Eco-Art: Environmental Rights of the Child
This series of clay tiles were made in partnership with the grade six students at ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½'s Laboratory School at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study. Created as part of the 'Take the Stairs' Campaign, they now hang proudly in ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½'s main stairwell, forming the initial part of the walking art gallery that encourages the ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ community to take the stairs rather than elevators (saving energy and improving health).
This installation is a record of the inquiry-based, knowledge building process that the grade 6 students went through in their study of the UN's Rights of Children. These tiles capture the students' ideas about what children's Environmental Rights should be: the right to clean air and water; the right to clean play spaces; the right to sanitation; the right to shelter; the right to a clean environment; and the right to healthy food.
Collaborating Teachers: Tara Rousseau, Art Teacher, The Laboratory School at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study; Hilary Inwood, Teacher Educator, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½; Stephanie Heim, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ B.Ed Student
