In 2008 the Museum of Art at Monash University in Melbourne showed The Ecologies Project. Its concern is that as we globally seek a new balance with the ecological systems that sustain us will the endgame be an apocalyptic visions drive change, or can our wonder in the natural world inspire the creation of a brighter future?

The exhibition blurb for The Ecologies Project says:

Artists have long drawn inspiration from nature, as well as being advocates for a sustainable relationship between humanity and the environment. Now that a need for change has become broadly accepted, what role for art? Even with this accepted impetus to action, the particular paths we might take are unclear. It is an exciting and unsettling time as we sit between the darkest and most hopeful of futures. We must grapple with a myriad of abstract and interconnected systems, economic, environmental, social and philosophical. At this moment in time, art offers a lens through which we can examine the world as well as a kind of metaphorical thinking that can sharpen our perception of the relation between these complex parts and their impact on a dynamic whole. The Ecologies Project includes work by 40 artists exploring issues of sustainability, climate change and the idea of ecology as both form and metaphor.