Ecological art addresses both the heart and the mind.
Art can help develop an intuitive appreciation of the environment, address core values, advocate political action, and broaden intellectual understanding. Ecological art is much more than a traditional painting, photograph, or sculpture of the natural landscape. While such works may be visually pleasing, they are generally based on awe inspiring or picturesque, preconceived views of the natural world. Ecological art, in contrast, is grounded in an ethos that focuses on inter-relationships. These relationships include not only physical and biological pathways but also the cultural, political and historical aspects of ecological systems.