The members of the Virgin Islands Studies Collective will each lecture on the role of the natural environment in major revolutionary movements in Virgin Islands history and current day realities.  Each presenter will use their particularly artistic and scholarly methodology to present the history, the ecological realities and moreover to discuss how the natural world has been used by revolutionary actors to claim belonging with the Virgin Islands and how each of them, as artists and scholars, use this dichotomy to do revolutionary work within our disciplines.  La Vaughn Belle will present on Fire and its connection to St. Croix revolts and to her own work as a visual artist.  Tiphanie Yanique will present on Water and its role in revolutionary moments on St. Thomas and St. John and to her own work as a creative writer. Dr. Tami Navarro will present on Air and its connection to protest movements on St. Croix and to her own work as an anthropologist.  Dr. Hadiya Sewer will present on Land and its integration to protest movements on St. John and to her own work as a philosopher.