# Polar Bears: Street Art with a Deeper Meaning

*Published:* 2008-09-09
*Author:* Sheryl Canter

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:

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*This post is by Sheryl Canter, an online writer and editorial manager at Environmental Defense Fund.*