![Image of the Hungry for Connection mural competition winner.](/sites/g/files/dgvnsk5656/files/styles/sf_landscape_16x9/public/media/images/hungry%20for%20connection%20mural.png?h=198df146&itok=-0sRPQA7)
'Climate Raising' Challenge Mural Winners Announced
Over fall quarter 2021, undergraduate and graduate students were invited to participate in a "climate raising" mural competition. Organizers requested that submissions inspire answers to the questions: “How might agriculture be part of the climate solution in Sacramento Valley?” and “How do we visually communicate this message to inspire local action?” A jury of designers and artists have selected the winners from a pool of 27 entries.
![Image of Rachael Dal Porto.](/sites/g/files/dgvnsk5656/files/media/images/Screen%20Shot%202022-02-08%20at%202.53.41%20PM.png)
First prize goes to Rachael Dal Porto whose design “Hungry for Connection” won the $400 first prize. Her work will soon be painted on a barn between Davis and Woodland by community members, under the guidance of a professional muralist.
Dal Porto is currently a civil and environmental engineering PhD student with undergraduate degrees from Sacramento State in Civil Engineering and Chemistry, and a Masters of Science from UC Davis in civil and environmental engineering.
![Image of the Hungry for Connection mural competition winner.](/sites/g/files/dgvnsk5656/files/media/images/hungry%20for%20connection%20mural.png)
![Image of UC Davis Landscape Architecture Student Rocio Chavez.](/sites/g/files/dgvnsk5656/files/media/images/Screen%20Shot%202022-02-09%20at%202.54.08%20PM.png)
Second prize goes to Rocio Chavez whose mural “Bring Back the Bugs” won the $200 award. Chavez is an undergraduate student in her final year of studying landscape architecture. Her interests include sustainability and the cultivation of inclusive communities.
![Bring Back the Bugs Mural](/sites/g/files/dgvnsk5656/files/media/images/bring%20back%20the%20bugs%20mural.png)
The mural is scheduled to be painted on a barn between Davis and Woodland on March 26. Stay tuned for additional details!
Download the .pdf of the winning "Climate Raising Challenge" entries.
Challenge Sponsors
![UC Davis Sustainability](/sites/g/files/dgvnsk5656/files/media/images/Office-of-Sustainability_wordmark.png)
Ag Climate Heroes:
Michael Russell & Steve Shaffer