art, science and nature has been posed through the ages by some of our most celebrated figures. To wit,
“Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift.”
Albert Einstein
“Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more.”
Vincent Van Gogh
“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”
William Shakespeare
As a community, we rely on our institutions of arts, science and culture (”the culturals”) to keep us abreast of important trends and ideas, and in Denver over the past two years our major arts and science facilities have embraced sustainability programming and green operations in an aggressive way. The trend is so strong that it appears to this outsider that the community as a whole will benefit from healthy competition among the culturals to “outgreen” each other. Read more »
