This candlestick is a challenge to ever-growing ideas within environmental theory that encourage a calculated reduction of conservation practices. Theorists have begun to argue that the protection of many species in their native habitats is a 'losing battle,'
a n d p r o p o s e s s h i f t i n g t h e s e e f f o r t s e l s e w h e r e . I s o u g h t t o p r o b l e m a t i z e t h i s t h r o u g h a n i c o n o g r a p h i c e x p r e s s i o n o f o n e s p e c i e s , t h e m a n g r o v e .
I n v a s i v e a n d e n d a n g e r e d , t h e s e t r e e s f o s t e r a r i c h e c o s y s t e m w h i c h p r o v i d e s f o o d a n d e c o n o m y t o v a r i o u s h u m a n a n d n o n — h u m a n c o m m u n i t i e s , a n d i n m a n y p l a c e s , a f i n a l d e f e n s e a g a i n s t c l i m a t e c r i s i s . W h i l e t h e t e m p o r a l i t y o f t h e s e t r e e ’ s s u r v i v a l i s u n q u e s t i o n a b l e , t h e i r s u r v i v a l i s e s s e n t i a l t o c l i m a t e a d a p t a t i o n i n t h e s e p l a c e s . A s t h e c a n d l e s b u r n a n d t i m e r u n s o u t , t h i s c a n d l e s t i c k — a m o n u m e n t , a p r a y e r , a n d a m e m o r i a l — f o r c e s t h e q u e s t i o n : i s t h e r e v a l u e t o f i g h t i n g f o r s p i l t m i l k ?
