Regeneration Project

Regeneration
Empowering Students to Tackle the Climate Crisis Through Art

October 2024_May 2025
𝟵𝟬 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁, 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗖𝗧

Inspired by the best -selling book by AMP Advisor, Paul Hawken, Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation, the American Mural Project invited students in ten schools across Connecticut to explore environmental justice and regeneration in collaboration. The project was part of each school’s curriculum for the year.

The most significant feature of the Regeneration Project is that it was owned by the students. The teachers and principals were there to enable but not to dictate direction. Everything these students were creating individually and together in the classroom stemmed from their own research and work on the topic of Regeneration.

“𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱, 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮, 𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮.” ― 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝘄𝗸𝗲𝗻