MIAMI BEACH EARTH DAY CELEBRATION 2013 Miami Beach Native Flags a participatory eco-art project by Xavier Cortada FIU College of Architecture + The Arts Artist-in-Residence The City of Miami Beach invites individuals and… Continue reading
Click to see photos from participating Miami-Dade County Public Schools: Senior High | Middle | Elementary Schools. – Miami-Dade County Public Schools is, for the third year, partnering with artist Xavier Cortada in presenting Native Flags. A native tree and… Continue reading
1. Purchase a native tree. 2. Buy (click here) or create a project flag (take green cloth and paint a leaf on it, tie it to a stick).3. Plant the tree and the… Continue reading
As the Arctic sea ice melts, nations clamor to raise their flags over newly open waters to claim the natural resources that lie beneath them – oil, manganese, diamonds, fish – and to… Continue reading
Xavier Cortada, artist-in-residence at FIU College of Architecture + The Arts | Office of Engaged Creativity, created this urban reforestation eco-art project to help restore native habitats for plants and animals in urban areas. Participants are asked to plant a native tree alongside the green project flag in their front yard and state: "I hereby reclaim this land for nature." The project's conspicuous green flags serve as a catalyst for conversations with neighbors, who will be encouraged to join the effort and help rebuild their native tree canopy one yard at a time. Ideally, as they watch each tree grow, their interest in the environment will also grow. (www.nativeflags.org)
