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I think this piece of artwork is by creativity from the streets. When I look at it, it makes me feel like a big monster appeared and now it is going to eat all of us. This piece of artwork makes me feel scared and sad. I do not know what it is called.

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If your Sustainable Goal is water, check out these street artworks in Mexico about protecting our water.

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"Cultura del agua, rescate de espacios púbicos y arte urbano en la Ciudad de México"

"Today we are presenting this project that promotes the importance of caring for water, the rescue of public spaces and promotes talented young artists in Mexico City.

Water care is a fundamental issue for our city, that's why every time we need to do more in our homes, schools and workplaces to have a more harmonious and sustainable way of relating to water.

Hidro Arte invites artists of our city to express through his talent, a message through art invite reflection on water care.

Likewise, this project is an excellent choice rescue of public spaces, and that the artistic expressions of this program are made through murals headquarters of the Federal District, which have been affected by unauthorized pints.

With a joint work is linked successfully, government, private initiative and citizenship, even creating spaces for artistic expression with social commitment in various sites of high vehicular and pedestrian traffic in our city.

I want to say that Hydro Arte competition received 566 sketches and a half months duration of the call, which the jury chose 30 finalists who made 30 murals in 30 days.

These murals were performed in 5 locations of high visual impact, located in avenues high vehicular and pedestrian traffic by improving urban image of the city with the support and sponsorship from the private sector, and likewise joining this contest participation citizenship through public voting for their favorite murals.

Through this program have recovered 950 m² public space, having a great acceptance by neighbors and passers which enjoy artwork instead of affected areas. "

Dr. Miguel Angel Mancera Espinoza

Mexico City Mayor

Crystian Daniel Montoya Alcántara

"The irony"

Water is a vital element, as it is in it where life originated. Between 60 and 99% of the components that make up all living beings are composed of water. Likewise, 75% of the world is made ​​up of water.

However, one of the contradiction is that the sea water due to the large amounts of salts containing, can not be metabolized by terrestrial living beings.

Today, humans in an effort to find a "better life", "to meet their needs" and "to improve their social life", has led to a change in the environment , which has brought great result atmospheric changes (melting icecaps, floods, landslides and droughts, among other catastrophes of global climate change).

So that now water can leverage and people increasingly consume less. A very revealing and alarming example is that we live in the City of Mexico, where there is a great lack of water in different delegations as Iztapalapa and Iztacalco and is even more ironic that at the same time, on the coast of Mexico , as in warrior and Veracruz where entire villages have been razed by severe floods also have a lack of potable water.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crystiandaniel.montoya?fref=ts

Oscar Montalvo Carrasco

"Ñuu Savi"

The word that comes from the mouth of the jaguar is expressed through the water element as a symbol of life. The power of this small river is slow , but uneasy , generating ... from her new beings emerge and with them the music (guitar and the arts) as different symbols of expression, and thus , new beings emerge from the water to the the tree as another element of our discourse : land ... land from which seeds, where great works arise arise . A tree that weaves its roots to hold the soil but at the same time rises to great heights ; its branches and leaves harboring the same pages of the books symbolize the knowledge that man wants to achieve the purpose for your understanding and development.

Besides a jaguar mask as a representation of Mexican identity with prehispanic reminiscent , as well as the worldview of human beings in a profound way .

Finally, we found a hand that crosses the branches of our tree, which has a mystical , supreme, divine meaning ; that hand planting corn seeds to the course of time are germinate and bear great fruit. Those seeds merge with the earth and water to make way for new solidarity men support each other to climb, learning to learn and climb to the top.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004604207856&fref=ts

Paulina Suárez Vázquez & Loreli

" Water Ceremony "

It is the representation of a celebration that reaffirms the importance of water and its different states. Since time immemorial humans have performed ceremonies and dances to bring rain and with it the crops , rivers , lakes and life itself .

In this scene a party rain with anthropomorphic animals , which represent the very nature herself retribuyéndose the importance of this vital illustrated .

The edge of the drawing shows the different states through which water passes , which are very important and beneficial for the environment , the atmosphere and the preservation of life.

