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Motif: environmental activism

Woman at War

Contributed by Tessa Nauta “Halla is a fifty-year-old independent woman. But behind the scenes of a quiet routine, she leads a double life as a passionate environmental activist. Known to others only by her alias “The Woman of the Mountain,” Halla secretly wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminum industry. As Halla’s actions grow bolder,
MovieClimate Activismenvironmental activismEmpowermentExtinctionRole Model for Activists

The Botanical Revolution: On the Necessity of Art and Gardening

An art exhibition that features an array of modern artistic interpretations of the ecological and shifting cultural importance of the garden. The exhibition seeks to stimulate ecological awareness and tries to educate its visitors on garden practices and views on nature throughout history while emphasizing the Anthropocene.
Embodied ExperienceCreating awarenessDestabilizing AnthropocentrismEcological IdentityEcological LiteracyEmphasizing localityenvironmental activismEnvironmental Literacyenvironmental personaGardeningGlobal Warminggreen artPlant blindnessEcological MelancholyEmpathizing with plantsenvironmental awarenessEnvironmental SublimeNostalgiaAffective PublicsMateriality/Tangibility

Created by the Green Media Studies initiative at Utrecht University.