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Resources for Passages: Tales of a Snow Migrant

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Passages:

Tales of a Snow Migrant

Web Resources

Learn more about sustainability efforts at the College of Wooster and ways to get involved in our own community

Find one of our new rideshare stickers at Sustainability events or pick one up at the Art Museum! 

What we are watching….

Antarctic Edge: 70˚ South

  • follows scientists as they study the ecological and environmental effects of climate change in the fastest-warming part of the world, West Antarctica. (available on Kanopy)  

The Anthropologist

  • tells the story of a mother and daughter pair as they travel the world to document the effects of climate change on indigenous communities. (available on Kanopy)   

What we are reading…

cover of My Wounded Island by Jacques Pasquet

My Wounded Island
 by Jacques Pasquet

Imarvaluk is a girl living on Sarichef, an island off the coast of Alaska. But as an invisible sea monster starts eating away her island, she and her family have to move inland, and worry about having to move to the mainland to escape it. (purchase here)    

Cover of At Home on an Unruly Planet by Madeline Ostrander

At Home on an Unruly Planet
by Madeline Ostrander

Ostrander retells accounts of how people, and communities, all over America are fighting to protect the places that they home against the effects of climate change. (purchase here)  

Cover of On the Move by Abrahm Lustgarten

On the Move
by Abrahm Lustgarten
 

Lustgarten discusses how the consequences of climate change in the United States – from wildfires in the West, to flooding in Eastern metropolises, to increasingly violent storms and heat in the South – will force many Americans to flee their homes. Unless policies change now, Lustgarten warns, it is not an if, but a when, Americans will have to move. (purchase here)  

Cover of The Atlas of Environmental Migration

The Atlas of Environmental Migration
by Dina Ionesco, Daria Mokhnacheva, and Francois Gemenne

Ionesco et al. break down the language, concepts, factors, challenges, and opportunities surrounding climate migration through elaborate maps and graphics, as well as case studies from across the globe. (purchase here or available through Woo Main Library)  

Cover of The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move

The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move
by Sonia Shah

Through study of genetics, science has revealed that migration, across time and species, is often the determining factor in surviving environmental change. Shah argues that, in a world where human migration is so frequently seen as a problem to solve, it may be our key for surviving climate change and preserving biodiversity on Earth. (purchase here or available as an eBook, and through Ken Main)

Cover of The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration by Jake Bittle

The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration
by Jake Bittle

The Great Displacement – a title playing of The Great Migration, the largest migration in American history, with millions of African Americans moving from the South to Northern Cities during the 1920’s to the 1960’s – discusses the diversity and prevalence of domestic climate migrants in the United States. A combination of interviews and statistics reveal migration patterns, and where climate migration will effect next. (purchase here or available through Ken Main) 

Cover of Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet by Mark Lynas

Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
by Mark Lynas

Lynas breaks down how climate change will effect the planet, from a global temperature increase of one degree, to a global temperature increase of six degrees. He then explains the steps for preventing – and perhaps even reversing – the effects of climate change by bringing down global CO2 emissions. (purchase here)  

What we are listening to…

Paradise Lost by Otyken
(translated lyrics)  

The Seed by Aurora  



Image: Claudia Esslinger, Passages: Tales of the Snow Migrant (installation view), 2024. Photo courtesy of the artist

Funding for this exhibition generously provided by the Julia Shoolroy Halloran Endowed Fund.  

Events for Our Disappearing Darkness: A Meditation on Losing the Night

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September

Artist Talk
MJ Sharp

September 17, 2024

4pm

Ebert Art Center

October

Snooze Tuesday

October 22, 2024

7 pm

Ebert Art Center
In collaboration with Wellness

Resources

The Neuroscience of Sleep

with Dr. Amy Jo Stavenezer &
Dr. Richard Lehtinen

October 15, 2024

7 pm

Ebert Art Center


Funding for this exhibition generously provided by the Julia Shoolroy Halloran Endowed Fund.  

Resources for Our Disappearing Darkness Resources: A Meditation on Losing the Night

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Our Disappearing Darkness

A Meditation on Losing the Night

Web Resources

Learn more about the importance of dark skies and what we can do from the International Dark Sky Association. 

Check out this light pollution map

Learn more about how dark skies are measured 

Where to stargaze in Ohio? HERE!

What we are watching….

Saving the Dark (2019)  

  • 80% of the world’s population live under light polluted skies. What do we lose when we lose sight of the stars? Excessive and improper lighting robs us of our night skies, disrupts our sleep patterns and endangers nocturnal habitats. The current advances in LED technology have enabled several cities to safely light their streets and save energy without disrupting the nighttime environment. Saving the Dark explores the need to preserve night skies and what we can do to combat light pollution. Created in association with the International Dark-Sky Association. Watch on YouTube here. 

Secrets of the Night (2019)  

  • A two-part series covering the scientific and cultural ways in which we experience night, with focus on how night effects our lives in rural and urban environments. Watch on YouTube here and here. 

Standing with Stones: An Epic Film Journey Through Prehistoric Britain and Ireland  

  • A remarkable feature length documentary film that takes the viewer on an epic journey of discovery, way beyond the Wiltshire monuments and Stonehenge, uncovering the true extent and variety of megalithic Britain and Ireland. Watch on YouTube here. 

What we are reading…

At Day’s Close: A History of Nighttime by A. Roger Ekirch (2005)  

At Day’s Close: A History of Nighttime
by A. Roger Ekirch (2005)  

An exploration of nighttime in Western society before the Industrial Revolution. (purchase here)  

Let There Be Night: Testimony on Behalf of the Dark edited by Paul Bogard (2008)

Let There Be Night: Testimony on Behalf of the Dark
edited by Paul Bogard (2008)

29 writers, scientists, poets and scholars share their personal experiences of night and what we miss when dark skies and nocturnal wildness vanish. (purchase here)  

The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms That Sustain Life

The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms That Sustain Life
by Johan Eklöf (2020/English translation 2022) 

An exploration of nighttime in Western society before the Industrial Revolution. (purchase here)  

The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light by Paul Bogard 

The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light
by Paul Bogard 

The author travels the globe to find the night. (available here) 

What we are listening to…

Contemplative Playlist
Night Owl Playlist

 MJ Sharp, Avebury Road, UK, 2022. Photograph courtesy of the artist.
Funding for this exhibition generously provided by the Julia Shoolroy Halloran Endowed Fund.  

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