This project...oh boy this project. So. I hate the yarn I used, it was an odd cotton yarn and my fingers did NOT like the texture of it, it almost felt like knitting with cotton wool which I also do not enjoy the texture of and makes me want to crawl out of my skin suit. But, despite my obvious dislike of touching this yarn, I do love this project because of what it is.
I did not make this as a wearable scarf, my point in making this was more as a teaching tool, as a physical and visible example of climate change. Every four rows, (every two garter bumps?) is representative of one year. The colours, starting with the blue, represent the average global temperature starting from 1922 all the way to 2021.
The Willow Project has been approved by Biden but there are plans to oppose the action in court. It's our final hope and signing the petition is a way you can help. The Petition is free to sign all it takes is; your name, country and email. There is an option to donate but it is not mandatory to allow you to sign.
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The Earth needs us. This Project will be the end of our planet.
“I have spent over 40 years bearing witness to the ways in which modern civilization has dramatically transformed our planet. At this time, the awareness of these issues presented by my large format images has never felt more urgent. I hope the exhibition experience will continue to provide inflection points for diverse conversations on these issues and move us all to a place of positive action.”
_Edward Burtynsky
Courtesy: Saatchi Gallery
Saatchi Gallery acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts
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April is Earth Month 🌍🌱! Discover from the media organization Good Good Good how you can celebrate this special month and what you can do to fight the climate crisis!
The youth are our future, and Teen Vogue is helping to lead the charge—through education, coverage, and amplification of marginalized voices. In No Planet B, edited by Lucy Diavolo and published by Haymarket Books, a community of climate activists speak up in a way that is accessible, educational, and inspirational.
No Planet B taught me quite a bit I didn't know. I was most impressed by its coverage of the plastics crisis. For example, the need to shift to a 'reuse' approach and not depend on recycling to save us. Corporations are using recycling as a distraction while ramping up the fossil fuel and fracking–heavy production of plastics. I learned from these pieces that the US sends much of its recycled and disposable waste abroad—for a long time, to China, but now to Southeast Asia. While many Western "green" programs and corporations lean on the top five countries responsible for marine plastics to fix up their act and stop "mismanaging" their natural resources, these same countries—China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka—are where Western countries are sending their trash.
The essays cover the young climate activists fighting for change at high levels and in their communities—whether they're sleeping outside McConnell's office in protest, advocating for the Green New Deal, or standing with Greta Thunberg in global climate strikes. The essays also cover intersectional climate justice, discussing and highlighting how climate change disproportionately impacts people of color, Indigenous groups, people living in poverty, and young women around the world. They amplify those voices and stress that climate justice is not only an environmental but a social and political issue.
All around, this collection is easy to read but full of crucial, important truths. It highlights how our youth are making a difference, and how we should learn from their actions, invest in their movements, and join the fight.
“For decades the Indigenous people of Arizona’s Black Mesa have resisted energy-industry attacks on their sacred land. Now they need support to fend off the latest threat: a disastrous plan to build three hydroelectric “pumped-storage” projects that would result in massive industrialization. The projects would cause irreversible harm to land and water resources that are as critical to people as they are to endangered wildlife like Mexican spotted owls.”