Our class project will deal with questions that we have been thinking about since the beginning of the class.  How is the nature of the northern forest defined by its culture? How is the opposite true? What threats do the economy of the Northern Forest face, and where do we go from here, with what we know?  These questions, while they may not be answered, should be presented in an open forum to allow an individual to make his or her own stance on the ideas relating to the Northern Forest.

In class, we had many great ideas as to which methods we will pursue in our project.  While I am not necessarily on board with doing individual projects, I feel as though the project should include many parts.  Perhaps we could all work on different parts, while the project remains a cohesive, group effort.  In my eyes this project should include things like a “classroom” like discussion, various art pieces by the students of the class (paintings, poems, essays) and interactive games that engage youngsters in topics of discussion of the Northern Forest.   Specifically, I believe this could even be held over a few days, including a discussion event, and a display of the art we have worked on that represents the region.  We have been speaking about minimizing the distance between words and place, and I feel as though student – made art will represent not only the “landscape” or “nature”, but our individual interpretations of these metaphors as well.  This truly will minimize the distance between the two.