Urban Ecology + Vessels of Self and Other

Together, Callie and Rowan (gender fluid, sound & video artist, urban ecologist, and horticulture ecological healer psychogeography documentarian) of ecogreenarchives, explore what might be possible when we honor and take an active response to our interconnectedness with the ecology within, above, below and all around us. Much of Rowan’s journey into Urban ecology and observing ecosystems and how people, plants, and other animals cohabitate is rooted in their experience within radical movements of grassroots activism and mutual aid.

How can an approach or mindset which de-centers the individual and re-prioritizes the whole might affect our shared ecosystems - for all beings, plants, humans, animals, waters, lands, micro and macro-organisms? What is the relationship between Urban Ecology and viewing our own bodily vessels as a part of our ecosystem, constantly intertwined, contributing either positive/nutritive stimulus and care into our surroundings and/or harmful stimulus or dissociation with our environment? The sonic component of this episode will include clips from Rowan’s own compositions/video work/and field recording archive.