The Highwaymen’s paintings are an environmental time capsule for a state highly threatened by the climate crisis.
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Does Carbon Offsetting Really Address the NFT Ecological Dilemma?
Some applaud the crypto industry for finally acknowledging its impact, but critics liken offsetting to greenwashing.
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Nature Offers the Best Designs at the Cooper Hewitt Triennial
Objects on display designed to be green substitutes for those that are ecologically harmful or failing are among the most thought-provoking in this exhibition.
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Mo Kong Maps a Post-Climate Change Future
Kong’s background as a recent Chinese immigrant and, especially, a former investigative reporter help account for the exhibition’s methods and mood.
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Rocks, Waste, and Water
Ecological anxiety in shows by Davino Semo, Katherine Wolkoff, and Aaron Morse.
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#HyperPicks: A Cabaret for the Bees
To close out its exhibition Nectar: War Upon the Bees, Pratt Manhattan Gallery hosts a lecture by Dr. Rachael Winfree and an “eco-political cabaret” by performance group the Buzz.
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The Drive-Through Tree, a Relic with Roots in American Tourism
Last weekend, the Pioneer Cabin Tree in California collapsed. It was one of a number of West Coast trees that had holes cut through them in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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An Interactive Journey Through Endangered Natural Soundscapes
Bernie Krause’s “The Great Animal Orchestra” includes five soundscapes that represent the fragile natural diversity of our world.
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An Artist Who Cultivates Deadly Plants and Photographs Them
Matthew M. Kaelin takes pictures of carnivorous plants to highlight their beautiful and fatal details.
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Nocturnal Photographs of the World’s Oldest Trees
Photographer Beth Moon documents the world’s oldest trees by the starry light of the night sky.
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A Public Art Forest of 4,000 Spindly Redwoods Takes Root
Spencer Finch’s new public art project has 4,000 trees recreating part of a California redwood forest in Downtown Brooklyn.
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Designing Less Dangerous Architecture for New York’s Birds
The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on the west side of Manhattan was once among New York City’s top three bird-killing buildings.