POLITICS OF PLANTING

fayetteville, ar

 For Earth Day in 2019 I worked with a team of 6 to research and trace the impact of growing, harvesting, and transporting roses from Ecuador to the United States. We then designed this graphic in order to synthesize and present the information.

In a world full of beauty the ugly underbelly of commonly used products goes widely unnoticed and unknown. A desire for quick ease of access has created a moral degradation of the process of acquiring these goods. These products, commonly used every day, can carry heavy social implications. For example, the subject of this graphic as well as subjects covered in class, like the hothouse rose, guerilla gardens, prison gardens and internment gardens, have social and political implications and meaning related to gender equality, economic disparity, and environmental impacts.