Quick Key Facts Ocean Plastic: The Basics The Earth’s oceans are teeming with life — and with plastic. In fact, by 2050, it’s expected that there will be even more plastic in the ocean than fish. Adding to the 150 million tons already in marine environments, eight million tons of plastic reaches our oceans every […]
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In Finsbury Park, London, a new Banksy mural appeared on the side of a wall behind a recently pollarded tree. Installed on St. Patrick’s Day, a holiday marked by the color green, the painting features a caveman-like figure holding a sprayer, standing beneath a swath of vibrant paint. Characteristic of Banksy’s work (previously), the piece carries several meanings that relate to current social and political issues.
Perhaps foremost among the jabs Banksy may be making in this work is at the corporate practice of greenwashing, a misleading strategy large industries employ to communicate how “green” their practices are. More
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Plastic pollution and global heating are caught in a “vicious circle” of one feeding the other, a new study by researchers from Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology has found. The mutually reinforcing relationship increases global heating, plastic waste, the degradation of materials and the leaching of chemicals into the biosphere, a press release from […]
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This Neue Klasse X concept showcases the design inspiration for next year’s Neue Klasse SUV
