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  1. Cover
  2. Introduction
  3. Section 1 - *This Is Not A Drill* 2022 Selected Works
    1. Chapter 2 - Tega Brain
    2. Chapter 3 - Pato Hebert
    3. Chapter 4 - Karen Holmburg
    4. Chapter 5 - Irene Mercadal
    5. Chapter 6 - Richard Move
  4. Section 2 - *Crafting Sustainable Futures Visions*
    1. Chapter 7 - Andrew Hager
    2. Chapter 8 - Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz
    3. Chapter 9 - Noor Jones-Bey
    4. Chapter 10 - Trish Sachdev
    5. Chapter 11 - Farha Najah Hussain
    6. Chapter 12 - Connecting Through Color Workshop
    7. Chapter 13 - Louis Lu
    8. Chapter 14 - Juan Ferrer
    9. Chapter 15 - Sylvia Juliana Riveros
    10. Chapter 16 - Imaan Deen
    11. Chapter 17 - Darinka Arones
    12. Chapter 18 - Seungyeon Chang
    13. Chapter 19 - Eli Kan
    14. Chapter 20 - Grace Ezzati
    15. Chapter 21 - Kyejin Lee
    16. Chapter 22 - Bingyi Zhang
  5. Section 3 - 2040 Now Showcase
    1. Chapter 23 - Emma Bautista
    2. Chapter 24 - 2040 Now Student Films
  6. Chapter 25 - Exhibition Credits

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Introduction

Let us hold a giveaway for Mother Earth, spread our blankets out for her and pile them high with gifts of our own making. Imagine the books, the paintings, the poems, the clever machines, the compassionate acts, the transcendent ideas, the perfect tools. The fierce defense of all that has been given. Gifts of mind, hands, heart, voice, and vision all offered up on behalf of the earth.
—Robin Wall Kimmerer, *Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants*

Earth's future beyond the current climate crisis calls us to action and also to dream--of new ways of being in relationship with each other and the planet. What, then, might this look, feel, and sound like? Imagining a way forward from climate despair is a daunting but necessary task that succeeds in creativity and community. Crafting Sustainable Futures: Collaborative Visions is the result of creative action in service to hope and transformation during crisis. Sponsored by NYU Libraries in partnership with Tisch School of the Arts' *This Is Not A Drill* Program, the Office of Sustainability's 2040 Now initiative, and the NYU Reads program in the Office of the Provost, this exhibition invites the NYU community to reflect on what imaginative efforts would support climate activism and positive change.

The artworks on display in Mamdouha S. Bobst Gallery are the products of research, dialogues, reflections, and craftwork in service to imagining sustainable, equitable, and joyful futures. NYU student, faculty, staff, and alumni drew inspiration from past NYU Reads selections and *This Is Not A Drill* artworks, put in dialogue with 2040 Now themes of ecological sustainability, environmental justice, and the power of engaged hope as we navigate the climate emergency. The artists' collages, photographs, illustrations, sculptures, poetry, and films recognize our shared responsibility for preserving the planet we all call home.

Whatever our gift, we are called to give it and to dance for the renewal of the world. In return for the privilege of breath.
—Robin Wall Kimmerer

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