Today, we are sharing another beautiful piece from Sue Butler, one of Bio4Climate’s board members. Susan Farist Butler’s exhibit, “Gaia Song: Seeking Equilibrium,” was featured on the Bio4Climate website in 2023, and it takes readers on a journey through essays, articles, and paintings about climate.
Artist Statement: Rewild. Protect Forests. Vegetation must be a sacred healing wrap on all the Earth, restoring the soil biome and the sky biome. Trees and all plants link the soil biome to the sky biome and keep a healthy climate balance. Photosynthesis pulls carbon dioxide from the air and builds sugars to feed trees and the soil biome, near and far. This healthy carbon sequestration has minimal cost, uses no energy from our grid, generates no pollution. As the sugars are built and distributed, the remaining oxygen is released to the sky. As photosynthesis occurs, the leaves are simultaneously evapotranspiring and cooling the locale.
Posted: December 13, 2025