Recording Living Tree artworks from Space

EARTH OBSERVATION

Thanks to an educational partnership formed with NASA Earth Observation Unit and in tandem with the International Space Station - a set of flyover . 

See inside the International Space Station

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.5604483,-95.0853026,2a,75y,208.04h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqL5fH5LO1zMAAAQvxgbyKw!2e0!7i10000!8i5000


Articles to read

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/3030/rising-waters/

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/3131/nasas-eyes-on-the-earth-puts-the-world-at-your-fingertips/

https://www.nasa.gov/stem/foreducators/k-12/index.html

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nasa_sea_level_rise_resources_grades_9-12th.pdf

https://www.nasa.gov/stem/contacts/centers.html

https://www.nasa.gov/about/exhibits/index.html

https://www.nasa.gov/stem

https://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/people/bios/kenton-r-fisher/

https://onetreeplanted.org/products/plant-trees

http://www.ekac.org/gfpbunny.html#gfpbunnyanchor

https://ras.ac.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/price-medal
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/two-eyed-seeing-doc-1.6304574



By establishing other training sites, ROBA can assist vulnerable Oromo agro-pastoralist communities to better manage their own climate risks by enhancing local-
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Local actions are increasing food security and

Director, Hussein Watta, of ROBA has estimated that if one tree matures across an area of 2meter x 2meter on average (equivalent of= 4m2 per tree)with 2,500 trees typically planted per hectare. He has predicated ROBA’s output of 300,000 trees per annum divided by 2,500 plants per hectare will enable the community to rehabilitate 120 hectares of land per year.  Together these averages can represent sizes of potential regeneration around community areas that will also spill out into the reforestation of larger swathes of Ethiopian highlands. Everyone will benefit.
Digital skills
This remains one of the key legacies of ‘Trees for Life’ is that it has emerged into a successful learning climate and community model that can scale, add creative knowledge, and use the visual arts to collectively problem-solve -- transforming communities into beacons and residents to become ambassadors and champions of climate hope during such challenging times. 

Please reach out if you feel you can help with funding, digital equipment or other resources here to help ROBA fulfill its vision, assisting other agropastoralists communities to set up their own tree nurseries and arts learning centres.

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Rural Association for Bettermenet of Agropastoralists
http://robaethiopia.org
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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 (2021 - to present, now under the name 'Living Artworks') 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.

Living Artworks and Tree Circles 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.

Living Artworks and Tree Circles 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.  ​
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How to cite this project

Borda, S., Donnelly, JK, Watta, H, Aman, G  Bashir, N.   2020.  Living artworks.   Educational Resource [web and print].  Funded by the British Council Creative Climate Commission for COP26.   These materials are under creative commons licence CC By SA. 

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