Click on this link for a shocking presentation by artist Chris Jordan whose work shows us an arresting view of what Western culture looks like. His supersized images help us picture some almost unimaginable statistics -- like the astonishing number of paper cups we use every single day.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/chris_jordan_pictures_some_shocking_stats.html
Friday, August 1, 2008
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good looking out. You can cross post green stuff like this with the Worldchanging people at www.worldchanging.org I think.
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