CLIMATE ART and PALOOZAS
ON GLOBEMENTUM
ON GLOBEMENTUM
On occasion, we publish art pieces and plays on words (what we call ‘paloozas’) that relate to climate change, to its consequences, or to the human resolve that can turn this phenomenon back, and change life on Earth for the better, for us all. Paloozas relate not to exaggerated occurances, but to the quantities and significance of all kinds of climate harming substances and human practices that are multiplying at such crazy levels like there is no tomorrow. Indeed, we have yet to see whether there will be a tomorrow—it depends only on us, humans.
TODAY …
AND tomorrow?
AND tomorrow?
THE QUESTIONS:
- An overused ball? A breaking‑down globe? A deteriorating Earth?
- Do we want to see the point of irreversibility?
PLASTICS PALOOZA
ABOUT THIS PALOOZA:
- Plastics palooza refers to the immense amount of plastic products that have accumulated (and continue to accumulate) in the Pacific Ocean—also known as The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It covers about 1.6 million square kilometers (620,000 square miles).
- Although the plastic products are no longer in their original size and shape (because they break down into tiny pieces, called microplastics) they continue to exist for as long as … 20‑600 years!
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MULTI‑PACKS PALOOZA
- IF YOU BOUGHT A MULTI‑PACK OF THE SAME PRODUCT JUST BECAUSE IT WAS A GOOD DEAL, DID YOU ACTUALLY MAKE A GOOD DEAL?
- (say, you bought a 24‑pack of frisbees)
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FOR YOURSELF:NO … because you will likely use only one (maybe two), then throw the rest of them away. Surely, you could give those to your friends, but will youreally? So, ultimately you spent more money for the multi‑pack—most of which you will never use—than you would have spent for two singles.
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FOR THE EARTH:DEFINITELY NOT … because raw natural materials were extracted from the Earth, and energy and fossil fuels were used for producing those frisbees … nearly all in vain. Secondly, because the unused ones end up as trash, the PLASTIC BREAKING DOWN INTO EVER‑SMALLER PIECES, remaining for decades and even centuries—besmirching the Earth— and exacerbating climate change.
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FOR ALL HUMANS:DEFINITELY NOT … because ultimately, all natural resource extraction from the Earth, all waste, all pollution, all climate change affect all humans, every day. We all live on the same Earth, and have no other option but to take care of it.
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EARTHwise PALOOZA
ABOUT THIS PALOOZA:
- EARTHwise can be interpreted in at least two ways.
- 1. Earthwise … as in ‘We have to consider the consequences and benefits earthwise, not only profitwise.’
- 2. Earth‑Wise … as in ‘Being Earth‑Wise is an essential element in ensuring that people will be able to produce healthy food, and live in a healthy environment.
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