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World Without Ice Installation
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Project Summary / Description:
In 2015, Steven Rush (musician/composer) and Henry Pollack (geophysicist and author of the book A World Without Ice), were invited to speak in a university undergraduate course focused on creativity in the arts and sciences. An outgrowth of that experience was a collaboration on the subject of Earth‚ changing climate, with special emphasis on how to draw attention in the wider society to the significance of climate change. Michael Gould, another musician/composer with unique experience using ice as a musical instrument, and Marion Traenkle, a talented digital scenographer, soon joined the project.
Regions of Operations:
Southeast Asia
South Asia
East Asia
Central Asia
Middle East
North America
South America
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
East Africa
North Africa
Southern Africa
Central Africa
Oceania
Caribbean
Other Countries
Best Estimate of GHG Avoidance/Reduction of This Project (Tonnes CO2 Equivalent/Year):
Impact on Underrepresented Groups:
Aside from the four creative principals (three males, one female), the only employee of the World Without Ice Installation entity is a recent female graduate of the University of Michigan‚ School of Music, Theater and Dance. Her activities center on developing new venues for the installation.
Sub-Categories:
Renewables
Nature-based
Agriculture
Methane
Plastics
Built Environment
Energy Efficiency
Restoration
Biodiversity
Energy storage
Rural
Urban
Circular Economy
Oceans
Forests
Waste
Carbon Removal
Electric Transportation
Cooling Solutions
Technology
Advocacy
Biomass
Conservation
Clean Cooking
Environmental justice
Research or Economic Modeling
Measurement, Reporting & Validation
Communications
Mission Statement:
The global climate crisis will not be averted until the technology exists for GHG emission reductions and carbon retrieval from the atmosphere, and people of the world demand a mitigation program from their respective governments. Such popular engagement requires that people recognize climate change as the biggest inter-generational challenge to their family and life-style. However, today in 2018, thirty years after the climate change alarm was first seriously sounded by climate scientist James Hansen, only 12% of voters in the USA named climate change as the first or second most important issue ‚ clearly, the voice of science alone has not been sufficiently persuasive to move public opinion very far. With The World Without Ice Installation -- a presentation part music, part art, part science ‚ we offer a different format of communication, one that speaks to the urgency of addressing climate change, in a completely non-traditional yet compelling voice, both cerebral and emotional.
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Website:
http://www.worldwithouticeinstallation.com/
