Tag Archives: Environment

Hand-Built Paper Birds by Niharika Rajput Draw Attention to Endangered Avians

Posted on November 4, 2019 by

A detailed structural plan, hundreds of hand-fringed feathers, a custom-built wire armature: these are just some of the components artist Niharika Rajput uses to create her life-like paper birds. Rajput directly ties her art practice to conservation efforts by running campaigns to … Continue reading →

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Why Japan Isn’t Cutting Down Enough of its Trees

Posted on November 3, 2019 by

Life Where I’m From Go to https://teamtrees.org and lets get some trees planted! #teamtrees I started off making this nice video about how Japan got its forests back through afforestation. Then I did too much researching on the Internet and … Continue reading →

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Indigenous communities win share of South Africa’s rooibos tea profits in landmark bioprospecting agreement – Nature

Posted on November 2, 2019 by

The San and Khoi communities welcome the decision, which could have implications for other Indigenous groups — and biodiversity researchers. More than a century after commercial farming began on their traditional lands, the San and Khoi peoples of southern Africa … Continue reading →

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The Children of Gaia Emerge from Ecological Crises in Photographs by Fabrice Monteiro

Posted on October 28, 2019 by

For his multiyear project titled “The Prophecy,” Belgian-Beninese photographer Fabrice Monteiro confronts global issues of ecological devastation. The striking images in the project combine haute couture, spiritual figures, and staged scenes of pollution and decimation. Made in collaboration with Senegalese … Continue reading →

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Natural Fragmentation – the Poetry of Science

Posted on October 25, 2019 by

Anthropogenic biomes cascade Across natural networks, Swarming across this backdrop With assumed transcendence. Broken footprints disrupt Fractured ecologies; Disremembered territories Whose buried cycles Are trampled beneath the topsoil. Our treads scar the landscape, While conceited measurements of Their length, breadth, … Continue reading →

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Out of Range – Animation Short Film 2019 – GOBELINS

Posted on October 25, 2019 by

Sue, une avocate qui vit à cent à l’heure, se rend au meeting le plus important de sa carrière. En chemin, une panne de voiture la contraint à s’enfoncer dans la forêt, et c’est en s’y perdant qu’elle saura se … Continue reading →

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Take to the Streets with a Free Font Inspired by Climate Activist Greta Thunburg’s Hand-Painted Protest Signs

Posted on October 21, 2019 by

A new font, free to all for download and use, is inspired by climate collapse activist Greta Thunburg. “Greta Grotesk” was created by Uno, a new company designing a solution to the disposable beverage cup pandemic. Drawing from the hand-painted … Continue reading →

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the Mermaid & the Gardener

Posted on October 21, 2019 by

Check out coralgardeners.org/ to adopt a coral. ——- featuring Chelsea Yamase & Titouan Bernicot song “The Planets Op 32 II Venus the Bringer of Peace” a film by Ben Ono ——– onocreative.co instagram.com/chelseakauai instagram.com/toutiess instagram.com/silkymerman

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Fridge

Posted on October 19, 2019 by

A woman is overcome by her carnivorous desires

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Why the Weird are Destined to Change the World | George Monbiot Extinction Rebellion speech

Posted on October 19, 2019 by

“It’s no coincidence that the person who’s done more than anyone to change the entire global conversation on climate breakdown has Aspergers”

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