Climate & Community 7/11/24: Illustrating Healed Relationships with Water with Maisie Richards (Part 1)

Host: Brianna Cunliffe

Description: Climate & Community speaks with illustrator and designer Maisie Richards on her work helping communities visualize a future where we move towards a healthier relationship with our rivers and with the cycling of water that connects us all.  From specific projects related to dam removal to working with students thinking about biodiversity to collaborating with Penobscot colleagues to check the influence of western scientific biases in representations of landscapes, Maisie’s work strives toward expanding our imagination, and demonstrates the power of art in drawing us with excitement and hope towards the kind of world we want to create. Our conversation will continue next week.  For updates on current projects, you can follow her at www.instagram.com/roundwaterdesign/ and to learn more about her work, visit  www.maisierichards.com/.

Johannah, Brianna, Tanvi, Gus, Corey, and Beth are the team at A Climate to Thrive, a nonprofit working to build a model of community-driven, solutions-focused climate action. Since its origins around a potluck table as concerned neighbors gathered to take action on climate change, A Climate to Thrive, or ACTT, has been supporting solutions on Mount Desert Island and beyond since 2016. Learn more at www.aclimatetothrive.org.