Dear Mother Nature
2 videos • 1,620 views • by REI Wyn Wiley (he/him), aka Pattie Gonia (she/her), has made waves over the past year as a drag queen advocating for the environment. People love Pattie for her comedy and dancing, but also for her powerful honesty and vulnerability when addressing issues of inclusion and climate. Pattie uses her superpower for artistic expression and drag to raise awareness around issues that impact us all. We follow Wyn as he travels to Hawaii to see firsthand the impacts of careless consumption and plastics on Mother Nature (or as Pattie says, "Mother Natch"). Wyn meets with scientists, nonprofit leaders, volunteers, then rallies the Pattie community to lead a beach cleanup with Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii. Finally, Wyn partners with sustainable fashion designer Angela Luna of ADIFF to create three dresses that personify the plastics crisis. We then see Pattie wearing these works of art in the short film "Everything to Lose."