This watercolor is a part of the collaborative environmental project by Helen Klebesadel and Mary Kay Neumann entitled: The Flowers Are Burning: An Art and Climate Justice Project. It can be seen here: https://www.theflowersareburning.com
"Stop! In the Name Love: Tidepools in Peril Series "
Collaborative Watercolor by Mary Kay Neumann and Helen Klebesadel 22x30

“I study collapsed civilizations. Here’s my advice for a climate change apocalypse:
While the wilderness survival skills certainly can’t hurt, it will be empathy, generosity, and courage that we need to survive. Kindness and fairness will be more valuable than any survival skill. Then as now, social and leadership skills will be valued. We will have to work together. We will have to grow food, educate ourselves, and give people a reason to persevere. The needs will be enormous, and we cannot run away from that. Humans evolved attributes such as generosity, altruism, and cooperation because we need them to survive. Armed with those skills, we will turn towards the problem, not away from it. We will face the need, and we will have to solve it together. That is the only option. That’s what survival looks like.”

– Dr. Chris Begley, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, archaeologist and wilderness survival instructor.