The Natural Environment

 Flora * Fauna * Land & Landscapes * Environment   

Flora: the plants of a specific region, habitat, or geological period. Here, we’ll explore the relationship between flora and communities, and how farms, gardens, grasslands, and forests  - even houseplants – support good moods, health, culture and environments.   

 Fauna: the animals of a specific region, habitat, or geological period. Human infrastructure directly or indirectly responds to animal life. Wild preserves, farms, dog parks, and hiking trails are some places where people directly consider fauna.

Let’s look at lands and landscapes, and how people view, move through, manage, cultivate, modify, and preserve places. We’ll compare distances, topographies, climates, populations, and usage patterns, and how communities literally and metaphorically respond to the earth beneath their feet. 

 Here, we’ll look at the totality of different environments, how particular environments look and feel, and celebrate those that support and inspire us. We’ll also look at ideas and innovations meant to preserve and protect the environment and those we share the planet with.