Fragile ecologies: contemporary artists' interpretations and solutions

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Art and the balance of nature: an historical overview -- Environmental art: new approaches to nature -- Ecological art: a response to environmental issues -- Patricia Johanson: habitat-gardens -- Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison: poetic discourse along the rivers -- Mierle Laderman Ukeles: reclaiming waste -- Alan Sonfist: introducing urban forests -- Nancy Holt: reconnecting to the stars -- Buster Simpson: urban environmental action -- Betty Beaumont: the oceans -- Heather McGill and John Roloff: Isla de umunnum (Island of the hummingbirds) -- Mel Chin: Revival field -- Cheri Gaulke, Susan Boyle, and Wilson high school students: L.A. River Project.