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Rachel Simmons - TEDxOrlando - Green Art: Art that Makes a Difference

2,142 views · Published 28 January 2011 · 16:24 · Indexed 4 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2011 · Nonprofits & Activism

Rachel Simmons is passionate about teaching her students to be responsible leaders and citizens as well as accomplished artists. Her interests range from collaborative community art projects to climate change, marine pollution and ecotourism. Research and geography inform her work; she traveled to Antarctica in 2008 and 2009, and will visit Iceland this summer to study appropriate scale and the sustainable landscape.

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Rachel Simmons - TEDxOrlando - Green Art: Art that Makes a Difference

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