Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword : we are all elemental / James Brady -- Testimony : art for the sake of place / Ruth Little -- Ice receding, books reseeding / Basia Irland -- A question of values : art, ecology and the natural order of things / David Haley -- So you want to be an eco-artist? Lessons in grief and gratitude / Beverly Naidus -- Defining a practice : with reflection on the Sylva Caledonia exhibition / Tim Collins and Reiko Goto -- World of matter / Krist Geneviève Lynes and World of Matter -- Rights of nature : the art and politics of Earth jurisprudence / T.J. Demos -- Inconsistency and contradiction : lessons in improvisation in the work of Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison / Anne Douglas and Chris Freemantle -- How I love to Moa (performance and delinquent forms of feeling) / Wallace Heim.

Elemental is an introductory reader, comprising a unique collection of essays by some of the worlds leading artists, activists, curators and writers currently working in the expansive, interdisciplinary field of arts and ecology. The book presents critical reflections, and philosophies on a variety of eco-art practices and methodologies. Subjects areas include: New Materialism, socially-engaged ecosystem restoration, the legal Rights of Nature, and ecology in theatre and performance art. The symbiotic environmental, social and economic crises of our era (Climate Change being one significant symptom) have now emerged as a poignant and critically relevant presence throughout culture globally. It is therefore timely and vital that these essays of vision, hope and solidarity are being published.