Ecological Design Collective | em piro | Activity https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/members/em/activity/ Activity feed for em piro. Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:24:08 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.15.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 3403349dcbfda31884bd1ea25f60534d em piro started the discussion The Mountain in the Sea in the forum EDC Book Club https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/forums/discussion/the-mountain-in-the-sea/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 20:46:58 -0400 The Mountain in the Sea

What I liked: Speculative dystopia about the relationship between ecological landscapes, unfettered capitalism, and AI; our relationships to current and emerging technologies and how they create real and imagined senses of connection and disconnection; and above all, the formation of meaning and its connection to our physical bodies.

What…

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]]> bc6a91f2651173c16d644e4f4b235462 em piro posted an update: Fellow data-heads! I have a vision for some really […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/6799/ Fri, 28 Mar 2025 20:41:04 -0400 Fellow data-heads! I have a vision for some really dynamic datasets + visualizations + maps that bring together data, community voice, and make visible both the needs and changes that happen as a result of community organizing.

I’m envisioning a dataset that can produce beautiful visualizations of a wide range of inputs, all coming from…

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]]> 0 f5abd7d8ea45932a6aba9e679705a4fa em piro posted an update: My org has been developing our skills and framing […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/6441/ Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:05:04 -0500 My org has been developing our skills and framing around trauma-informed/healing centered engagement. I just came across this article which shows how healing is embedded in every aspect of this Indigenous-led urban design: …

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]]> 0 32ab46ed59592a69557b44cdb2c5a46e em piro posted an update: In one of my projects I played with the idea of […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/6389/ Sat, 09 Nov 2024 15:09:10 -0500 In one of my projects I played with the idea of some environmental phenomena as the outcome of socio-environmental collaborations, a co-production, like a dance where one party moves and the other responds and they create the dance together.

this week I’m thinking about politics and social movements as a similar dance, where ideologies form…

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]]> 0 7c1e37a27648fe7acff62f5d874afa54 em piro posted an update: I'm from the PNW, and for me the sound of seagulls […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/6337/ Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:19:38 -0400 I’m from the PNW, and for me the sound of seagulls is inextricable from this region – so much so that it was my ringtone after I moved to the Midwest. Early this morning I heard seagulls calling to each other as a magenta dawn rose over the city and its sleepy residents, and it reminded me of the vibrant social relationships of our nonhuman…

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]]> 2 cd14814bf6d2905bdadc2ce2a4e2d293 em piro posted an update: Another eco-art piece that's been living in my mind […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/6291/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:31:03 -0400 Another eco-art piece that’s been living in my mind “rent free” as they say…
As a resident of an industry(and toxin)-heavy community, as well as a person concerned about environmental and public health, I find myself frequently recalling Natalie Jeremijenko’s “Feral Robotic Dogs” and wishing I had a pack of my own.

In Feral Robotic Dogs “…

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]]> 1 5c28f9a4243ab5cb878f7a08a8f7ff37 em piro replied to the discussion Hiring an Assistant Professor in Coastal and Environmental Affairs in the forum Opportunities https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/forums/discussion/hiring-an-assistant-professor-in-coastal-and-environmental-affairs/#post-9416 Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:12:55 -0400 Reply to Hiring an Assistant Professor in Coastal and Environmental Affairs

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]]> 045318a99cd73ea0325706b383a0f66b em piro posted an update: A great chat with Anand and Mike yesterday resurfaced […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/6237/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:11:41 -0400 A great chat with Anand and Mike yesterday resurfaced some pieces that I’ve never seen, but only read about – yet have stuck with me. One is the People’s Weather Report by Tanja Beer, an installation of Kokedama plants and soundscape of reflections from people around the world, sharing their perceptions on the weather and land around…

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The Peoples Weather Report — Tanja Beer

ecoscenographer ecoscenography ecoscenographic The Living Stage stage designer Tanja Beer tanjabeer www.tanjabeer.com https://ecoscenography.com/

]]> 1 25f2cf34fcff98838cef45fb87ff3782 em piro replied to the discussion Welcome to the Climate Imaginarium! in the forum Climate Imaginarium https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/groups/climate-imaginarium/forum/discussion/welcome-to-the-climate-imaginarium/page/2/#post-8939 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:59:24 -0400 Reply to Welcome to the Climate Imaginarium!

Hello, all! My name is em (she/her). I reside on the ancestral land of the Puyallup people in the Coast Salish region, also called Tacoma in the Pacific Northwest.
I am a community organizer, artist, nonprofit administrator and intermediary, collaborator, and performance maker, with a background in environmental justice and…

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