Blog: http://groovyfayuca.blogspot.mx/

Abner Aod García Casillas "Koate Mix"

"80% H2O"

Water as one of the vital components of all living matter for their survival and proper functioning should be meticulously care , because without it we would die in a few days and is that every cell and organ functions of living things depend on water. in humans water is 85 percent of the blood, the brain 75 percent , 70 percent and muscles until 22 percent of the skeleton that also covers 3/4 water ( 71 % ) of the surface of the earth .

As we all know , water is the most important , valuable and abundant chemical that we have on planet earth , but unfortunate and paradoxically one of the most scarce in many regions not only in the country, if not the whole world ( according to UN 80 countries worldwide currently suffer due to lack of water).

When we are born we are made ​​of +/- 80 % water, and from that information I decided to make a graph focused on the importance of the vital liquid , in this design incorporates the idea of ​​life / death related to water, integrating a mother in a state of 0 % H2O or water, in reality dead , begging or lamenting the loss of fluid in your life , in your dimension, emphasizing that we are nothing without water , we have life, and thus contrasting with this strong scene , integrating a child who this mother holds as organic lifestyle to contain in itself a 80 % water and therefore " live " and has a future.

It is my view on the importance of water in our lives , the message I want to convey is doing a comparison as I mentioned living and / or death and demonstrate that water is essential for earthly existence and in its absence or lost, we could not simply exist.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ABNER.AGC?fref=ts

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- Gobierno del Distrito Federal

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"Cultura del agua, rescate de espacios púbicos y arte urbano en la Ciudad de México" "Today we are presenting this project that promotes the importance of caring for water, the rescue of public spaces and promotes talented young artists in Mexico City.

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Have you ever thought that art can be more than painting and drawing? Look at how this artist chooses to use a material that helps communicate his message about air pollution.

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This street art is painted with ink made from air pollution

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A new project is turning one of the biggest downsides of city-living into amazing street art by using ink made from air pollution.

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Thinking about the UN Sustainable Goals through Art

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Thinking about the UN Sustainable Goals through Art

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Revisiting the Sustainable Development Goals through Art | Genève Internationale

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International Geneva: Welcome on the official website of the Republic and State of Geneva on international Geneva

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Artists who make art about Plastic Pollution

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Artists who make art about Plastic Pollution

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Can art inspire action to stop plastic pollution? Explore these twelve works that put the spotlight on single-use plastic.
12. "Bristol Whales" by Sue Lipscombe

Created by Cod Steaks helmer Sue Lipscombe in Bristol, England, the larger-than-life whales are depicted as emerging and diving into a sea of plastic waste and were sculpted using locally grown willow. In contrast, over 100,000 single-use plastic bottles were collected from the Bristol 10k and Bath Half Marathon to create the Sea of Bottles around the Whales.

11. "Natural Plasticity" by Jana Cruder and Matthew LaPenta

Jana Cruder and Matthew LaPenta created "Natural Plasticity" as a large-scale commentary on the impact of disposable plastics in the natural environment. The public art installation replicates single-use plastic cups and bottles on a massive scale, and places them in in urban and park settings to stimulate conversation and thought around our interaction with these everyday things.

In "Kenny Scharf: BLOX and BAX"Scharf uses plastic and electrical appliances from the garbage along with plastic beads and decorations, layering colors and objects to create fantastical, intimate dioramas that reference Scharf's lifelong concern about the detrimental environmental effects of discarded plastic.

"While I intend my work to raise awareness of the over abundance of garbage and the indestructible non-degradable material that is plastic-petroleum, I also include messages of hope and optimism and joy; so essential with the mounting pressure of global destruction due to our dependence upon petroleum products," he explains.
9. "Bridge" and "Ocean of Plastic" by Dianna Cohen

Dianna Cohen, a visual artist and co-founder and CEO of Plastic Pollution Coalition, uses plastic bags to create vivid collages. "Cut like paper, sewn like fabric, these constructions have been presented as flat art (framed or mounted) with crumpled and shiny surfaces that are dulled by dirt and time: un-useful pieces of their former selves," explains Cohen.

