Side by Side brings together evolutionary ecology and creative expression to explore the relationship between humans and barn swallows. This film highlights the creative process of a group of young women in enacting various species of birds through large-scale puppetry. Side by Side is led by Dr. Beth Osnes, Theatre and Environmental Studies professor at CU and Dr. Rebecca “Becca” Safran, Evolutionary Biology professor at CU—both co-founders of CU’s Inside the Greenhouse, as an expression of creative climate communication. This project offers a narrative of hope that if we can see through the eyes of another species, we can not only solve our greatest challenge, climate change, but we can also find our own place of belonging and unity within the natural world. Through this project we express our response-ability to ensure an equitable, survivable, and thrive-able future for all life and the ecosystems upon which all life depends.