I wonder how much gas he used to travel all over Miami
Art installations at every Miami-Dade park will call attention to climate change threat
With the recent king tides, and hottest summer ever on record, we here in South Florida are already getting a glimpse of what the future holds as our planet keeps getting warmer.
While scientists say we still have time to stave off the most disastrous effects of climate change if we act now to reduce our emissions, one local artist has made it his mission to make sure everyone demands our lawmakers step up.
All across Miami-Dade County, at every single public park, sculpted markers are being set into the ground.
But this is more than just art in public places. It’s a socially engaged project with an urgent call to action.
It’s called “The Underwater,” an evolving installation on climate change conceived by Miami-Dade Artist-in-Residence Xavier Cortada, whose first visit to Antarctica in 2007 left him shaken to the core.
What’s the carbon footprint for that trip to Antarctica?
“It’s not just about the polar bears or the manatee, it’s literally about your wallet. It’s about your kids future. It’s about their inheritance, it’s about the Miami you love,” said Cortada. “Scientists gave me a chunk of ice, put in my hand and said, ‘This is going to melt and drown your city.’ The only place I’ve called home.”
That was it. The fuse was lit for what would explode into Cortada’s most ambitious project to date.
“How do we begin to manage a future with rising seas? If you’re not talking about it, and you have your head in the sand, you’re not going to solve the problem,” he said.
Uh huh. Facts are pesky
That’s lower than expected during a Holocene warm period.
What began as watercolor paintings made with Antarctic ice soon became public murals at intersections throughout Miami-Dade, yard signs that went up in residents’ front lawns, and, finally, concrete makers being installed in all 287 Miami-Dade public parks.
That would get smashed pretty quick if you try that in my yard.
“Antarctica doesn’t care if you believe that sea level rise is happening or not, it is still coming. It’s not an ideological issue,” said Cortada. “The horrible reality is that more of half of these markers, markers that will survive centuries will be submerged in time.”
Does it care about facts rather than scaremongering from a cult?
Each sculpture comes with a QR code that when you scan it, takes you right to the underwater website that explains why this number matters and the action you can personally take to address the threat of sea level rise in your neighborhood.
Humorously, few Warmists actually take action. They just demand government force Other People to act.
