This article examines how artists have engaged with the issue of air pollution in Beijing, where poor air quality has become a serious public health matter. Artists have utilized various mediums including performance art, photography, and painting to represent smog. Through generating media and online attention this work has contributed to a relatively vibrant “green […]
Within the walls of the MIT Media Lab in Boston, Anirudh Sharma and Nikhil Kaushik invented Air-Ink, a professional art supply made directly from car exhaust and soot. Since they officially began “capturing” pollution in June 2016, Sharma, Kaushik, and the rest of their team at Graviky Labs have cleaned 1.6 trillion liters of air (Source). Organization: Sierra […]
Pop-up global art project turns air pollution into street art from London to New York City in honor of Earth day. This is made possible by Air-Ink, Sharma’s invention born out of the MIT Media Lab, in which carbon emissions are collected, purified, and converted to a rich, water-resistant black ink that can be used in […]
Every day around 93% of the world’s children under the age of 15 years (1.8 billion children) breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk. Tragically, many of them die: WHO estimates that in 2016, 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by polluted air (Source). […]
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition has an action resource library with articles and datasets concerning air pollution in various countries along with the policies that are in place to address the situation. Organization: Climate and Clean Air Coalition The Union is the international federation of civil society organisations concerned with air pollution. Most of […]
Moms Clean Air Force has a resource library to help us understand the health impacts of air pollution and climate change. Their goal is to educate and empower parents with knowledge. Their materials are vetted by top scientists and public health experts (Source). Organization: Moms Clean Air Force Moms Clean Air Force is a community […]
This resource is an article on the effects MAT Asphalt has had on the surrounding area. MAT Asphalt is a hot mix asphalt plant in the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago. It’s next to a school, across the street from a 69 acre park, and less than 1000 feet from the nearest homes. The plant’s […]
This interactive article created by NASA Climate Kids answers the question: What causes air pollution? Children will learn that air pollution is caused by solid and liquid particles and certain gases that are suspended in the air. These particles and gases can come from car and truck exhaust, factories, dust, pollen, mold spores, volcanoes and […]
Hip Hop Caucus, creator of People’s Climate Music, has partnered with Taboo, solo Hip Hop artist and member of the Grammy Award-winning pop group Black Eyed Peas, to debut “Stand Up/Stand N Rock”. This song and video were created in support of the Standing Rock Reservation and the Sioux Tribe, as they lead a peaceful, […]
Creative Beards made the animation for The Sound of Climate Justice. This is the anthem song for the climate demonstrations on March 14, 2021 (Source). Organization: Creative Beards The Sound Of Climate Justice is a fluid collective of musicians who use music as their tool in the fight for climate justice. It’s goal is to […]