Polar Bears: Street Art with a Deeper Meaning
September 9, 2008 | Posted by Sheryl Canter in Public Transit
What lives when public transportation is used, and dies when it’s not? Potentially all of us.
This message is hauntingly conveyed by a street art installation showing polar bears coming to life as a subway passes beneath them:
This post is by Sheryl Canter, an online writer and editorial manager at Environmental Defense Fund.
3 Responses
Comment from Peter Black
September 9th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
I can see DJ Ian already putting together the mock retreat video…
Seriously though, public transit use is up, and funding is being considered in congress: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122092597953413373.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
This is a major quality of life issue in the short term, and as the ad suggests, a moral question for all of us to ponder.
Comment from quentinp
September 24th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Wonderful!
Comment from nordog4
September 28th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Extremely Powerful.