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The Frog will explore The Climate Action Handbook: A Visual Guide to 100 Climate Solutions by Heidi Roop in the first 100 days of 2024
In the first `100 days of 2024 we will explore 100 climate solutions that may “empower you to evaluate, engage, and act” to address on-going climate change as an individual on your terms.
I am starting this post with the same graphic from my last one. I believe it is the finest example climate change art – impactful, stark, and disturbing. From street artist Isaac Cordal, a Spanish Galician working in the urban environment. The installation was from his Follow the Leaders installation in Berlin, Germany which he described as “a critical reflection on our inertia as a social mass”.
“Visual art, music, writing, poetry, theater, and other forms of creative expression are important tools in our climate action toolboxes”, according to Heidi Roop. Not only can the complexities of climate change be explored effectively and with nuance in creative expression, the act of creating can be an approach to bolster mental health – channeling our feelings into a form which can be inspirational and thought-provoking for others
Striking expressions can be simple, effective, and striking. The simple graphic below called “the climate stripes” was created by Ed Hawkins at the University of Reading. Showing the average global temperature change from 1850 to the present day – the intense red of modern day temperatures is a warning of the warming underway.
Artwork motivated by the climate are seen in galleries and installations around the world. You can find 11 examples of curated climate here, including The Tempestry Project bringing climate science to life through knitting and We Are Frying! exploring how global warming affects autumn foliage.
And it not just visual expression. The Climate Music Project combines science and music and action “through the emotional power of music” to enable the creation and staging of science-guided music and visual experiences to inspire people to engage actively on the issue of climate change”. You can learn more here and have a listen.
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