As part of the U.S. Art in Embassies Program, she recently traveled to Warsaw, Poland, where an art school organized a Trash Orchestra musical performance timed with projections of Cohen's work. "The performance started with sounds of the sea and drops of water. Then images of plastic bags and bottles were projected on the walls and windows. The performance evolved through the life cycle of single-use plastic and even included the sounds of a garbage truck." Watch a video of the performance here.

8. "One Beach Plastic" by Richard and Judith Lang
Since 1999, Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang have visited 1,000 yards of Kehoe Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore, California, to gather plastic pollution washing out of the Pacific Ocean.

"By carefully collecting and 'curating' the bits of plastic, we fashion it into works of art," they explain. "The viewer is often surprised that this colorful stuff is the thermoplastic junk of our throwaway culture. As we have deepened our practice we've found, like archeologists, that each bit of what we find opens into a pinpoint look at the whole of human culture. Each bit has a story to tell."

7. New Roots Mural by Lila Roo Duncombe and communities in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

New Roots is a project-based arts program working with the children of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to create art from recycled materials. "It's hard to explain what paintings mean to this community and especially to the kids," says New Roots founder and artist Lila Roo Duncombe. "There are so few books, photographs, paintings, screens, or images of any kind compared, and it's a very BIG experience for the village when a new intricate and beautiful image in the likeness of their life is created. It is not seen as 'art' or something even to just be looked at. It is touched and kissed and danced around, it is named and renamed, and guarded from harm."

Check out Lila Roo Duncombe's art here.

6. "Sea Globes" by Dr. Max Liboiron
Max Liboiron is a scholar, activist, artist, and an assistant professor in geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland. "These sea globes are a representation of the waterfront environment in New York City today," explains Liboiron. "The plastics came from the Hudson River in south Brooklyn, and the rocks are made of bituminous coal from in a landfill that closed in the 1930s at Deadhorse Bay, which now resides underwater at high tide, also in south Brooklyn."

5. "Plastic Pollution Coalition" print by Raymond Pettibon

Los Angeles artist Raymond Pettibon's eclectic inspiration ranges from surfing to 19th century literature. His early work in the punk rock scene secured him a cult following, and he has since developed an international reputation as one of the foremost contemporary American artists working with drawing, text, and artist's books. Pettibon's "Plastic Pollution Coalition" is a print from original painting. To purchase a print please contact us.
4. "Bounty, Pilfered" by Pam Longobardi

Pam Longobardi is an artist, activist, and Distinguished University Professor at Georgia State University as well as Oceanic Society's Artist-In-Nature. She founded Drifters Project in 2006 after encountering piles of plastic the ocean was regurgitating on remote Hawaiian beaches. With the Drifters Project, she collects, documents, and transforms oceanic plastic into installations and photography. The work provides a visual statement about the engine of global consumption and the vast amounts of plastic objects and their impact on the world's most remote places and its creatures. Watch the National Geographic's video of Longobardi creating art from plastic pollution found on the Alaskan coast.
3. "Washed Ashore" by various artists

The Washed Ashore project collected trash that has been removed from beaches through volunteer community cleanups. This trash is then washed, sorted, and prepared for the creation process. Each sculpture is designed and directed by a professional artist and then formed through a collaboration of Washed Ashore team members, volunteers, and students.
2. "Plastic Planet" by Calder Kamin

Calder Kamin, a visual artist from Austin, Texas, creates intricate animal sculptures from plastic bags that are stripped and twisted by hand. "Humans transformed nature to make our lives more convenient, only to leave a massive mess for the next generation," says Kamin of the plastic pollution problem. "What are the steps to solve this crisis?"

"Vida Tóxica" (Toxic Life) is fourteen sculptures created by Catalan artist Alvaro Soler Arpa with animal bones and plastic waste. The sculptures emphasize the human impact of runaway plastic pollution on ecosystems and individual animals.

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12 Inspiring Works of Art on Plastic Pollution

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This artist created a provocative artwork to raise awareness about trees in the urban landscape.

