one person makes a difference
July 14th, 2008 @ 7:47 am
i will be the first to admit: i can be pretty self-absorbed. i don’t think about how many things i consume or throw away in a day, a month, or a year. after all, it doesn’t seem like very much. i’m just one person.
artist chris jordan has some stunning pieces of art to represent production and consumption in america. (disclaimer: some of the photos could be considered graphic in nature, but not in a smutty way).
here is an example of one of his prints. it represents the 410,000 paper coffee cups used in the USA every fifteen minutes. (39,360,000 per day, if you were wondering).
here it is in a detail view:
anyway, i thought his artwork was extremely worthy of passing on. click here to view his site.
Art · Current Events
Jenn Cady said,
July 14, 2008 at 8:27 am
very cool. I love art with a message
Juli Jarvis said,
July 14, 2008 at 8:29 am
Wow–that’s interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Phil Thompson said,
July 14, 2008 at 10:23 am
That reminds me, i need another cup of coffee.
Joni said,
July 14, 2008 at 10:28 am
Sounds like Starbucks et al should be charging per refill on their travel mugs instead of by the paper cup–if they really want to stay socially conscious.
Patrick Sievert said,
July 14, 2008 at 11:29 am
brilliant. i miss coffee shops that gave you your drink in a real mug…
Vince said,
July 14, 2008 at 11:54 am
It’s not the cup that concerns me as much as the plastic lid. Ever since I went to Canada, where they make you ask for a lid, I have been telling the kind folks at my local coffee shop to keep the lid…maybe I should just get a mug.
mandy said,
July 14, 2008 at 3:01 pm
this is amazing. i’m thinking through a series of posts for the fall, and i might stick this artist’s info in the list.
thanks, anne.
Andrea said,
July 14, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Ah! I definitely need to stay conscious of this as an avid coffee drinker. Invest in a mug to carry in your car! Starbucks gives 10 cents off if you carry your own. It saves in the long rong (the earth and economically)!