FALL 2020
In the beginning of the class, responding to the theme of biodiversity, students selected one living non-human organism indigenous to the Salish Sea Bioregion to research and inspire their work over the quarter. Each project built upon this original selection and encouraged students to foster relationships with their distinct organisms.
Fall 2020 Species Selection
Sylvie Ackroryd – Acorn Barnacle (Balanomorpha)
Leah Adams – Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana)
Kenzi Garner – Alaska Yellow Cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)
Maria Hescheles – Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)
Eva Krueger – Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja)
Grady Lehto – Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis)
Sophia Lindstrom – PNW Mosses
Sybil Roberts – PNW Salmon
Rachel Rothberg – Brandt (Branta bernicla)
Emma Schlagel – PNW Lichens
Jackson Sweeny – Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)
“The lessons we learn from respecting these species’ journeys and their life-giving aquatic environments, learning from the species’ life and death cycles, and creating a reciprocal relationship with the gifts and teachings their environment give us, can bring us nourishment and comfort.”
Art & Ecology Students Rachel Rothberg & Sybil Roberts, Fall 2020
“Maybe it’s more than walking lightly on the Earth: We are not just on it but of it. Maybe we must also leave the bits we touch better than we found them.”
Art & Ecology Student Sylvie Ackroyd, Fall 2020
This website is made possible by the support of WWU’s Sustainability, Equity, & Justice Fund.
Art & Ecology course developed by Professor Cynthia Camlin.
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