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"You look at something that in theory shouldn't be blue, and you think, 'Why is it blue?' That's the question I'm trying to raise. If you're not careful sooner or later the surreal may become the real." - Konstantin Dimopoulous Driving on Waugh Drive in Houston, between Allen Parkway and Memorial Drive, semi-circles of blue...

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This artist did something really amazing to provoke people to think about how deforestation affects tribes of people living in the Amazon.

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Unless we do something fast, the Amazon rainforest will disappear right before our eyes. In the past 20 years alone, an area the size of two Germanys has been clear cut from this ancient tropical rainforest and this is hardly the full extent of the damage. What is driving such destruction? You don't have to look any further than your plate.

On a global basis, deforestation is largely caused by agriculture. In the Brazilian region of the Amazon, around 80 percent of deforestation is caused by cattle ranching. Soybean production for livestock feed also caused a tremendous amount of damage in the Amazon, but thanks to a governmental soy moratorium, deforestation attributed to soy has dropped. But despite efforts, this vital rainforest continues to face mass deforestation at human hands.

One photographer, Philippe Echaroux is hoping to turn this around. Using the Brazilian rainforest as a canvas, he wants to bring attention to this crisis with a dramatic call to action. Instead of putting his message on city walls and on subways, Echaroux has created Street Art 2.0 and is putting his message directly on the Amazon with light projections of the faces of the Surui people.

The project is to highlight the plight of the Surui tribe, a tribe that is living under constant threat of deforestation and illegal logging.

According to Echaroux, "[the Surui] are victims of massive deforestation and gold washers who did not hesitate to violate the Indian's territory to seize deposits of precious stone"

Deforestation has deeply impacted this tribe's way of life."When you cut a tree, it's like putting down a man," Echaroux said to describe the severity of this issue.

Indian chief Almir Surui Narayamoga asked for his people's situation to be highlighted because they are silently losing their hold over this vital land.

Street Art 2.0 is said to be the first in a series of similar projections worldwide with environmental messages.

We love how this artist is bringing attention to deforestation in an eco-friendly way. And you can help protect the Amazon and other vital forests by simply choosing to eat more plant-based foods. By leaving meat and dairy off the menu, you can drastically cut your carbon footprint, save water, and help ensure that vital crop resources are fed to people, rather than livestock. To learn more about how you can help protect rainforests with your food choices, join One Green Planet's #EatForThePlanet campaign.

To help support Philippe Echaroux's work, please share this post with your friends and family to help bring attention to this important issue.
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Using the Brazilian rainforest as a canvas, he wants to bring attention to this crisis with a dramatic call to action. Instead of putting his message on city walls and on subways, Echaroux has created Street Art 2.0 and is putting his message directly on the Amazon with light projections of the faces of the Surui people.

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Here's a very meaningful provocation that express about "War and Peace".  Check the detail of this artwork below:
"To mark International Peace Day, British artists Jamie Wardley and Andy Moss accompanied by 60 volunteers and 500 local residents, took to the beaches of Normandy and etched 9,000 fallen soldier silhouettes into the sand using rakes and stencils. The piece lasted only a few hours before being washed away by the tide but that doesn't make it any less inspiring."

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This picture is about Nasim is a 29-year-old Iranian woman, an art student and photographer, and a Baha’i.
Nasim was a student in the Baha’i learning for Higher Education – the “underground university”. She's getting higher educatio
I think this street art is about a girl that like to read and she also like to learn.

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This is a piece of artwork by Uzziel Álvarez Fuentes, it makes me think of water pollution, because there are monsters in the ocean that seem like telling us to stop polluting the water. If we keep polluting the water, there will be more monsters harming us.

