Solutions
Detroit group reduces waste and improves education by merging art and science
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The organization teaches kids at its brick and mortar building or travels to communities with a bus filled with recycled materials.
Great Lakes Echo (https://greatlakesecho.org/tag/art/)
Paintings, books, music, plays and other arts are effective ways of communicating environmental issues.
The organization teaches kids at its brick and mortar building or travels to communities with a bus filled with recycled materials.
Paper Valley started as a simple exercise in chronicling the past, but turned into something more.
They’re drawn to it because of some personal connection to whether it be the neighborhood they grew up in, the forest they’ve walked in, the lakes [where] they’ve smoked salmon. So it’s a natural thing to tie environmental matters to personal experiences.
This project really provides a leverage for organizations to be more actively involved, and engage the community into big societal issues of our time.
Heavily symbolic, Woodland art uses the vibrancy of primary colors to convey the ideology behind Ojibwe culture in the forms of animals, plants, people and even the land.
This year, Morton Arboretum 25 miles west of Chicago, is celebrating 100 years – and photographer Peter Vagt has over 20 years’ worth of photos to show for it.
A dog and a raven fostered a friendship that spanned eight years, and a children’s book just came out that details the improbable friendship.
A Grand Valley State University student is sharing their research through artwork, which is a growing trend among the scientific community.
A University of Windsor doctoral student studying conservation has a knack for science communication – and is using it to bring attention and support to at-risk species.
Humans, like all other animals, have an innate desire to find the right spot, an ideal place. Tim Mulherin, the author of Sand, Stars, Wind & Water found his sense of place in Northwest Lower Michigan during his first visit to the area 35 years ago.