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Ukiah High students unveil Singing Tree of Climate Solutions mural

Singing Tree Project Posted on November 9, 2019 by adminNovember 9, 2019

Ceremony coincided with worldwide climate change protests Ukiah High School students in Eveline Rodriguez’s French classes on Tuesday unveiled their mural that focuses on the issue of climate activism, called the Singing Tree of Climate Solutions. The climate mural unveiling was timed to coincide with climate change protests from around the world. Students from the U.S. and around the globe have skipped classes and raised awareness about what climate change will mean for their generation. The United Nations also held a Youth Summit on Sept. 21 to talk with global leaders and come up with possible solutions. The students worked … Continue reading →

Students at Ukiah High working on mural focused on climate change

Singing Tree Project Posted on November 9, 2019 by adminNovember 9, 2019

Students working on art with a message   Students at Ukiah High School are finishing work on an art mural called “The Singing Tree Mural of Climate Solutions,” which seeks to raise awareness through art about the growing effects of climate change to the environment. The students in the classes of Biology and French for Ukiah High teacher Eveline Rodriguez are researching and depicting the top 10 solutions to climate change in a mural with the help of artist Laurie Marshall, who works to help students in schools across the Bay Area bring attention to social issues through art. Climate … Continue reading →

Marin’s homeless youth get a hand – ART Mural project gives Marin’s homeless youth a hand – and a paintbrush

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Sam Laidig knows the ropes of being homeless. He knows which public bathrooms and parks are the cleanest and which coffee or doughnut shops open the earliest. He’s become a pro at staying awake all night to guard his belongings.   He is 19 and one of the estimated 2,600 homeless youth in Marin County – one of the nation’s wealthiest regions. “I hope that I’m a post-homeless youth of Marin,” Laidig said with a wry laugh as he worked on a mural intended to depict a rosier future. “I spent the last few nights in a park bathroom in … Continue reading →

Ukiah High School collaborates with artists worldwide to spread message of kindness

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The project was inspired by award-winning children’s author Kate Seredy’s story of a World War I battle during which Hungarian soldiers crawled all night through total desolation. When they reached safety, there was one tree still standing, and hundreds of birds of varying species were singing together, birds that do not naturally do so, creating a unique and beautiful song.   In 1999, that story inspired an 8-year-old girl to wonder what would happen if people from all over the world, from different backgrounds and traditions, came together to make something beautiful like the birds’ song. She asked, “What if … Continue reading →

Empowering Youth Through Creative Collaboration

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Ukiah High School students dedicated a mural they created promoting peace and kindness throughout the community in April at the school as part of a worldwide art project. The mural was part of the ongoing Singing Tree Project, which seeks to build a positive vision for communities through art projects by creating tree murals with individual themes like teaching for sustainable communities, social imagination, and strengthening the community. An eight-year-old child’s vision for the whole world to create a painting together inspired the Singing Tree Project, and since then the idea has spread to other countries and schools around the … Continue reading →

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