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Artist: Marcin “Barys” Barjasz
This is a artwork that printed in Lódź, Poland. I think it means education is the key of knowledge. If there are a lot of children that cannot go to school, how can they get knowledge, how can they do something for their country, and how can they know are they doing the right things? If everyone all can get education, the whole country will be better and better. If everyone can get education, there were be more people that

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This is a piece of artwork painted by Leon Zernitsky. It let me thinks about many poor kids or gender equality. I think of many poor kids because there're many children around the world that can't go to school. And it's kind of gender equality because there's a woman (girl) and a man (boy) holding a book, so I think it's like the kids can't go to a proper school just because of the gender equality. The artist used many light colors which shows sun, and he also used the abstract way to show the importance of the educations. I also think that this is a oil painting because I can see some little dots when I make it bigger. Another reason for why I can clearly see it's about educations,

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Topic: Industrial Pollution

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Industrial scars: aerial photographs of pollution by J Henry Fair

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These are among the most beautiful photographs ever taken - and the ugliest. J Henry Fair's spectacular aerial images show the damage caused by industrial pollution, but they also capture the striking vivid colours created by toxic wastes. His pictures look like abstract expressionist paintings.

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Have you ever thought that art can be more than painting and drawing? Look at how this artist chooses to use a material that helps communicate his message about air pollution.

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This street art is painted with ink made from air pollution

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A new project is turning one of the biggest downsides of city-living into amazing street art by using ink made from air pollution.

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The artist duo Mots (Jagoda Cierniak, Poland, and Diogo Ruas, Portugal) explored the emotional power and aesthetic expression of objects during their stay in Berlin as part of the Fresh A.I.R. #4 residency program. One result of their artistic research is the ONE WALL at Spandauer Obstallee 22 that was painted in March, 2021.

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URBAN NATION MUSEUM FOR URBAN CONTEMPORARY ART

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If your Sustainable Goal is water, check out these street artworks in Mexico about protecting our water.

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"Cultura del agua, rescate de espacios púbicos y arte urbano en la Ciudad de México"

"Today we are presenting this project that promotes the importance of caring for water, the rescue of public spaces and promotes talented young artists in Mexico City.

Water care is a fundamental issue for our city, that's why every time we need to do more in our homes, schools and workplaces to have a more harmonious and sustainable way of relating to water.

Hidro Arte invites artists of our city to express through his talent, a message through art invite reflection on water care.

Likewise, this project is an excellent choice rescue of public spaces, and that the artistic expressions of this program are made through murals headquarters of the Federal District, which have been affected by unauthorized pints.

With a joint work is linked successfully, government, private initiative and citizenship, even creating spaces for artistic expression with social commitment in various sites of high vehicular and pedestrian traffic in our city.

I want to say that Hydro Arte competition received 566 sketches and a half months duration of the call, which the jury chose 30 finalists who made 30 murals in 30 days.

These murals were performed in 5 locations of high visual impact, located in avenues high vehicular and pedestrian traffic by improving urban image of the city with the support and sponsorship from the private sector, and likewise joining this contest participation citizenship through public voting for their favorite murals.

Through this program have recovered 950 m² public space, having a great acceptance by neighbors and passers which enjoy artwork instead of affected areas. "

Dr. Miguel Angel Mancera Espinoza

Mexico City Mayor

Crystian Daniel Montoya Alcántara

"The irony"

Water is a vital element, as it is in it where life originated. Between 60 and 99% of the components that make up all living beings are composed of water. Likewise, 75% of the world is made ​​up of water.

However, one of the contradiction is that the sea water due to the large amounts of salts containing, can not be metabolized by terrestrial living beings.

Today, humans in an effort to find a "better life", "to meet their needs" and "to improve their social life", has led to a change in the environment , which has brought great result atmospheric changes (melting icecaps, floods, landslides and droughts, among other catastrophes of global climate change).

So that now water can leverage and people increasingly consume less. A very revealing and alarming example is that we live in the City of Mexico, where there is a great lack of water in different delegations as Iztapalapa and Iztacalco and is even more ironic that at the same time, on the coast of Mexico , as in warrior and Veracruz where entire villages have been razed by severe floods also have a lack of potable water.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crystiandaniel.montoya?fref=ts

Oscar Montalvo Carrasco

"Ñuu Savi"

The word that comes from the mouth of the jaguar is expressed through the water element as a symbol of life. The power of this small river is slow , but uneasy , generating ... from her new beings emerge and with them the music (guitar and the arts) as different symbols of expression, and thus , new beings emerge from the water to the the tree as another element of our discourse : land ... land from which seeds, where great works arise arise . A tree that weaves its roots to hold the soil but at the same time rises to great heights ; its branches and leaves harboring the same pages of the books symbolize the knowledge that man wants to achieve the purpose for your understanding and development.

