A short film that aims at delivering hope, possibility, utility, insight, expert voices, and regenerative joy: An inspiring initiative led by accomplished wildlife conservation expert Astrid Vargas implementing Commonland 4-Returns’ framework to landscape restoration. This project provides valuable insights for successful partnerships between landowners, community, scientists, educators, artists, non-profit organizations, and government. A real grassroots effort to adapt and pollinate …
What Does Being a WOMAN have to do with Ecosystem Leadership?
The world as we once knew it no longer exists. From leadership to climate change, going digital to working from home, our lives have irrevocably shifted. Ecosystem Leadership has described a shift from one leader at the front of a movement to a more networked approach and August 2020 marks 100 years of women’s suffrage. Where do Ecosystem Leadership, personal growth and …
New Narratives for a Better Future
Beauty and harmony will grow out of resilience… We are living in an unprecedented time during which listening and sharing narratives among all will inspire accountability for the changes we wish to see. We have, and will continue, to compile narratives from around the world which will help change old habits that have been detrimental to society and nature, and …
Artic Art & Science Project – Capturing Natural Wonders & Climate Chaos
Kerry Koepping, the founding director of the nonprofit Arctic Arts Project, teamed with visual artists and scientists to provide visual evidence of the latest findings on climate change in Greenland — and build capacity for public engagement. “Change is pervasive, kinetic and profound something new? Environmentally speaking, climate change appears as a rapid course of kinetic evolution. As the human existence …
Tracing the Future of Story Telling through the History of Art
SEE how the evolution of aesthetics in web design has paralleled that of visual art history and story telling, and consider what the future holds. “Seeing a world of ineffable beauty and complexity before us, we seek to reproduce it.” CLICK & SCROLL DOWN to experience the future of story telling and web design. “As you read this sentence, the next …
Into The Delta
Andrea Sparrow‘s “Into the Delta” is a visual study of the Colorado River Basin, documenting the rivers of the basin and the water projects attached to them. This project explores the rivers of the basin, from headwaters down to the delta in Mexico, where the water no longer reaches the ocean. As climate change is ultimately water change, the forces …
Sharing My Bubble: Tuning into the Global Field of Systemic Change
When Kevin Jones asked me to “unload” what I am noticing in the field of systemic transformation to a radically better world, I realized that doing it for a broad audience will be quite a challenge. With so much information that is never complete and always changing, it is hard to settle with a particular overview, but let me try. Approach My …
Art & Science River Exhibition
Celebrating the Natural Assets of Our Rivers and the Collective Work of Scientists, Stakeholders, and Artists The 70ft long mural illustrating the Yampa River from the Flat Tops to Dinosaur National Monument was the center of the Exhibition. An opportunity for visitors to see, touch and feel it, before its installation on a wall downtown, guarding the River from up …
The Rise and Rise of McEmpathy
I own a book on Victorian inventions that I enjoy flipping through. Its pages bring to mind an era of optimism driven by the thrill of technological advancement – the feeling that all a capable person needed was an idea and the will to succeed. In fact, many of the ideas invented during that era still remain an integral part …
16 Annual International Folk Art Maket
Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 12, 13, & 14, 2019 The opportunity to shop for the world’s finest folk art while experiencing the dynamic diversity of global cultures comes only once a year at the International Folk Art Market Santa Fe, the world’s largest folk art festival. Art and culture lovers will definitely want to be in this acclaimed high-desert …