Two environmental-education groups have been working with artists in Canada on the environmental effects of mining in that country. MiningWatch Canada has an interesting story on the Web about its intersection with the Canary Institute and Myths and MIrrors Community Arts in Sudbury, an old copper-nickel mining town in Ontario. They're working together on “Conversations with the Earth," a project involving youth and young parents in participatory research and public dialogue events in which people share their stories of the land in and around Sudbury, how mining and pollution have touched their lives and their environment. It's led to collective creation of public artworks, videos, zines, a mural on the outside of the project's new building, a cob-built "Earth Castle and "The Fate of the Earth," a series of puppet shows created by whole families. [LINK] Posted by Linda Frye Burnham