Christmas, plastic, and the Pacific Northwest

Christmas, plastic, and the Pacific Northwest

As we head into the holiday season, a reminder about where our Christmas decorations are made, and the connection to the Pacific Northwest. 60% of all Christmas decorations are made in Yiwu, a city of 600 factories in China. Many of those decorations are made with...
The Fragile Framework

The Fragile Framework

This wonderful comic by Richard Monastersky and Nick Sousanis explains the history of climate change talks and our understanding of climate change and global warming, just in time for the upcoming UN COP21 Climate talks in Paris, which begin on November 29, 2015....
Brandalism

Brandalism

80 artists from 19 different countries created poster ads to place in 600 locations around Paris this weekend for the UN COP21 climate change meetings. These posters challenge the corporate connections to the COP21 talks, and highlight climate change issues in areas...
Five people heading to Paris to help save the world

Five people heading to Paris to help save the world

YES Magazine is featuring 5 people heading to the COP21 talks that start November 29, 2015 in Paris!! One of them is Denise Henrikson, from Seattle, who founded the Salmon is Life project, featuring 80 salmon painted right here on Bainbridge Island. We will be...
Our melting, shifting, liquid world

Our melting, shifting, liquid world

In Our melting, shifting, liquid world, celebrities including James Franco and Gabriel Byrne read poems about climate change. You can listen to them and read the poems online. Speaking of poetry, the 2016 Poetry Corners Call for Poets is out. The topic: art + climate...