Please enjoy this 1 min. improvisation honoring earth day, shot in a NY Botanical Garden tunnel accompanied by a growing seedling. Influenced by EXPERIMENT for transformation, a dance film evolving into an installation, a new set of short films are in development. Working with 3 dancers, inspired by movement of this growing seedling, a plant and chair, the project continues.

earth day began in the United States in 1970. Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, and San Francisco activist John McConnell, separately, had a vision to create the national holiday celebrating our world and discuss how to best protect it. Receiving bipartisan support, the celebration lead to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as the passing of the Clean Air, Clean Water and Endangered Species acts.

earth day: ideas to celebrate our interconnection with the life energy of plant world:
• have a conversation with your plant
... send your plant a love letter
... dance with your plant
... draw your plant
... hug your plant, gently
• send the drawing, poem, dance to a good friend
• send the drawing, poem, dance to Me, cberkshire@nyc.rr.com