Besides a jaguar mask as a representation of Mexican identity with prehispanic reminiscent , as well as the worldview of human beings in a profound way .

Finally, we found a hand that crosses the branches of our tree, which has a mystical , supreme, divine meaning ; that hand planting corn seeds to the course of time are germinate and bear great fruit. Those seeds merge with the earth and water to make way for new solidarity men support each other to climb, learning to learn and climb to the top.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004604207856&fref=ts

Paulina Suárez Vázquez & Loreli

" Water Ceremony "

It is the representation of a celebration that reaffirms the importance of water and its different states. Since time immemorial humans have performed ceremonies and dances to bring rain and with it the crops , rivers , lakes and life itself .

In this scene a party rain with anthropomorphic animals , which represent the very nature herself retribuyéndose the importance of this vital illustrated .

The edge of the drawing shows the different states through which water passes , which are very important and beneficial for the environment , the atmosphere and the preservation of life.

Blog: http://groovyfayuca.blogspot.mx/

Abner Aod García Casillas "Koate Mix"

"80% H2O"

Water as one of the vital components of all living matter for their survival and proper functioning should be meticulously care , because without it we would die in a few days and is that every cell and organ functions of living things depend on water. in humans water is 85 percent of the blood, the brain 75 percent , 70 percent and muscles until 22 percent of the skeleton that also covers 3/4 water ( 71 % ) of the surface of the earth .

As we all know , water is the most important , valuable and abundant chemical that we have on planet earth , but unfortunate and paradoxically one of the most scarce in many regions not only in the country, if not the whole world ( according to UN 80 countries worldwide currently suffer due to lack of water).

When we are born we are made ​​of +/- 80 % water, and from that information I decided to make a graph focused on the importance of the vital liquid , in this design incorporates the idea of ​​life / death related to water, integrating a mother in a state of 0 % H2O or water, in reality dead , begging or lamenting the loss of fluid in your life , in your dimension, emphasizing that we are nothing without water , we have life, and thus contrasting with this strong scene , integrating a child who this mother holds as organic lifestyle to contain in itself a 80 % water and therefore " live " and has a future.

It is my view on the importance of water in our lives , the message I want to convey is doing a comparison as I mentioned living and / or death and demonstrate that water is essential for earthly existence and in its absence or lost, we could not simply exist.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ABNER.AGC?fref=ts

SACMEX - Sistema de Aguas de la Ciudad de México
- Gobierno del Distrito Federal

The story featured may in some cases have been created by an independent third party and may not always represent the views of the institutions, listed below, who have supplied the content.

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"Cultura del agua, rescate de espacios púbicos y arte urbano en la Ciudad de México" "Today we are presenting this project that promotes the importance of caring for water, the rescue of public spaces and promotes talented young artists in Mexico City.

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Thinking about the UN Sustainable Goals through Art

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Thinking about the UN Sustainable Goals through Art

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Revisiting the Sustainable Development Goals through Art | Genève Internationale

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International Geneva: Welcome on the official website of the Republic and State of Geneva on international Geneva

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Artists who make art about Plastic Pollution

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Artists who make art about Plastic Pollution

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Can art inspire action to stop plastic pollution? Explore these twelve works that put the spotlight on single-use plastic.
12. "Bristol Whales" by Sue Lipscombe

Created by Cod Steaks helmer Sue Lipscombe in Bristol, England, the larger-than-life whales are depicted as emerging and diving into a sea of plastic waste and were sculpted using locally grown willow. In contrast, over 100,000 single-use plastic bottles were collected from the Bristol 10k and Bath Half Marathon to create the Sea of Bottles around the Whales.

