Childhood Memories
2006 • South Carolina, USA
When I was a kid, I used to have a huge forest behind my house. I would play back there all the time with my family and we made all sorts of memories back there. I am now an adult and I have gone back to my childhood home and that forest has been destroyed and houses have been put in its place.
Learn about Maya Lin’s fifth and final memorial: a multi-platform science based artwork that presents an ecological history of our world - past, present, and future.
Discover ecological histories and stories of former abundance, loss, and recovery on the map of memory.
Learn how we can reduce our emissions and protect and restore species and habitats – around the world.
See how art can help us rethink the problems we face, and give us hope that each one of us can make a difference.
Help make a global memorial something personal and close to home. Share your stories of the natural world.