Nature’s Voice: How Art Can Inspire Environmental Action
Presented by: Hannah Marquardt, Advocate and Poet
Art helps us feel what facts alone often can’t. From Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking Silent Spring to the searing poetry of Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, artists have long shaped the way we understand and respond to environmental crises. Today, visual artists like Benjamin Von Wong and Thijs Biersteker turn data and pollution into powerful public installations, making climate change real, urgent, and human. This presentation explores how art—literary and visual—can deepen empathy, challenge complacency, and move people to protect the natural world.