11. "Natural Plasticity" by Jana Cruder and Matthew LaPenta

Jana Cruder and Matthew LaPenta created "Natural Plasticity" as a large-scale commentary on the impact of disposable plastics in the natural environment. The public art installation replicates single-use plastic cups and bottles on a massive scale, and places them in in urban and park settings to stimulate conversation and thought around our interaction with these everyday things.

In "Kenny Scharf: BLOX and BAX"Scharf uses plastic and electrical appliances from the garbage along with plastic beads and decorations, layering colors and objects to create fantastical, intimate dioramas that reference Scharf's lifelong concern about the detrimental environmental effects of discarded plastic.

"While I intend my work to raise awareness of the over abundance of garbage and the indestructible non-degradable material that is plastic-petroleum, I also include messages of hope and optimism and joy; so essential with the mounting pressure of global destruction due to our dependence upon petroleum products," he explains.
9. "Bridge" and "Ocean of Plastic" by Dianna Cohen

Dianna Cohen, a visual artist and co-founder and CEO of Plastic Pollution Coalition, uses plastic bags to create vivid collages. "Cut like paper, sewn like fabric, these constructions have been presented as flat art (framed or mounted) with crumpled and shiny surfaces that are dulled by dirt and time: un-useful pieces of their former selves," explains Cohen.

As part of the U.S. Art in Embassies Program, she recently traveled to Warsaw, Poland, where an art school organized a Trash Orchestra musical performance timed with projections of Cohen's work. "The performance started with sounds of the sea and drops of water. Then images of plastic bags and bottles were projected on the walls and windows. The performance evolved through the life cycle of single-use plastic and even included the sounds of a garbage truck." Watch a video of the performance here.

8. "One Beach Plastic" by Richard and Judith Lang
Since 1999, Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang have visited 1,000 yards of Kehoe Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore, California, to gather plastic pollution washing out of the Pacific Ocean.

"By carefully collecting and 'curating' the bits of plastic, we fashion it into works of art," they explain. "The viewer is often surprised that this colorful stuff is the thermoplastic junk of our throwaway culture. As we have deepened our practice we've found, like archeologists, that each bit of what we find opens into a pinpoint look at the whole of human culture. Each bit has a story to tell."

7. New Roots Mural by Lila Roo Duncombe and communities in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

New Roots is a project-based arts program working with the children of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to create art from recycled materials. "It's hard to explain what paintings mean to this community and especially to the kids," says New Roots founder and artist Lila Roo Duncombe. "There are so few books, photographs, paintings, screens, or images of any kind compared, and it's a very BIG experience for the village when a new intricate and beautiful image in the likeness of their life is created. It is not seen as 'art' or something even to just be looked at. It is touched and kissed and danced around, it is named and renamed, and guarded from harm."

Check out Lila Roo Duncombe's art here.

6. "Sea Globes" by Dr. Max Liboiron
Max Liboiron is a scholar, activist, artist, and an assistant professor in geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland. "These sea globes are a representation of the waterfront environment in New York City today," explains Liboiron. "The plastics came from the Hudson River in south Brooklyn, and the rocks are made of bituminous coal from in a landfill that closed in the 1930s at Deadhorse Bay, which now resides underwater at high tide, also in south Brooklyn."

5. "Plastic Pollution Coalition" print by Raymond Pettibon

Los Angeles artist Raymond Pettibon's eclectic inspiration ranges from surfing to 19th century literature. His early work in the punk rock scene secured him a cult following, and he has since developed an international reputation as one of the foremost contemporary American artists working with drawing, text, and artist's books. Pettibon's "Plastic Pollution Coalition" is a print from original painting. To purchase a print please contact us.
4. "Bounty, Pilfered" by Pam Longobardi

Pam Longobardi is an artist, activist, and Distinguished University Professor at Georgia State University as well as Oceanic Society's Artist-In-Nature. She founded Drifters Project in 2006 after encountering piles of plastic the ocean was regurgitating on remote Hawaiian beaches. With the Drifters Project, she collects, documents, and transforms oceanic plastic into installations and photography. The work provides a visual statement about the engine of global consumption and the vast amounts of plastic objects and their impact on the world's most remote places and its creatures. Watch the National Geographic's video of Longobardi creating art from plastic pollution found on the Alaskan coast.
3. "Washed Ashore" by various artists

