The sparrows on the branches are already chirping that our planet is facing problems, including pollution. We seem to know how to draw attention to this in all possible creative ways. Well, maybe it is precisely the creative way that will push us forward. At Taiwan's Faculty of Arts, three students came up with a way to show the problem of Earth pollution. They called it "Polluted Water Popsicles" or "Polluted Water Lollipops".
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As long as we use fossil fuels, we will be able to deal with air pollution. Air-Ink is a device that is installed on the exhaust system and is responsible for catching car exhausts at the source. even before they leave the pipe and enter the atmosphere. Graviky Labs then cleans the collected particles of toxic elements and turns them into ink for pens and printers.
China has been suffocating in smog again for the past few weeks. There are alarming conditions in many cities, as pollution with PM2.5 particles (these are even smaller and even more dangerous than PM10 particles, which they warn against in our country, as they penetrate even further into the lungs) exceeds the standards by 50 times. Due to the catastrophic pollution, the Chinese authorities ordered the cessation or operating restrictions at hundreds of factories across the country. From Beijing and elsewhere come eerie footage of cities shrouded in thick, gray and smelly fog.
Photographer Benjamin Von Wong is a fan of underwater photography, and for the past year he has been tackling 'boring' topics such as climate change and wildlife conservation with his photographic projects. With their latest project, Mermaids Hate Plastic, they keep this trend going. This time he tackles plastic pollution. If the previous two subjects were much more grateful for the lens, this time too he managed to create fascinating scenes from seemingly unphotogenic subjects. He employed underwater girls and created a sea out of 10,000 bottles – the amount the average American would consume in a lifetime. The project draws attention to the pressing problem of plastic pollution.
"Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot" is a collection of photographs in which, in addition to touching essays, we find moving photographs showing the devastating effects of overpopulation.
Beijing was recently hit by the season's first wave of extremely polluted air, shrouding the city in fog. The Chinese found themselves and watched the sunrise in their own way.