These diverse and beautiful organisms are Diatoms & make up to 20-25% of Earth's oxygen through photosynthesis. These tiny organisms are single celled algae, and play an important role in Earth's ecosystem! ⠀ Photo from the @CalAcademy Sciences Diatom Collection . . . #prfortheplanet #missionblue #NoBlueNoGreen #OceanConservation #OceanOptimism #ThinkBlue #Ocean
Plastiglomerate. A new scientifically identified mineral composed of plastic waste circulating in the Pacific combining in geothermal flows with shell, rock, and sand to produce what is quickly becoming the earth’s plastic coated crust. The second sample shows layers upon layers of our plastic grocery shopping bags. The third, fisherman’s nylon rope. Others have golf balls and product packaging fossilized in stone. The artist Kelly Jazvac and her team of scientists identified this new material washing up on Hawaiian shores. Her artwork isn’t the object itself, it’s the science behind it, her tireless work to educate the public by offering samples to various institutions, selling them in galleries such as @fiermandavid , with the conscience that their placement within a natural history museum highlights the geological aspects of its formation, while placement at a place like the @metmuseum highlights its relation to plastic production in design systems and as a product of man’s creative skill/lack of vision. It’s evidence of our failure as stewards of the planet and as designers to identify apt usage of materials, inefficiencies, and waste. An overall failure of holistic, systemic thinking. A momento mori for a sick Earth. @kellyjazvac @christianalexlarsen . . . #plastic #plastiglomerate #art #design #broken #nature #fail #system #hawaii #geology #petrochemical #oil #sustainability #green #eco #planet #earth
Bubble net feeding humpbacks 💙 . . . #prfortheplanet #antarctica #humpbackwhale #wildantarctica
“Art does not reproduce what we see, it makes us see” Paul Klee. . . . #prfortheplanet #alaska #davidbenjaminsherry #paulklee #artforenvironmentaladvocacy
@christojeanneclaude Surrounded Islands was an endeavor of epic ambition. It is a narrative of empowerment, exemplifying the idea that lone individuals are capable of marshaling large civic forces to bring their dreams to fruition—that with determination, willpower, and compelling vision, anything is possible. @pamm Photo: Wolfgang Volz. . . . #prforplanetearth #prfortheplanet #christoandjeanneclaude #surroundedislands
💦 Water Warrior 💙 by @carisr: “You don’t have to sit outside in the dark. If, however you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is necessary. But the stars neither require nor demand it.” - Annie Dillard. #WEBELIEVE . . . #artist #painter #stars #believesurvivors #stopkavanaugh #womenwarriors #prfortheplanet #motherearth
Nature, our equalizer 🌲 🌊 🐳 🌱 🌺 🌳💙🌏 . . . #prforplanetearth #prfortheplanet #nature #johnmuir #bridgealaska #conservation #climateweek
What will our cities look like when the waters come? Dutch designer #daanroosegaarde explores the rising sea levels through “Waterlicht,” a haunting dreamscape that creates the illusion of waves. 🌊 🌏 📷 @cnn via Courtesy Studio Roosegaarde . . . prforplanetearth #prfortheplanet #climatechange #environmentalscience #environmentalart #artinstallation #floods
