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Partner Stories
How did this all start?

Project artists and partners pay utmost respect to reflect Oromo cultural values, and honour the way Oromo view the indigenous, spiritual realm and the universe. For the Oromo, reality begins with and centres on Nature, community care, and Gaada, to name a few principles. These values and others remains at the heart of Oromo aspirations and a focus of good living.
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In considering climate science and the arts as part of wider toolkits we can use these in creative ways to assist in climate mitigation, while creating new mesmerizing visual forms. 
 

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JOIN IN 

You can also join in and participate in an open global call to create climate earth observation artworks in your own local area - see
 https://www.earth-art-studio.com/tree-circles.html and 
​https://lwww.earth-art-studio.com/plant-graffiti.html
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RESOURCES
United Nations - Office for Outer Space Affairs
www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/aboutus/roles-responsibilities.html

Centre Nationales d'etudes Spatiales 
https://phototheque.cnes.fr/cnes/categories

Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute
https://etssti.org/about-essti/

European Space Agency Publications
https://espi.or.at/publications/collaborative-studies

LandSat9
The Landsat program is the longest-running enterprise for acquisition of satellite imagery of Earth. 
https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/landsat-9/landsat-9-overview

Worldview Snapshots is a lightweight tool for creating image snapshots from a selection of popular NASA satellite imagery
https://wvs.earthdata.nasa.gov/

CLIMATE 

Climate Kids NASA
https://climatekids.nasa.gov/tree-rings

Earth Observation and understanding bird migration
https://climatekids.nasa.gov/extreme-weather-birds/

The Nature Conservancy Climate Change Guide
https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-priorities/tackle-climate-change/climate-change-stories/climate-change-frequently-asked-questions/




PanAfrican Planetary and Space Science Network (PAPSSN)​
https://www.papssnmobility.org

Reflections on the value of ethics in relation to Earth observation
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01431161.2012.718466
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SPOT 4 - 5 satellites: four multispectral bands to 20m spatial resolution of Canadian tree line (years 2005-2010) Interactive Map
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/d1fc6010-e2e7-401a-8dc1-544cd2ac0b03
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Satellite-Based Earth Observation Trends and Challenges for Economy and Society (2018)
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-74805-4  /
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-74805-4.pdf


United Nations - Office for Outer Space Affairs
www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/aboutus/roles-responsibilities.html

What can satellites really see?
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/what-can-you-really-see-space​

TREES & CLIMATE

Environmental Education: Project Learning Tree
https://www.plt.org/activity-resources/focus-on-forests-activity-8-climate-change-and-forests/

National Centre for Atmospheric research: Tree Rings and Understanding climate change
https://aambpublicoceanservice.blob.core.windows.net/oceanserviceprod/education/pd/climate/teachingclimate/trees_recorders_of_time.pdf




Who’s behind the project?
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​Trees for Life project has been supported by the British Council’s Creative Commissions 2021 programme. This was a series of creative commissions exploring climate change through art, science and digital technology for presentation at COP26.

Trees for Life continues as an active artists-community collaboration and illustrates that land rehabilitation doesn’t need to be expensive. We understand the benefit of trees to the land and that people can assist in creating better soils and future-proofing sites from climate issues by planting trees. 
 
Trees for Life also highlights that sustainability is dependent on the motivation and generosity of citizens, communities, artists, and scientists working together to redefine the challenges of climate change and to foster the next generation with the idea that we can make an impact through climate art and other creative approaches.

Tree Circles and Trees for Life
 project are co-led by climate design and media artists, Sylvia Grace Borda (Canada) and J.Keith Donnelly (UK) together with partners Ethiopia (ROBA – Rural Organisation for the Betterment of Agro-Pastoralists ) in the UK (Dundee UNESCO City of Design, Dundee City Council, Scotland),  and Canada (Institute for Sustainable Horticulture, Kwantlen Polytechnic University) to creatively respond to global issues of climate change.  ​

  • Home
  • Trees for Life
    • The Project
    • Creating Living Artworks
    • Satellite Images
    • Tree Nursery
    • Field Notes from ROBA
    • Youth reflections
    • Climate reflections
    • Elder Knowledge
    • Acknowledging Indigenous Rights
    • Oromo tree circle
    • The Lion
    • Adopt a Tree
    • Celebrations
    • What's Next
    • Symposium
  • TREE CIRCLES
    • Plant Graffiti
    • TREE CIRCLES
    • Partners
  • Internet of Nature
    • Internet of Nature
    • COP26
    • City of Dundee
  • Exhibition kits
    • Exhibition kits
    • Resources
    • Tree stories making the news
  • About Us