Posts Tagged ‘environmentalism’
Monday, July 23rd, 2012
Pod at Sweetwater 905 Festival 2012.
Karl Mattson, an artist and filmmaker from the town of Rolla in Northern B.C., produced this “escape pod” artwork last year. I saw it a few weeks ago on the concert grounds of the Sweetwater 905 Festival. It may look like a space capsule playhouse for kids, and sometimes it is, but it was actually built as shelter from the very real danger of highly toxic sour gas leaks, as well as a protest against the inadequately regulated gas industry in Northern BC.
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Tags: art, documentary, environmentalism, fracking, gas shelter, hydrogen sulfide, Julian Pinder, Karl Mattson, oil and gas, Peace River, pod, safety, sculpture, shelter, sour gas, space capsule, Vancouver International Film Festival, VIFF
Posted in art, British Columbia, Canadian design, design, DIY, green, politics | 2 Comments »
Monday, July 9th, 2012
[Update: The Globe and Mail has finally run the story about our trip. Wilderness guide and Globe travel writer Bruce Kirkby came along on our leg of the ride.]
I just spent two weeks out of internet range, riding through the remote Northern Rockies on horseback. The expedition was led by guide Wayne Sawchuk who grew up in Northern BC, once worked as a logger and hunting guide and is now a wilderness guide and environmentalist.
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Tags: 2012, Alaska Highway, B.C., BC, British Columbia, Canada, conservation, environmental, environmentalism, Henry Creek, horse trekking, horses, Muskwa-Kechika, Muskwa-Kechika Management Area, Northern Rockies, pack horse trip, protection, Rocky Mountains, Spunky, Summit Lake, Wayne Sawchuk
Posted in British Columbia, Canadian design, favourite, green, politics | 7 Comments »
Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Graphic design isn’t usually my focus, but when you’re interested in design and are living amidst the deluge of an impending Olympics in your hometown, the tide of graphics is impossible to ignore. Here’s a small sample of political cartoons and posters that incorporate the various Olympic logos – the standard logo with the five rings, as well as the Vancouver 2010 “Inukshuk” logo.
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Tags: Ange Sterrit, arts cuts, arts funding, BC Liberals, cartoons, Corey Rollins, corporate, environmentalism, Gord Hill, graphics, Inukshuk, logo, mascots, No 2010, Olympics, opposition, police, political, politics, poster, protest, Riel Manywounds, rings, t-shirt, taser, Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Vancouver police
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Sunday, January 4th, 2009
The “What’s In and What’s Out in 2009” lists are starting to appear. Not to be too protestant about it, since environmentalism in its more puritanical moment can make you want to stab yourself in the eye with a fork—a plastic fork—but these lists can get anxiety-provoking. Where is all our old stuff supposed to go?
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Tags: 2009, art, decor, DIY, ecology, environmentalism, furniture design, green, green design, Jenny Holzer, photocopies, recessionistas, repurposed, Sustainable design, thrift, trend forecasts, trends, trendspotting, wallpaper, waste, What's in, What's out
Posted in design, interiors, politics | 4 Comments »
