Easter Island
In a dramatic rendering of the problem of resource depletion, the people who built the iconic sculptures of heads of Easter Island also destroyed the forests of the island, thus destroying the foundation of their way of life. It is a warning that civilizations do die if they neglect sustainability. Many other similar stories can be told, and the persistance of the Nile valley civilization - for multiple thousands of years - is exemplary also.
One of the key notions of the "Sustainability Awakening" workshop series is that humanity can, we have the ability to, destroy the ability of Earth to support life. To communicate this idea emotionally, I am looking for a telling of the Story of Easter Island. The media is not essential, only that someone creative picks it up.
I cannot offer payment for this, but I would do everything I can to increase the value of the final product, including that the artist retains copyright.
These links provide details of the story of Easter Island.
Jared Diamond ~ www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/24/042.html
....(Discover Magazine 1995)
Sacred Sites Newsletter ~ www.sacredsites.com/americas/chile/easter_island.html
Wikipedia Citation ~ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island
Mysterious Places ~ mysteriousplaces.com/Easter_Island/index.html
1 comment:
Robin,
Well, if Bill comes back, great, but otherwise we'll need another plan. Besides the Theater-in-the-woods that Melissa mentioned, please tell me more about the "large puppet" myth telling act, and Family Stage. I like the idea of mythologizing the true story of Easter Island, telling the story in grand dramatic fashion while still sticking to the facts. Other versions of the story involve animals that destroyed their habitats when geological or climatic change altered the ecological balances, and might be told by credible biologists.
Probably a particular discussion of carrying capacity, using other animal species for illustration, would further ground the parable in science and the reality of life on Earth.
I will be mindful to remind people that I cannot commit stage time, that that is your gig.
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