Looking to green your company/organizations’s grounds? How about something intriguing, restorative and educational? Impossible?? No, just look to Sonoma’s Corner Stone Gardens for inspiration. I was on my way to taste wines in the Russian River, but became enchanted by the Corner Stone Gardens, which feature micro-climates of inspirational and educational faire. If you can’t get there, check out “corner stone – new frontiers in modern gardens.” www.cornerstonegardens.com
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New Zealand's Soul Speed Activist Theatre and Dance Troupe
Dancing for Dolphins
We can’t see dolphins swimming under the water, getting caught in nets, BUT we can see dancers imitating dolphins getting caught.
Maui’s Dolphins are endangered dolphins found in New Zealand’s waters: There are only about 110 Maui’s Dolphins left. The most significant dangers are entanglement in fishing nets and by-catch.
Read here to see how this group of activists found a powerful way to bring attention to an additional danger disrupting the dolphin’s life: invasive research methods.
Most of the activists are parents, and they want their children to grow up with the dolphins in their shared future of humans, nonhumans and the land. To protest the research actions, they created a dance.
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One of my favorite poets, Drew Dellinger, has reached Congress through the raw beauty and strength of his words. Click here to see Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin refer to Drew’s poem in aid of Al Gore describing our responsibility to our future grandchildren as it relates to climate change.
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Art is magical. And when it focus on engaging people’s connection to nature, it becomes even more so. Daniel Dancer is one of my favorite artists working this way. He assembles youth into football sized representations of local flora and fauna. Check his work out and get him to come to your school – and don’t be surprised when the local media show up! Photo below is taken from a hot air ballon of students on a field.
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Need a dose of inspiration when the sustainability going gets tough? Try listening to this musical video by Michael Franti, Hey World.
It is a call to roll up your sleeves, to shake off apathy: “I didn’t come here to chill, I came here to rock … You got to let go of the remote control.” Watch an inspiring music video about civic participation, set to the backdrop of Jamaican reggae rhythms of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare.
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