Maya Lin, known for creating the aesthetically spare and inspiring Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Washington D.C., has produced another powerful tribute designed to prompt a reaction of awe and sober reflection.
Tags: · biodiversity, extinction, Maya Lin, pollution, species loss, What is Missing
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Barbara Ettinger and Sven Huseby knew their documentary about ocean acidification would have to pass a high test to avoid overwhelming a public already challenged to understand many technical facets of climate change.
To sound the alarm about yet another looming global warming catastrophe, the potential destruction of all marine life, their film would have to be engaging, accessible, down-to-earth.
Happily, A Sea Change: Imagine a World Without Fish succeeds on all those levels. Humanizing this critical issue like no previous film or book, it follows the soft-spoken Huseby on an odyssey of discovery as he meets with scientists and activists in Alaska, Seattle, California and Norway trying to understand the phenomenon of ocean acidification.
Tags: · A Sea Change: Imagine a World Without Fish, American Museum of Natural History, Barbara Ettinger, Carbon sequestration, Downtown Film Festival-Los Angeles, Elizabeth Kolbert, global warming, Maya Lin, Ocean chemistry, Permafrost melt, Sven Huseby, Wildlife extinctions
By John DeFore
Green Right Now
Opening this week at New York City’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the exhibition “Design for a Living World” explores possibilities for ecological sensitivity in a realm of top-tier design work — from fashion star Isaac Mizrahi to artist/architect Maya Lin — in which conspicuous over-consumption is often the rule.
Tags: · Abbott Miller, Christien Meindertsma, conservation, Cooper-Hewitt Packard, Design for a Living World, Ezri, Hella Jongerius, Isaac Mizrahi, Maya Lin, Paulina Reyes, Stephen Burks, sustainability, Tarazi, Ted Mueling, The Nature Conservancy, Yves Behar
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