Emily Dickett, iSEE Sustainabiltiy Intern, compiled the following notes on sustainability and the arts:

Art and sustainability (activesustainability.com):

• Sustainability present in many aspects of everyday life

• Art is a vehicle of expression

• Nature is one of the most common things pained

• Nature is one of the oldest things pained

  • Landscapes in old chinese ink, drawings on ancient egyptian tombs

• Sustainability and art can increase interest in nature/sustainability

  • Make people question norms

• New trend of Land Art - communicate sustainability messages through the materials used and their impact on the environment

  • Ex: sculptures out of plastic

  • Promote conversations and change

How Artists Are Incorporating Sustainability Into Their Work | Yale Sustainability

• Artwork is interpreted individually, different for each person

• Sustainability in artwork gives people the chance to think critically about their own roles in climate change

• Sustainability in artwork can pose an issue in a different way

  • Learn new issues through art

• Art is symbolic and memorable

  • Make sustainability ideas stick!