"This project is a fantastic demonstration model of how to help stabilize the climate and create social, economic and environmental sustainability and vibrancy thru the medium of community arts." Allana Beltran
The Chain Valley Bay Eco-Arts garden installation was a Wyong Neighbourhood Centre Creative Connections initiative project, and contracted Allana Beltran as the project’s artistic mentor. The project involved 30 students aged 13 – 16 from the local Lake Munmorah High School, community members and Equilibrium Future Solutions environment group. The project ran for 9 months with school classes meeting weekly for two-hour art making sessions.
The students were asked to contemplate;
1. How is everything in nature connected?
2. How are we connected to nature?
3. How do the choices we make affect nature?
- 4. How does nature affect us?
Our Project is an exploration of our interconnectedness with nature, demonstrating our understanding of the Interconnectedness of the water cycle and the growth of plants and trees.
All of life depends on the water cycle and the water cycle depends on trees and plants, this is because of Transpiration, the whole process is called the Hydrologic Cycle.
Our project helps the Hydrologic Cycle by taking the water from the roof of the community hall and instead of it going into a stormwater drain and into the ocean we re-direct it thru our down-pipe sculpture into our water holding pond and edible garden. With the water now being held in the ground, trees and plants can grow more and take in more CO2 from the atmosphere, more transpiration takes place helping to regulate the water cycle and store more carbon from the atmosphere.
All of life depends on the water cycle and the water cycle depends on trees and plants, this is because of Transpiration, the whole process is called the Hydrologic Cycle.
Our project helps the Hydrologic Cycle by taking the water from the roof of the community hall and instead of it going into a stormwater drain and into the ocean we re-direct it thru our down-pipe sculpture into our water holding pond and edible garden. With the water now being held in the ground, trees and plants can grow more and take in more CO2 from the atmosphere, more transpiration takes place helping to regulate the water cycle and store more carbon from the atmosphere.
