Trees in Human Spaces

What would make this world into a Utopia?

Trees and other plants – and natural ground – incorporated into every human space.

Why?

The natural world is integral to human existence, but it’s easy to forget that in our modern, urban societies where we are divorced from plants and even dirt. What if we didn’t have so much pavement everywhere and could walk on dirt and grass more often? What if we had trees growing in the middle of our classrooms and offices? What if our computers were embedded in planters? Anon.

Utopia Machine: Trees in Human Spaces, Ellen Harvey, 2024. No. 17 of 100 panels. Acrylic on Alubond panel, 16 x 12 in.