Projects tagged
Environment
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Streets into Gardens
Read more: Streets into GardensDuring this time rent prices in the Lower East Side/ East Village were rising due to the presence of many community gardens. In response to this, then Mayor Giuliani decided to sell the 198 gardens in question. Streets into Gardens…
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Camp Frack
Read more: Camp FrackCamp Frack was a protest festival in Lancashire, UK, an area near industrial energy plants that produce shale gas. Around 150 activists from both Frack Off and Campaign against Climate Control (CCC) set up the festival, featuring food, music and…
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Between A Rock and A Hard Place
Read more: Between A Rock and A Hard PlaceBetween A Rock And A Hard Place is a project consisting of a cleaning performance, a film and a big event on August 18, 2012. From the material recorded on this day, a film and a vinyl record will be…
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Wearable Portable Architecture
Read more: Wearable Portable ArchitectureThe “Wearable/Portable Architecture project” discussed the possibilities of having a locale create portable architecture based on the conditions of its environmental, urban and cultural conditions. It is structured to find ways in providing new arguments and sustaining an artistic impetus…
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Green Maps for Resilient Cities Everywhere
Read more: Green Maps for Resilient Cities EverywhereHow Green is My City? Take part in mapping a fresh perspective on your community! Learn about the global Green Map movement and GreenMap.org. Created locally in sixty-five countries, hundreds of Green Maps highlight sustainable living resources and the natural,…
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Greenpeace Zombie Protest
Read more: Greenpeace Zombie ProtestMembers of Greenpeace together with environmental advocates dressed as zombies attend a creative protest against water pollution in Manila on September 27, 2012. The protesters delivered a petition urging the establishment of a “Right-To-Know” system for chemicals and the adoption…
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Occupy the Pipeline Shuts Down Spectra Construction in NYC
Read more: Occupy the Pipeline Shuts Down Spectra Construction in NYCAs part of a nationwide day of action against fossil fuel pipelines from Pennsylvania to Texas, several hundred New Yorkers succeeded Monday in halting construction of a radioactive pipeline threatening the West Village–after unrelenting daily vigils at the Spectra pipeline…
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Maya Lin’s Eco-Art at Pace Gallery
Read more: Maya Lin’s Eco-Art at Pace GalleryArtist Maya Lin first burst onto the scene in 1981, when her design was selected for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial while she was still a senior at Yale. Since then, Lin has turned her focus to environmental issues, with her…
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Operation Paydirt
Read more: Operation Paydirt“Operation Paydirt is a multidisciplinary, artist-driven project advancing a solution to the devastating problem of lead (Pb) contaminated soil that puts thousands of children at risk for severe learning disabilities and behavioral problems. The goals of the project are to…
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botanoadopt
Read more: botanoadoptbotanoadopt – a Projekt by 431art.org Botanoadopt is a project at the interface of corporate citizenship, science and Art, which shift perspectives by new and humorous contexts. Botanoadopt is a participatory project, which provides the adoption of plants and give…