Sustainability Communication
Multimedia for Environmental and Social Change
Immersive & Interactive Storytelling
Eco Insight
Mangroves: Guardians of Many Worlds
Featured during NYC Climate Week 2025
Mangroves: Guardians of Many Worlds was featured as part of the Between the Waves exhibition created by Project Eleven. The collective show was curated to“celebrate the beauty, biodiversity, and urgency of marine conservation through the lens of identity and environmental storytelling.” The projects featured strove to “honor the ocean that raised us—examine what we’ve lost and the future we must protect.” -Project Eleven​​​​​​
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Note from Vaishali on Mangroves: Guardians of Many Worlds
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I grew up around mangroves and marveled at their ability to live between land and sea, but it was only recently that I learned about the global presence and multilayered power of these trees. Carbon sinks, nurseries, providers of livelihoods and storm defenders, mangroves defy the false division between land and sea. Even if you haven’t been to a coast in a while or ever - humans depend on the sea. The mangroves remind us of our interconnectedness and our beautiful responsibilities.​​​
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Vaishali’s Nature Gallery
Flora and Fauna Encounters in both the Natural & Built Environment
Please note that a few of the photos are lower res because sometimes you come across a fun critter and all you have is your cell phone!
 Spring view from the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Reservation Nature BoardwalkClewiston, FL |  Unidentified baby lizard in garden soilMiami, FL |  Bamboo Forest on the Kodai-ji Temple GroundsKyoto, Japan |
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 Carpenter bee pollinating Japanese Pagoda Tree BloomsUji, Kyoto, Japan |  Spotted Sandpiper searching for food on bay rocksBiscayne Bay, FL |  Mangrove Bloom and BranchesBiscayne Bay, FL |
 Egret stridingMiami, FL |  Palm roots and bloomsCutler Bay, FL |  Raccoon searching through brookCorkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, FL |
 roses in japan |
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Young Squirrel Tree Frog in center of bromeliad. Miami, FL​
Great Blue Heron perched on railing adjacent to canal.
Miami, FL
Giant swallowtail butterfly on citrus plant. Miami, FL (Check out the proboscis!)
​​​​Unidentified spider on marigold bloom.
Miami, FL​​
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​​​​Great White Heron and reflection
Big Cypress Nat’l Preserve, FL​​
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Juvenile least bittern on fence across from artificial lake. Miami, FL
Meet Vaishali
Hi there! I’m Vaishali and here’s a little bit about me.
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As you can guess, I love nature. I also enjoy searching for simple solutions that might not be obvious, but are impactful. I believe in the connection between science and art; discovery and storytelling.
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In my work, you will often find interactions among human, nonhuman critters and nature. Recognizing these connections and our own agency can help to create meaningful and lasting change. I also strive to be an advocate for inclusion of different modalities in many spaces. There’s power in perspective!
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Fun fact: I grew up in part of both Caribbean and Indian diasporas, but my second language is Spanish. Which I learned to speak through playground chisme.
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