Bridging Social and Environmental Sustainability: Instigating Solidarity Through an Eco-friendly Public Art

EasyChair Preprint 8187

Abstract

Although there is a plethora of what sustainability is, approaches tend to address its dimensions separately. This paper narrates a public art installation project which was done in collaboration with a local community. During the Christmas Season, a competition of Nativity Scene interpretations is held in Tarlac, a province in the Philippines. Financial resources can be critical especially for its municipalities that are dominated by agriculture, such as Victoria. Materials were selected from their natural environment and industries that apparently involve people with disabilities. Participation also extended to members inhabiting the bamboo forests, bamboo craftsmen and school children. The diverse engagement resulted in participants showing concern for the community: volunteered to assist the pwds, suggested incorporating junk food foil from the community waste and proposed events to extend the exhibit of the art components. This necessitates that recognising community resources can reinforce connectedness, thereby bridging ecological integrity and social well-being, the elements of a sustainable community.

Keyphrases: Engagement, Environmental, Sustainability, community development, social

@booklet{EasyChair:8187,
  author    = {Eurydice Rayanna Lo Chan},
  title     = {Bridging Social and Environmental Sustainability: Instigating Solidarity Through an Eco-friendly Public Art},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 8187},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2022}}