In Brief
Converting Air Pollution into Inks and Pigments for Artists
To combat growing levels of air pollution worldwide, a technology and design team is converting airborne pollutants into consumer safe inks and paints.
environment
Art
The 2016 Rio Olympics Medals Embrace Sustainable Design
Athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympics will be taking home bits of recycled mirrors, car parts, and X-ray plates in their medals as part of design aimed at sustainability.
Art
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.
Art
Wind Turbines Sustain an Aquatic Garden on a Whitney Museum Terrace
Three circular pools are flourishing with aquatic plants on the fifth-floor terrace of the Whitney Museum of American Art, part of Virginia Overton's exhibition Sculpture Gardens.
Art
A City Where Trees Tweet
The 2010s have settled into their own, and now even the trees get their own hashtag campaigns and Twitter handles.
News
Cambodia Censors Screening of Film About Slain Environmental Activist
I Am Chut Wutty, a documentary by British filmmaker Fran Lambrick detailing Wutty’s work and tragic death, was set to be shown publicly at Phnom Penh's Meta House on April 20 — until the authorities had their say.
Interview
An Ecologically Minded Artist Navigating the Nature-Culture Continuum
In recent years, my interest has grown in how art can help tackle the environmental devastation of our planet. During that time, I've begun following the artist and educator Ellie Irons, both for her work and her thinking.
Art
Cage aux Folios: Mark Dion Makes a Library for Birds
It takes a few minutes for the avian residents of Mark Dion's "The Library for the Birds of New York" to settle back into their chirping and fluttering after you've entered the giant cage and stepped below the strange white oak laden with books.
Art
An Artist Serves Up Decadent Feasts for Wild Animals
Over the past few years, New York-based artist Dana Sherwood has organized a picnic for wild baboons on the South African coast, left banquets for raccoons in the suburbs of South Florida, and concocted a molded terrine of jellied spam, beef, hot dogs, and marrow bones for coyotes.
Art
Artistic Encounters with Our Toxic Waters
On a light gray day last October, I donned a pair of oversize galoshes and life jacket, picked up a paddle, climbed into a rowboat, and set out on Newtown Creek.
Books
A Sonic Alarm for Our Natural World Going Silent
Bernie Krause has listened to nature since 1968, and in his decades recording environmental noise has become attuned to its changes.
Art
A Hidden Estonian "Forest Library" for Listening to Nature
Around 50% of Estonia is covered in forest.