Earth Optimism: Nature Speaks to Those Who Listen

Curated by a group of four MA students from the University of Leeds, this exhibition focuses on the notion of Earth Optimism, telling a story to guide us from a state of anxiety towards one of hope.

Earth Optimism views environmental challenges as opportunities for action. When humanity recognises itself as an integral part of a vast ecosystem and acknowledges the earth as a shared home for all, the emerging hope becomes more precise and more profound.

In an era often defined by environmental pessimism, the exhibition curates a selection of illustrations, images and scientific material from the archives of the Biodiversity Heritage Library to provide a counter-narrative that champions hope and possibility, agency and renewal.

It is a call to embrace Earth Optimism and view environmental challenges as opportunities for action.

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Earth Optimism is part of a wider series of online exhibitions curated by Art Gallery and Museum Studies and Arts Management and Heritage MA students from the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, as part of an Interpretations course module.

Visit the online exhibition.

Image

The birds of America: from drawings made in the United States and their territories Article: Roseate Spoonbill, Platalea ajaja, Linn. [PI.362]. Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library. Source: Biodiversity Heritage Library. Copyright status: Public Domain.