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The Gulf oil disaster is but one example of the ways in which our fossil fuel economy is impacting the planet we call home. But as bad as this catastrophe is, the specter of global climate change looms even larger as a threat to sustaining life on Earth. Despite overwhelming evidence -- species extinction and dwindling water supplies to mass migrations and mega-storms -- the public is still unclear what climate change really means for them.
That is why we are calling on artists worldwide to participate in the #CoolClimate Art Contest – the first online art contest exploring climate change in its many forms – how it is impacting our lives and what can be done to ensure a sustainable future for all of Earth’s inhabitants. By participating in the contest, you can help make a difference with your artwork to help spread awareness in the deviantART community and across the world!
What Can You Do?
Submit a work of art that explores our relationship with the climate. From clean energy jobs to pollution-free oceans – the subject choice is yours!
You can submit a piece you’ve already made, or spread the word and get others involved!
Submissions are now open and will close on August 23, 2010 at 11:59:59 PM PT. You can read the
Official Contest Rules on the #CoolClimate Group Page. [link]
How Your Art Makes Change
Post your art on #CoolClimate and your work could get amazing exposure in support of this cause; Finalist are voted by the public through the Huffington Post. Winners will be featured on the Planet Green Planet100 show, will be displayed at key leader events nationwide in the United States on 10/10/10 and will be distributed worldwide to the press and through the outstanding world-renowned environmental partners listed below
Your work will be reviewed by successful artists in the environmental idiom and major art world leaders associated with The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Whitney Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Art.
The amazing judges include:
Mel Chin (artist)
Philippe Cousteau (ecologist)
Agnes Gund (collector & philanthropist)
Van Jones (environmental activist)
David Ross (curator)
Carrie Mae Weems (artist)
Jackson Browne (musician) and Dianna Cohen (artist)
Chevy Chase (Comedian) and Jayni Chase (philanthropist)
Historically the creative community has always helped to create new and expanded visions of possibility during difficult times, and we look forward to the artist’s vision for a cool and sustainable future! Get your art tools out, start your brainstorming, and join the contest!
We thank the many sponsors and partners that are making the CoolClimate art contest possible:
SPONSORS
Creative Visions Foundation -- dedicated to individuals who use the power
of media and the arts to create positive change in the world.
Crosscurrents Foundation
Quixote Foundation
PARTNERS
Artillery Magazine
1Sky
350.org
Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Clean Energy Works
Climate Change Education
Defenders of Wildlife
Earth Day Network
Ecorazzi
Energy Action Coalition
Environmental Defense Fund
Green For All
Hip Hop Caucus
Huffington Post
Metropolis Magazine
National Wildlife Federation
Oceana
Planet100
Rock the Vote
Student PIRGS
Southern Energy Network
SustainUS
World Wildlife Federation
Remember to check out #CoolClimate for all the details and to submit your work!
That is why we are calling on artists worldwide to participate in the #CoolClimate Art Contest – the first online art contest exploring climate change in its many forms – how it is impacting our lives and what can be done to ensure a sustainable future for all of Earth’s inhabitants. By participating in the contest, you can help make a difference with your artwork to help spread awareness in the deviantART community and across the world!
What Can You Do?
Submit a work of art that explores our relationship with the climate. From clean energy jobs to pollution-free oceans – the subject choice is yours!
You can submit a piece you’ve already made, or spread the word and get others involved!
Submissions are now open and will close on August 23, 2010 at 11:59:59 PM PT. You can read the
Official Contest Rules on the #CoolClimate Group Page. [link]
How Your Art Makes Change
Post your art on #CoolClimate and your work could get amazing exposure in support of this cause; Finalist are voted by the public through the Huffington Post. Winners will be featured on the Planet Green Planet100 show, will be displayed at key leader events nationwide in the United States on 10/10/10 and will be distributed worldwide to the press and through the outstanding world-renowned environmental partners listed below
Your work will be reviewed by successful artists in the environmental idiom and major art world leaders associated with The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Whitney Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Art.
The amazing judges include:
Mel Chin (artist) Philippe Cousteau (ecologist) Agnes Gund (collector & philanthropist) Van Jones (environmental activist) David Ross (curator) Carrie Mae Weems (artist) Jackson Browne (musician) and Dianna Cohen (artist) Chevy Chase (Comedian) and Jayni Chase (philanthropist)Historically the creative community has always helped to create new and expanded visions of possibility during difficult times, and we look forward to the artist’s vision for a cool and sustainable future! Get your art tools out, start your brainstorming, and join the contest!
We thank the many sponsors and partners that are making the CoolClimate art contest possible: SPONSORS Creative Visions Foundation -- dedicated to individuals who use the powerof media and the arts to create positive change in the world.
Crosscurrents Foundation Quixote Foundation PARTNERS Artillery Magazine 1Sky 350.org Chesapeake Climate Action Network Clean Energy Works Climate Change Education Defenders of Wildlife Earth Day Network Ecorazzi Energy Action Coalition Environmental Defense Fund Green For All Hip Hop Caucus Huffington Post Metropolis Magazine National Wildlife Federation Oceana Planet100 Rock the Vote Student PIRGS Southern Energy Network SustainUS World Wildlife FederationRemember to check out #CoolClimate for all the details and to submit your work!
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We lost the average of 1.5 islands a year due to the increase of sea level here in Indonesia.
It's a serious problem.
Perhaps Human life, but not life in general. In fact, the warmer the Earth gets the more species that will be able to thrive - up to a point.
The fossil record clearly show that when the Earth warms, many more organisms find suitable habitats and thrive. Hence why we find so many more fossils (and diversification of those fossils) during warm climate periods in Earth's past. Sure, some organisms go extinct. But many more millions (perhaps even billions) branch out and diversify.
And as for climate change, the climate will always change. What's unusual is that it's been so stable over the last few thousand years. The Earth has been both much hotter and much colder in the past and there is considerable evidence that it will do the same in the future. In fact, all it takes is one large volcanic eruption to throw enough ash and sulfur into the atmosphere, and we all get the next ice age.
I for one would prefer the planet to warm a bit, then for it to cool. We humans can survive on a warmer planet. But if it gets colder and we can't grow our crops, we're screwed.
It will be interesting to see what impact this contest has, if any. And I'm even more interested in seeing how they're going to prevent artists from spreading incorrect information about climate change.
Also, exactly what qualifies a musician (Jackson Browne) and a comedian (Chevy Chase) to judge this contest is beyond me.
But I wish good luck to the judges and to all of the participants!