Some of you might be wondering what might be motivating us to do this no shopping thing. Well there are lots of things but here is one example. It is hard to picture the amount of stuff we use in a day, week, month, or year. One artist Chris Jordan has used art to help us visualized our impact. Here are two that I particularly liked but there are lots more on his
website and they are well worth checking out.
Cans Seurat, 2007 60x92"
Depicts 106,000 aluminum cans, the number used in the US every
thirty seconds.
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Detail at actual size:
Plastic Bottles, 2007 60x120"
Depicts
two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every
five minutes.
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Detail at actual size:
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