I hope each of us asks this question often: what is environmental impact? And what is my environmental impact?
Sometimes, my subjects are endangered species and extinction. Sometimes they are about climate change. Sometimes I focus my gaze on bees or social (in)equality and education. And sometimes environmental impact is, intimately, about the landscapes of internal darkness, that which is hidden underneath: vulnerability, fragility, fear, trauma, uncertainty, loss, humanity, courage, connection and love—of place, of animals, of self, of people we care about. Environmental impact is melting icecaps and hugging a tender-hearted, teary child. Environmental impact is prioritizing the people you love with kisses and fat hugs and prioritizing voting and recycling and consuming conscientiously. Environmental impact is renewable energy: the sun, wind and water. ALSO RENEWABLE ENERGY is: love, laughter, inclusion, compassion and education.
