Earth Day Parade

Lost Waters Project: Virtual and Augmented Reality Event

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A celebration of history & landscape!

Poster for Lost Waters Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Parade Event

Did you know that a stream used to run across the South Oval and alongside Mirror Lake? The Lost Waters project has been investigating the disappearance of Neil Run stream from this landscape all year, and will be sharing the results of this research through virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) on Earth Day 2025. Come learn more about our local landscape history, and see what this place might have looked like over 100 years ago through our virtual reality tent and story trail.

This event will connect with the Living Art and Ecology Lab’s 2025 Earth Day Parade at 4:30pm on the 22nd. We will be meeting on the South Oval behind hale Hall, following the path of old Neil Run from Mirror Lake to Iuka Ravine– more information on the parade can be found here.

Event Details

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025 from 1pm to 3pm

The virtual reality tent will be set up on Pomerene Hall Patio; the augmented reality story trail will start on the South Oval behind Hale Hall

For more information, contact Emma Kline at kline.434@osu.edu

Earth Day Parade: Get Involved!

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You are cordially invited to the Living Art and Ecology Lab’s 2025 Earth Day Parade. Join us in celebrating the Earth!

Flyer for our Earth Day Parade. All information on the flyer is also written out as text in the body of the blogpost

What: We are hosting a parade in honor of Earth Day and invite you to join us! Together with various classes, student organizations, and partners from across campus, the parade is composed of costumes, banners, and floats dedicated to the soil, air, and waters upon which we all depend for our shared existence. This event is a celebration of joy for everything that makes life on this floating blue marble possible!

When: April 22nd, 2025 at 4pm – see schedule details.

Where: Meet on the South Oval. Parade starts at 4:30, from the East end of Mirror Lake and moving towards Iuka Ravine.

How: For a simple way to join, show up on the South Oval wearing blue, green, or brown to represent the Earth. Costumes relating to the spirit of the event are also encouraged. Interested in building a float, carrying a banner, or coordinating involvement for your student org? We request that you submit an interest form here and read the guidelines enclosed.

Who: Current collaborators in this celebration include the Living Art & Ecology Lab’s Lichen Likers and Lost Waters research groups; SUSTAINs Living Community; Facilities, Operations, and Development; Planning, Architecture, and Real Estate, The Emerging Technology Studio; Knowlton School of Architecture; The Soil Culture Group; Art 5101 Eco Art Class; Art 3001 and 4503 Glass Classes; Design 4650 Collaborative Design Studio

Earth Day Art celebration website with more info

“Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.”  –Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass

 

Wearable Sculpture Workshop with Alex Buchan

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A hands on workshop brought to you by the Lichen Likers and led by Alex Buchan, MFA candidate at Ohio University • Sourcing waste-stream materials • incorporating live plants in wearables • sewing non-traditional materials • experimentation and play encouraged

Wednesday, March 19th from 4-6pm in Hopkins Hall room 358

As a symbiotic being, lichen’s fungal partner learns to collaborate with their green, photosynthetic partner. How can we practice collaborating closely with plants in their living form? Can we wear them without harming them? What do we take? What do we give?

Join our experimental, hands-on workshop with Alex Buchan, to explore making wearables with living plants. This workshop will include sewing with non-traditional and waste stream materials in addition to incorporating plants. Materials provided, though participants are welcome to bring their own fabrics or waste-stream items to incorporate as well. Play and experimentation encouraged!

 

About the Artist: Alex Buchan works as a prospector, excavating modern masculinity through sculptures and installations to present a caring, queer alternative that prioritizes empathy and resilience. His constructions of recontextualized objects and building materials combined with large scale prints offer windows into social webs that are often overlooked. As part of his ongoing symbiosis with the Lichen Likers, he focuses on ways to utilize waste stream materials to support life, with vestments that encourage us to think about the ways we interact with plants on a daily basis. He received his BFA in Sculpture from The Ohio State University, and is currently pursuing his MFA at Ohio University.