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The Healing Powers of Nature

What could be more trans-disciplinary than nature? In the lunchtime gathering, “The Healing Powers of Nature,” Upper School students explored the many ways the natural world shows up in science, literature, activism, and politics. 

Borne of a collaboration between interim science chair Anat Fernandes and English teacher Maria O’Driscoll, the event in the CCA included presentations from several classes and disciplines. 
  • Ms. O’Driscoll illustrated how, in the tenth grade text Frankenstein, the Creature and Victor Frankenstein feel most alive and most human when in nature. Nature heals and rejuvenates.
  • Emma D., a senior in the “How to Save the Planet,” course, gave an update on the creation of Buckley’s new Green Wall. 
  • James S., a senior enrolled in AP Environmental Sciences (APES) presented on the dangers of urbanization. 
  • Luba K. showed how students can be activists for climate justice in their daily lives. 
  • Cora B., Russell C., Ryan L., and Antonio T. read original poems. 
  • Asher P. read his essay on the connection between mental health and the powers of nature. 
  • Alex R. shared his research on mental health and nature. 
It was an exciting harbinger of Buckley’s upcoming Climate Conference in April, which will include a longer assembly of student work around climate ethics, justice, and art. 

Antonio T.’s  poem included this beautiful excerpt:

…
bathe in the sun
while you can.
vines and pines, stretching spine.
rummage through pockets, dig deep
need is a virtue,
spend it wisely.
a shovel is a gardener’s weapon,
pick a vegetable, the clouds are warming.
fog is thickening, tighter and tighter.
struggle for air,
hide in the greenhouse.

…
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