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Are You Aware?
Category: RE-act
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Title:
Are You Aware?
Are You Aware?
Author:
Laura Knipsael
Laura Knipsael
Category:
RE-act
RE-act
Description:
Are You Aware? is a conceptual fashion series about environmental pollution and climate change. Pollution remains one of the most underestimated world problems. Three factors determine the extent and nature of the pollution problem, whether it be at local or global level, namely: the size of the human population, the speed of production and consumption, and the level and use of technology. While the overall stress caused by these factors increases, the ability of the environment to cope with these side effects, decreases. Laura tackles seven different issues within her project: acid rain, chemical pollution, electronic waste, oil pollution, plastic pollution, smog pollution and soil pollution. Each theme has its own concept. A surrealistic approach that threatens to become reality. With this project, Laura not only aims to inspire the viewer, but also tries to create a place to talk about these issues. Something has to change and it is time to do it now. These three pictures are Laura's visualization of plastic pollution. Plastic is a term commonly used to describe a synthetic material made from a wide range of polymers. Each year we make approximately 311 million tons of new plastic worldwide! The production rises with 8% each year. Plastic is not only used for making bottles or food packaging, etcetera. It is also processed into clothes and skin care products. The usage of which can lead to micro-plastic pollution of water on earth. It also feeds on an increase of the toxicity levels in the food chain (e.g. sea animals, plankton). In other words, we eat fish that previously ate plastic. So, basically we eat our own plastic. Most of the plastics are non biodegradable. 97% of plastics ever made still exists. Making new plastics is done with fossil fuels, while we already have so much plastic we can recycle. So, why don’t we recycle our plastics instead of making new ones? 94% of all the plastic that lands in our water, ends up at the bottom of our oceans. If we keep on using plastic like this, we will have more plastic than fish in our oceans by 2050. But plastic is not only a problem in our oceans. The size of land required for landfills is a worldwide concern that affects the entire world. The plastic will stay at the landfills until it gets purified and cleaned up. “Of the 8.3 billion metric tons that has been produced, 6.3 billion metric tons has become plastic waste. Of that, only nine percent has been recycled. The vast majority—79 percent—is accumulating in landfills or sloughing off in the natural environment as litter.” Team: Photographer. Laura Knipsael Make-up and Hair Artist. Emilie de Roo Model. Jade G @ Flag Models Designer. Julia Ballardt
Are You Aware? is a conceptual fashion series about environmental pollution and climate change. Pollution remains one of the most underestimated world problems. Three factors determine the extent and nature of the pollution problem, whether it be at local or global level, namely: the size of the human population, the speed of production and consumption, and the level and use of technology. While the overall stress caused by these factors increases, the ability of the environment to cope with these side effects, decreases. Laura tackles seven different issues within her project: acid rain, chemical pollution, electronic waste, oil pollution, plastic pollution, smog pollution and soil pollution. Each theme has its own concept. A surrealistic approach that threatens to become reality. With this project, Laura not only aims to inspire the viewer, but also tries to create a place to talk about these issues. Something has to change and it is time to do it now. These three pictures are Laura's visualization of plastic pollution. Plastic is a term commonly used to describe a synthetic material made from a wide range of polymers. Each year we make approximately 311 million tons of new plastic worldwide! The production rises with 8% each year. Plastic is not only used for making bottles or food packaging, etcetera. It is also processed into clothes and skin care products. The usage of which can lead to micro-plastic pollution of water on earth. It also feeds on an increase of the toxicity levels in the food chain (e.g. sea animals, plankton). In other words, we eat fish that previously ate plastic. So, basically we eat our own plastic. Most of the plastics are non biodegradable. 97% of plastics ever made still exists. Making new plastics is done with fossil fuels, while we already have so much plastic we can recycle. So, why don’t we recycle our plastics instead of making new ones? 94% of all the plastic that lands in our water, ends up at the bottom of our oceans. If we keep on using plastic like this, we will have more plastic than fish in our oceans by 2050. But plastic is not only a problem in our oceans. The size of land required for landfills is a worldwide concern that affects the entire world. The plastic will stay at the landfills until it gets purified and cleaned up. “Of the 8.3 billion metric tons that has been produced, 6.3 billion metric tons has become plastic waste. Of that, only nine percent has been recycled. The vast majority—79 percent—is accumulating in landfills or sloughing off in the natural environment as litter.” Team: Photographer. Laura Knipsael Make-up and Hair Artist. Emilie de Roo Model. Jade G @ Flag Models Designer. Julia Ballardt
