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Environmental Awareness by Cro Cairns

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS

Cro Cairns, Environmental Awareness, 2022. Oil on fabric, 4 x 8 ft. From Art + Politics: Grounding Dialogs, Blocktober 2022.

An individual cannot enact as much change as we, all of humanity, need. It's become increasingly easy to fee insignificant in the face of environmental collapse and the destruction evident daily. Powers beyond one person's control do more and more harm every day, and it feels impossible to stand up to something like that. However, it's our job as inhabitants of this planet to:

  • DO our part, no matter how small it may feel. Taking small actions to conserve water, reduce waste, or protect the life that exists in the world, can only do good. When each individual helps, the whole is helped as well.
  • TAKE NOTICE of the things that happen around us-our local ecosystems, and try to stay in the know about what is affecting other parts of the environment.
  • SPEAK UP when you see environmental injustice, whether small-scale or large-scale. Speak to local and federal representatives and those around you.