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‘Canary Tree’ explores the human relationship to a dying forest

by Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | Jan 16, 2019 | Local News

Climate change has been linked to killing at least a million acres of trees across the Pacific Northwest. So one ecologist wondered, for the yellow cedar forests and the people who care about them, what comes after environmental loss? Read More

Artist spotlights trees in shadows

by KCAW News | Nov 9, 2015 | The Morning Interview

Kimi Eisele is the artist-in-residence at the Island Institute. She'll present a shadow puppet performance called "In and Out of the Shadows," on the ecology of yellow cedar 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11 at the Sheet'ka Kwan Naa Kahidi. Downloadable audio. Read More

Full audio: Listening to Yellow Cedar

by Kimi Eisele, KCAW | Oct 27, 2015 | Featured Programs

Kimi Eisele is a Writer in Residence here at the Island Institute. Her radio essay, "Listening to Yellow Cedar," aired on Raven Radio Sunday, Oct. 25th. This personal investigation looks at the yellow cedar tree and its importance culturally, economically and as part of the temperate rain forest ecosystem. Read More

Island Institute artist drawn to the yellow cedar tree

by KCAW News | Sep 28, 2015 | The Morning Interview

Kimi Eisele is an artist, writer, and choreographer from Tuscon, Arizona. Eisele will be in Sitka for two months as a resident with the Island Institute, studying the significance of the yellow cedar tree and teaching compositional improvisation and shadow puppetry. Downloadable audio.Read More