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Hey, y'all, happy Tuesday. Welcome back to Eco-Sheek, a podcast all about practical science and sustainability. My name is Laura Diaz. I'm really happy to have you here. If you'd like

Eco-Sheek, if you like this episode or have enjoyed us in the past, please go ahead and leave a rating and a review on iTunes. It helps me out a lot. And honestly, like, I just don't

ask for much. So it takes two seconds. You can do it right here in the podcast app. I really appreciate

all of the ratings and reviews and feedback. And I love when you'll share the podcast on your

stories on Instagram. It feels so nice to just

like see that you guys are really enjoying the show. Today we are sitting down with one of my very,

very best friends, Dana Rodriguez. And Dana is a master's student at Columbia University in New York City.

She studies art history and we are friends from UNC Chapel Hill where I did my undergrad.

Dana came out for her spring break to come see me in Arizona, and we've been having a really

good time.

So we sat down one night, had a glass of wine, and just started talking about art because this

is something that has been kind of on my mind for a little while.

I did introduce a little bit in the episode that Brooke, Cecile, friend of the podcast,

really awesome listener.

I would love to answer a question she had about sustainable art. And while I am a big fan of art, I was actually an art

history minor in college. I actually don't know a whole lot about like the processes and the

industries. I just kind of appreciate it. So I thought it would be a lot of fun to just like sit down

with Dina and pick her brain a little bit about art as a whole, as a lifestyle, as a movement, and just how that fits

in with the environmental conversation. So without further ado, we're going to get right into it

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