Walking Wildwood Trail
A book to stop fracked-gas pipelines.
Sales table at Friends of Nelson "Get Up, Stand Up" event February 27, 2016. All proceeds of the book are donated to Virginia-based organizations fighting fracked gas pipelines, such as the MVP.
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Faced with the threat of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline through the woods and fields near my home, I decided to make a trail of art and poetry assemblages as a protest tactic. These works derive their meaning from their locations and are literally embedded in the landscape. I registered the copyright so that any proposal to place a pipeline through them would raise legal issues.
I decided to make a book to share the project. Local photographers worked with me to document the eco-poetry art trail, and a neighbor who is an illustrator produced a trail map. Poet Laura-Gray Street, a co-editor of the Eco-Poetry Anthology, contributed an introduction. For information on how to do this type of project yourself, or as a collaboration with a local artist, see Put Art in Your Arsenal. |
The trail of 16 works of assemblage winds through an orchard, up to a climax beech forest and along a river in Nelson County, Virginia.
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The materials are natural, and primarily biodegradable. Containers and fiber were donated or are recycled. They include wood, fabric, suede, cardboard, bamboo, clay, wool, beeswax, and paper.
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We don't want your pipeline. We don't want methane leaks, explosions, fouled well water, erosion, destruction of wildlife habitat, clear-cut scars through the National Forest. #Keepitintheground
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