STOP Climate Change (Indigenous people)
climate change
This stop sign intervention in New York City depicts a trio of Indigenous people threatened by rising sea levels due to climate change. This is one of a series created by the anonymous street artist Stikman.
Stikman
This image was posted by Daniel Albanese on his Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CN8M7hTgxpa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@dustyrebel</a>)
Documented 2021-04-21
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Photographed by Daniel Albanese (<a href="danielalbanese.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">danielalbanese.net</a>).
Daniel Albanese was interviewed by the Sierra Club about his documentation of eco street art for the online <em>Sierra</em> magazine. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CN8M7hTgxpa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">An Ecotour of Street Art: The Dusty Rebel Documents Environmental Protest Along the Streets of New York City</a>.
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New York, New York, USA
HONOR THE TREATIES
environmental justice
A sticker placed near a community cooperative grocery store in Ashland, Wisconsin, USA features an illustration of an Indigenous American child with head thrown back and arms stretched toward the sky in a reverential posture. In the background are silhouettes of riders on horseback. The illustration is executed in yellow, red, black, and white, representing the four sacred colors of an aboriginal medicine wheel. The wheel is also present as a repeating element embedded between the words, which read, "HONOR THE TREATIES" "#STOPLINE3" "#STOPLINE5". The sticker references ongoing controversial pipeline projects that disrupt Indigenous lands. <br /><br />Since 2014, grassroots coalitions of tribal members, other community members, and environmental organizations have fought to prevent Enbridge, a Canadian oil company, from carrying out its plans to expand and reroute "Line 3," a massive pipeline that carries oil from Alberta's tar sands region through northern Minnesota to Superior, Wisconsin. The pipeline violates treaties granting hunting, fishing, and gathering rights to the Ojibwe people. The proposed pipeline route crosses 200 bodies of water, including twice crossing the Mississippi river. Line 5 is also an Enbridge pipeline that runs through Michigan in the Straits of Mackinac Great Lakes region. The current contested proposal is to replace the aging pipeline with a new one routed through a tunnel beneath the Great Lakes, which are central to <span>Anishinaabe life and culture.</span>
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Tommy Lewis
2021-04-14
Emily Magyar/BAS
Learn more about the Line 3 project from the oil company's perspective at <a href="https://www.enbridge.com/projects-and-infrastructure/public-awareness/minnesota-projects/line-3-replacement-project" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">enbridge.com</a>. Learn more about opposition to the project, including the environmental justice aspects, at <a href="stopline3.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">stopline3.org</a>.<br /><br />Learn more about the Line 5 project from the oil company's perspective at <a href="https://www.enbridge.com/projects-and-infrastructure/public-awareness/line-5-and-the-great-lakes-tunnel/fact-vs-fiction-over-line-5" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">enbridge.com</a>. Learn more about opposition to the pipeline project at <a href="https://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">oilandwaterdontmix.org</a>.
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700 Main Street, Ashland, Wisconsin, USA
STOP LINE 3
fossil fuel industry
"STOP LINE 3" spray-painted on a bridge that crosses over a bike path. Since 2014, grassroots coalitions of tribal members, other community members, and environmental organizations have fought to prevent Enbridge, a Canadian oil company, from carrying out its plans to expand and reroute "Line 3," a massive pipeline that carries oil from Alberta's tar sands region through northern Minnesota to Superior, Wisconsin. The pipeline violates treaties granting hunting, fishing, and gathering rights to the Ojibwe people. The proposed pipeline route crosses 200 bodies of water, including twice crossing the Mississippi River.
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Tommy Lewis
2021-04-14
Learn more about the Line 3 project from the oil company's perspective at <a href="https://www.enbridge.com/projects-and-infrastructure/public-awareness/minnesota-projects/line-3-replacement-project" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">enbridge.com</a>. Learn more about opposition to the project, including the environmental justice aspects, at <a href="stopline3.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">stopline3.org</a>.
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Vaughn Avenue, Ashland, Wisconsin, USA
We Want Independent Monitoring
toxic chemicals & contamination; air pollution
Against the backdrop of a dingy brick wall, a colorful mural depicts a young girl with her eyes closed seemingly inhaling the scent of a flower while a bubble around her head protects her from ominous black air pollution. The adjacent panel reads, "WE WANT INDEPENDENT MONITORING." The work references a grassroots campaign by residents living in the vicinity of four former gasworks sites in London, England that have been redeveloped into affordable housing. Residents are concerned that residual toxic contamination in the soil is a health hazard. They are demanding clean-up of the brownfield sites, with independent air quality monitoring during the process to ensure that toxic substances are not released during the process.
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Photo posted by Claire Weiss on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CO7sHeCN5L8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram</a>.
Posted on Instagram 2021-05-16
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Claire Weiss
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London, England
Clean Air is a Human Right
air pollution
Big block letters stretched across several sections of brick wall along a city sidewalk declare, "Clean Air is a Human Right." The work references a grassroots campaign by residents living in the vicinity of former gasworks sites in London, England that have been redeveloped into affordable housing. Residents are concerned that residual toxic contamination in the soil is a health hazard. They are demanding clean-up of the brownfield sites, with independent air quality monitoring during the process to ensure that toxic substances are not released during the process.
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Posted by Claire Weiss on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/456175739015954/permalink/456230615677133/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Facebook</a>.
Posted on 2021-5-16
Claire Weiss (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/claire.weiss1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.facebook.com/claire.weiss1</a>)
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London, England