Garden

Here's a theory: there is only one art form that truly creates. Sure, music and painting create, but they also use up resources so there is a net loss. Theatre and films is massively resource-using, so that doesn't leave a net creation. But gardening. Ah, gardening. Sure it using resources, but what it creates is greater than what it uses. And in this eco-world we're trying to live in that's a valuable thing. Some people right now will be thinking that gardening isn't an artform. But have a look at the Fiskars has awarded the Project Orange Thumb Grant website at www.fiskars.com. They award a grant each year to the groups across the US who help develop community garden spaces. Those community garden spaces not only look nice (that's the artform bit), they also have an overall net creation (the eco bit), and they can bring a community together in working on it and enjoying it. They can provide people with things to do, and that can be invaluable. For example, have a look at this... It's the Benton County rain garden. As it is located at R.E. Baker Elementary School it will be used as an outdoor classroom. That will be more fun than looking and the hand-drawn pictures of wildlife we had in text books. So you see how they provide so much more than they take.