Art, Advocacy, and Nosara’s Green Zones

“Rather than saying “this is what I think about the Green Zones,” I was much more interested in designing a project that let everyone have a voice, and that evolved organically, in an open and generous way.”

 -Jenny Kendler 

During the rainy season of 2015 and the dry season of 2016, environmental activist and artist Jenny Kendler visited Nosara as part of the Harmony Artist in Residence program. During her stays, she explored our town’s green zones, and became familiar with the unique natural aspects of the tropical dry forest. (you can read about her first impressions here). The art project she then designed became a call for residents and visitors to experience the green zones for themselves with a greater sense of awareness. Through a series of meditation walks organized by the Harmony Healing Centre, participants spent time in the forest deeply appreciating their surroundings, and recorded their own special moments with a photograph. Jenny then collected these images into a beautiful community sourced artist book entitled Green Zones: Moments of Wonder in the Forests of Nosara.

On February 17 2018, we gathered with the Nosara community at the Harmony Juice Bar to celebrate Jenny’s project and to say a special thank you to everyone who contributed their time and images to the book. Not only is Green Zones a record of the love our community has for these special areas, it is an advocacy tool for their continued protection.

All proceeds from book sales will go to help the Nosara Civic Association’s ongoing efforts to preserve the green zones. A hardcover edition of the book can be purchased by visiting the publisher Candor Arts, and a soft cover edition is available by emailing info@nca.cr, or visiting La Tiendita at Harmony.

Read more about the project on Jenny’s website, and check out below for a few pics from the meditation walk and our book release event. (thanks to Kirsten Ellis of Beaux Arts Photographie for capturing these moments!) And of course get out and enjoy the green zones for yourself when you’re in Nosara!

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