Publisher's Synopsis
The July-September 2019 'Facing the Future' issue of Arts Features International considers whether or not the future will be utopian or dystopian, and surveys the global climate strikes and the environmental movement led by young people.
Ruth Skilbeck. Editorial: Will the Future be Utopian-or Dystopian? Essay and photographs of the Global Climate School Strike, Newcastle, 20 September 2019...7
Michael Gormly. Critical thinking quickly sorts out denialist nonsense Essay and Photographs of the Global Climate School Strike, Newcastle, 20 September 2019...14
Deborah Van Heekeren. Disconnectivity poem & artwork...22
Ruth Skilbeck. Felena Springs utopian speculative fiction...25
Simon Albert (The University of Queensland), Alistair Grinham (The University of Queensland), Badin Gibbes The University of Queens- land), Javier Leon (University of the Sunshine Coast), John Church (CSIRO) Sea-Level Rise has Claimed Five Whole Islands in the Pacific: first scientific evidence (from The Conversation 2016)...28
Jeremy Gluck. On Digital Art & Culture essay & text based art...34
Anthony Sawrey. A Thousand Miles Beyond: The Equine Paintings of Hugh Sawrey Book extract with paintings by Hugh Sawrey...48
Suellen Symons. White Cockatoos Facebook photographs...70
Frontline Action on Coal. Facebook posts and photographs of a small community Global Climate Strike near Adani mine, Queensland...24; 72
Contributors' notes...77
