On May 7, 2025 the EcoLit project held its first public event The Sound of Trees: A Symphony of Mindfulness, with biologist and musician Tarun Nayar, aka Modern Biology, along with resident artists from the South Asian diaspora: Senthuran (flute), Moonlit Brooks (poetry) and Zainab Lax (harp). In collaboration with Cologne’s Forest Botanical Garden and urban mushroom farm, Pilzling, Ecolit was delighted to facilitate this opportunity for collective experience and connection through place-based storytelling, music and poetry.
The event is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of the research and development project Eco-critical Literacy in Music and Literature-related Practices of Cultural Education.
