This spring, in partnership with Invisible International and Climate Creative, we kicked off a collaborative community-based research project exploring how were we live shapes our health. The Body + The Land project recognizes the connections between people, animals, plants, and a shared environment.*
The project hopes to surface and gather community knowledge that can be used by local organizations to shape local health initiatives. Over the next year we will be exploring how Bay Area residents see how where they live—the hills they walk daily, the commutes they undertake, the atmospheric rivers they weather, the gardens they grow—is shaping their health.
For the research project kick-off I developed a site-specific, kid-friendly photo walk to facilitate new encounters—with pollinators! with the bright superbloom!—between visitors and the Albany Bulb.
The Body
+ The Land Photo Walk
an invitation to explore the Albany Bulb
The kick-off party was an opportunity chance to gather input and engage the Bulb communally, but we will be working all year long, inviting community members to call in to leave their observations at (510) 519-1506. If you are local to the Bay Area, you can participate, too. Call in to leave your observations about how where we live is shaping your health.