Description:
Are You Aware? is a conceptual fashion series about environmental pollution and climate change. Pollution remains one of the most underestimated world problems. Three factors determine the extent and nature of the pollution problem, whether it be at local or global level, namely: the size of the human population, the speed of production and consumption, and the level and use of technology. While the overall stress caused by these factors increases, the ability of the environment to cope with these side effects, decreases. Laura tackles seven different issues within her project: acid rain, chemical pollution, electronic waste, oil pollution, plastic pollution, smog pollution and soil pollution. Each theme has its own concept. A surrealistic approach that threatens to become reality. With this project, Laura not only aims to inspire the viewer, but also tries to create a place to talk about these issues. Something has to change and it is time to do it now. These three pictures are Laura's visualization of plastic pollution. Plastic is a term commonly used to describe a synthetic material made from a wide range of polymers. Each year we make approximately 311 million tons of new plastic worldwide! The production rises with 8% each year. Plastic is not only used for making bottles or food packaging, etcetera. It is also processed into clothes and skin care products. The usage of which can lead to micro-plastic pollution of water on earth. It also feeds on an increase of the toxicity levels in the food chain (e.g. sea animals, plankton). In other words, we eat fish that previously ate plastic. So, basically we eat our own plastic. Most of the plastics are non biodegradable. 97% of plastics ever made still exists. Making new plastics is done with fossil fuels, while we already have so much plastic we can recycle. So, why don’t we recycle our plastics instead of making new ones? 94% of all the plastic that lands in our water, ends up at the bottom of our oceans. If we keep on using plastic like this, we will have more plastic than fish in our oceans by 2050. But plastic is not only a problem in our oceans. The size of land required for landfills is a worldwide concern that affects the entire world. The plastic will stay at the landfills until it gets purified and cleaned up. “Of the 8.3 billion metric tons that has been produced, 6.3 billion metric tons has become plastic waste. Of that, only nine percent has been recycled. The vast majority—79 percent—is accumulating in landfills or sloughing off in the natural environment as litter.” Team: Photographer. Laura Knipsael Make-up and Hair Artist. Emilie de Roo Model. Jade G @ Flag Models Designer. Julia Ballardt
Are You Aware? is a conceptual fashion series about environmental pollution and climate change. Pollution remains one of the most underestimated world problems. Three factors determine the extent and nature of the pollution problem, whether it be at local or global level, namely: the size of the human population, the speed of production and consumption, and the level and use of technology. While the overall stress caused by these factors increases, the ability of the environment to cope with these side effects, decreases. Laura tackles seven different issues within her project: acid rain, chemical pollution, electronic waste, oil pollution, plastic pollution, smog pollution and soil pollution. Each theme has its own concept. A surrealistic approach that threatens to become reality. With this project, Laura not only aims to inspire the viewer, but also tries to create a place to talk about these issues. Something has to change and it is time to do it now. These three pictures are Laura's visualization of plastic pollution. Plastic is a term commonly used to describe a synthetic material made from a wide range of polymers. Each year we make approximately 311 million tons of new plastic worldwide! The production rises with 8% each year. Plastic is not only used for making bottles or food packaging, etcetera. It is also processed into clothes and skin care products. The usage of which can lead to micro-plastic pollution of water on earth. It also feeds on an increase of the toxicity levels in the food chain (e.g. sea animals, plankton). In other words, we eat fish that previously ate plastic. So, basically we eat our own plastic. Most of the plastics are non biodegradable. 97% of plastics ever made still exists. Making new plastics is done with fossil fuels, while we already have so much plastic we can recycle. So, why don’t we recycle our plastics instead of making new ones? 94% of all the plastic that lands in our water, ends up at the bottom of our oceans. If we keep on using plastic like this, we will have more plastic than fish in our oceans by 2050. But plastic is not only a problem in our oceans. The size of land required for landfills is a worldwide concern that affects the entire world. The plastic will stay at the landfills until it gets purified and cleaned up. “Of the 8.3 billion metric tons that has been produced, 6.3 billion metric tons has become plastic waste. Of that, only nine percent has been recycled. The vast majority—79 percent—is accumulating in landfills or sloughing off in the natural environment as litter.” Team: Photographer. Laura Knipsael Make-up and Hair Artist. Emilie de Roo Model. Jade G @ Flag Models Designer. Julia Ballardt
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