The Washed Ashore project collected trash that has been removed from beaches through volunteer community cleanups. This trash is then washed, sorted, and prepared for the creation process. Each sculpture is designed and directed by a professional artist and then formed through a collaboration of Washed Ashore team members, volunteers, and students.
2. "Plastic Planet" by Calder Kamin

Calder Kamin, a visual artist from Austin, Texas, creates intricate animal sculptures from plastic bags that are stripped and twisted by hand. "Humans transformed nature to make our lives more convenient, only to leave a massive mess for the next generation," says Kamin of the plastic pollution problem. "What are the steps to solve this crisis?"

"Vida Tóxica" (Toxic Life) is fourteen sculptures created by Catalan artist Alvaro Soler Arpa with animal bones and plastic waste. The sculptures emphasize the human impact of runaway plastic pollution on ecosystems and individual animals.

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12 Inspiring Works of Art on Plastic Pollution

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Explore these ten works that elevate single-use plastic into beautiful pieces of art.

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This artist created a provocative artwork to raise awareness about trees in the urban landscape.

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"You look at something that in theory shouldn't be blue, and you think, 'Why is it blue?' That's the question I'm trying to raise. If you're not careful sooner or later the surreal may become the real." - Konstantin Dimopoulous Driving on Waugh Drive in Houston, between Allen Parkway and Memorial Drive, semi-circles of blue...

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This artist did something really amazing to provoke people to think about how deforestation affects tribes of people living in the Amazon.

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Unless we do something fast, the Amazon rainforest will disappear right before our eyes. In the past 20 years alone, an area the size of two Germanys has been clear cut from this ancient tropical rainforest and this is hardly the full extent of the damage. What is driving such destruction? You don't have to look any further than your plate.

On a global basis, deforestation is largely caused by agriculture. In the Brazilian region of the Amazon, around 80 percent of deforestation is caused by cattle ranching. Soybean production for livestock feed also caused a tremendous amount of damage in the Amazon, but thanks to a governmental soy moratorium, deforestation attributed to soy has dropped. But despite efforts, this vital rainforest continues to face mass deforestation at human hands.

One photographer, Philippe Echaroux is hoping to turn this around. Using the Brazilian rainforest as a canvas, he wants to bring attention to this crisis with a dramatic call to action. Instead of putting his message on city walls and on subways, Echaroux has created Street Art 2.0 and is putting his message directly on the Amazon with light projections of the faces of the Surui people.

The project is to highlight the plight of the Surui tribe, a tribe that is living under constant threat of deforestation and illegal logging.

According to Echaroux, "[the Surui] are victims of massive deforestation and gold washers who did not hesitate to violate the Indian's territory to seize deposits of precious stone"

Deforestation has deeply impacted this tribe's way of life."When you cut a tree, it's like putting down a man," Echaroux said to describe the severity of this issue.

Indian chief Almir Surui Narayamoga asked for his people's situation to be highlighted because they are silently losing their hold over this vital land.

Street Art 2.0 is said to be the first in a series of similar projections worldwide with environmental messages.

We love how this artist is bringing attention to deforestation in an eco-friendly way. And you can help protect the Amazon and other vital forests by simply choosing to eat more plant-based foods. By leaving meat and dairy off the menu, you can drastically cut your carbon footprint, save water, and help ensure that vital crop resources are fed to people, rather than livestock. To learn more about how you can help protect rainforests with your food choices, join One Green Planet's #EatForThePlanet campaign.

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Using the Brazilian rainforest as a canvas, he wants to bring attention to this crisis with a dramatic call to action. Instead of putting his message on city walls and on subways, Echaroux has created Street Art 2.0 and is putting his message directly on the Amazon with light projections of the faces of the Surui people.

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This piece of artwork by John cage, it make me think of the colour that fades away and also makes me think of how the trees cut down just like how the colour fade away. The name of this artwork is called 'River Rock and Smoke'