Art For Arctic
The Art For Arctic project arises from the need to create to help. It arose during my time as a member of Greenpeace where my concern and my desire to contribute something to this world led me to create an art auction project to raise money and donate it entirely to a cause that has always personally caught my attention and especially worried. It has also arisen from my personal connection with the north of the world and the sadness of thinking about the melting ice and all the fauna that suffers because of it.
In the last 30 years we have lost three-quarters of the floating ice sheet and in 2020 sea ice has reached another record low. For 800,000 years ice has been a permanent part of the Arctic. Now it is melting due to the excessive use of fossil fuels (in 2020 the minimum of ice has been the second worst in history). The decrease in ice will have global consequences and will affect not only Arctic communities and animals like polar bears and whales, but also the planet’s climate, increasing the frequency of storms and extreme weather events. To save the Arctic, we must act now.
By creating a marine sanctuary in the Arctic, we will be able to create buffer spaces from the impacts of climate change in this area, where marine fauna can recover and where industrial activity is limited. Ice reflects large amounts of solar heat back into space, thus keeping the planet cool and stabilizing the meteorological systems that we depend on to grow our food. Protecting the ice means protecting all of us.
Sector: International environmental NGO.
Role: Visual Designer, UX/UI Designer.
Platform: Web.
