Category — Living Green

By guest blogger: Jocelyn Coulter

There is a new piece of art in the Zoo… and it’s made entirely out of trash.  It’s fitting that we would place it in the Go Green Garden, but there is more to this story than just trash and “going green.”

A little history…

As a part of my Masters through Miami University’s Global Field Program in partnership with the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, I have focused the past 2.5 years on how art can play a significant role in environmental conservation.  This past summer, I was fortunate enough to work with a handful of high school students, from four different high schools, who were willing to come together in the name of art and the environment. We worked through a pilot course that offered a new way to learn about the environment through art.  Aside from some cool art activities and discussions, the most amazing result of this course was the heightened interest of two young ladies from Roger Bacon High School, who both aspired to take some of what they learned back to their peers.

Amanda and Michelle create graffiti, using stencils and mud.

Amanda and Michelle show off their journals crafted out of an old dinosaur book.

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