Friends of The Earth: Learn About Sustainability & Create Earth Art in Buffalo, N.Y.

In this workshop, participants will explore their own impact on the ecosystem in which they live, including the waste that each person produces, through educational instruction, creating art with found natural or recycled objects students collect at the school, forest bathing and hands-on learning.  Appropriate for 3rd – 12th grades and adults. 

Participants will:

• Make a connection between themselves and nature that is intentional and creates more harmony in their lives and in the world
• Explore personal responsibility for being a part a healthy and thriving ecosystem
• Learn various techniques for living a “less-waste” producing lifestyle
• Create artwork out of materials found in nature or from recyclable or non-recyclable objects students collect at the school 
• Explore ideas on how to produce less waste by reusing things
• Learn about composting and why it’s helpful and beneficial
• Discover the joys of going outdoors and how nature can be a tool to de-stress, re-center and calm the nervous system
• Forest bathing: exploring nature in a mindful and intentional way 

Schools interested in making sustainable art will be asked to collect objects found in nature, non-recyclable and recyclable materials for the art making experience before this class. Larger sustainable art installations are possible with bookings of at least six hours or more.