+ Preserving + // 2027 Photo Calendar
HEY Y'ALL - I enjoyed making, and benefitting from the use of this calendar last year so much - and we raised a notable amount of money for such a worthy organization (Common Ground Relief) - that after a handful of you asked if I was making one for 2027, I decided, yes, let's run it back!!!
So we're back again, with 12 months of fresh photos I have taken over the course of my 4 solid years of volunteering at the Jean Lafitte Historical Park & Barataria Preserve.
I will have this pre-order up until the end of November, at which point I will gauge sales and send the appropriate amount of calendars to print. That way I ensure AS MUCH of the donation money as possible goes directly to CGR // and they will be ready to ship to their homes, or be picked up, with ample time before the holidays and new year.
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Last years caption, still rings true:
Have you been feeling overwhelmed by the state of the world? Yeah, me too. After my last day of water monitoring out at the preserve, the day before the government shut down, I was having some intense conversations about all of the layers of both grief and gratitude I feel for the years I have spent being able to steward in the Barataria Preserve, and what sort of pivoting may need to come to keep showing up for the places (and things and people) that need support.
The very next day when I sat down at my jewelry bench, this idea came to me. A way to funnel all of these helpless feelings into something creative and positive and immediate. A photo calendar of images I have taken over the last three (now four) years at the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Barataria Preserve .
100% of the profits will be going to Common Ground Relief and their efforts of coastal/wetland restoration, as well as community care and stewardship education ✨
About the calendar:
+ 12 months, each month with a key photo, and lagniappe photos from the correlating month in the preserve.
+ Standard size hanging calendar (11 x 8.5) , saddle stitched.
+ Full color photos, UV protected printing.
+ Contains a notes page.
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Photos above are from last years calendar, aside from the mockup of the cover, since this year I am opting to not pre-send a small batch to print, as it was very expensive. And hey, who doesn't love surprises! You just have to trust that it is congruent quality and content to last year, and know that it is filled with so much wetlands flora and fauna, and obviously, heavy on the alligators . xo.
About Common Ground Relief
Common Ground Relief (CG) was founded on September 5, 2005 by Malik Rahim, Sharon Johnson, and Scott Crow in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Calling themselves "Common Ground Collective", the group began working in Rahim and Johnson's neighborhood on the West Bank of New Orleans, while the city remained without power or basic services.
Since its founding in 2005, Common Ground Relief has remained committed to working for environmental and disaster justice.
For over two decades since its inception, Common Ground Relief has continued to work in community and environmental resilience. Each year, Common Ground Relief engages with hundreds of volunteers and students. and works with the State of Louisiana to plant thousands of plugs of marsh grasses and native hardwood trees, restoring over 23 miles of shoreline and 17 acres of forest in 2021 alone. Since its founding in 2005, CGR has worked with thousands of volunteers in communitv care work and environmental rehabilitation. We believe that hands-on experiences with environmental restoration builds connection with the land to empower life-long stewardship.
IG: @commongroundrelief