- How I ended up in Everest building a monument against trash In 2018, I received an email from Sagarmatha Next, an NGO in Nepal. They wanted to know if I might be interested in collaborating with them to use art to tackle the waste problem in the Everest region. At the time, Everest was getting a lot of negative press about becoming the world’s tallest landfill […]
- This phoenix is made from the average human’s carbon footprint (every year) Normally when I think about climate change – I feel an overwhelming sense of despair. Earth Overshoot Day – the day we spend our carbon budget for the year – gets closer every single year. But last year, I discovered a glimmer of hope. A glimmer, based on indigenous wisdom, to sequester carbon into the […]
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Unveiling the E-Waste Generator – An immersive experience demanding the Right to Repair Did you know that 800 laptops worth of Electronic Waste are thrown away every second? The #1 reason: Exorbitant repair costs that keep people buying new. For decades, big tech companies have been fighting to restrict access to affordable repairs – shutting down small independent repair shops and keeping us addicted to buying new. So when […] - I Set My Art Installation on Fire: Stopping the Perpetual Plastic Machine Meet the Perpetual Plastic Machine – a colossal 15-foot-tall art installation I created in collaboration with Greenpeace. This isn’t your typical art piece that you’d find in a museum. It’s a giant, working machine that shows the toxic relationship between fossil fuels and plastic production – and I decided to set it on fire with […]
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Explaining Climate Equity with Paper and Charcoal A couple months ago, my good friend and data scientist Eric Berlow challenged me to explain the concept of “Climate Equity” through art. After throwing many different ideas around, we finally settled on making a diorama – a three-dimensional charcoal drawing made from 22 different pieces of paper, drawn with the help of 16-year-old illustrator […] -
This three story tall giant art installation is leaking plastics into different environments Single-use plastic consumption has gone up by 250-300% during the pandemic. And with the United Nations Environmental Assembly coming together in February 2022 to discuss a global plastic treaty, we need to put pressure on world leaders to get the situation under control! As an artist and activist, I’m always looking for exciting ways to make the […] - This cosmic cave is an Instagram trap made from 18,000 used plastic cups Every single day, millions of plastic takeaway cups are used in food centers across the world. Receiving a takeaway cup, even when dining in – has become so commonplace that we don’t even think twice about how little sense it makes to use take-out cups within a dine-in setting. To help start that conversation, we […]
- Every 60 Seconds, This Much Plastic Enters The Ocean. Why throw plastics into the ocean? I can’t speak for others but in our case, we decided to throw an entire truckload of plastic into the ocean after we learned about this shocking statistic: ” Every 60 seconds, the equivalent of a truckload of plastic enters the ocean. “ Although we were able to remove […]
- Did you know your laundry is toxic? These laundry monsters represent reality We have a big problem. Our tap water is being contaminated every single day. The laundry that we do every single day is the cause! 94% of American tap water contains invisible plastic fibers. Tiny plastic fibers in our clothing – polyester, nylon, spandex to name a few – escape every time we do our […]
- Nike challenged me to walk on air so I jumped off a skyscraper As a child, I always wondered what it would feel like to run on air. Martial art epics such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon had me dreaming of what life would be like if I could just defy gravity. As an adult, I began to realize that the laws of physics didn’t care much for […]
- Capturing the invisible problem of first world child hunger Last year, I stood on a stage offering to help anyone make a difference in the world. I was approached with a question: Can you recognize Hunger? I thought I could, until I had a conversation with the folks from the Second Harvest Food Bank. They told me that in the heart of Silicon Valley which houses dozens of […]
- Walking on lava for charity How close can I safely get a model to molten lava? What if the ground breaks under our feet? Will our shoes melt or catch on fire? These were a few of the many questions I had for lava expert and photographer CJ Kale as I was planning my first ever photoshoot on the constantly changing lava flows on the Big […]
