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:
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fdu6AD5Y3D0" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
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.
Leave a Reply
User comments reflect the opinions of the responsible contributor only, and do not reflect the viewpoint of Environmental Defense Fund. We reserve the right to delete comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate. We also reserve the right to delete duplicate comments, or comments that have no relationship to the original post.