With forest, marshes, deep water, and open plains, the range of plant and animal life in the Great Lakes Basin is a legacy to know and sustain.
Wes Day is a multi-media artist and rapper, originally from Serpent River First Nation. His company, Fresh Shift Productions, is on a quest to tell Indigenous stories that can help preserve the wilderness. Steffanie Samuels, Leslie Sobel and Sara Adlerstein are three women putting paint to canvas and delivering a climate change message, where art meets science. Frank Deresti fronts his folk roots band, The Lake Effect, finding inspiration in places where most people fear to venture. Music beds by Adam Smale and Chillbreakers.