While searching through the "New York Times" online, I stumbled upon an article about a gallery in Beijing in which the artist, photographer David Breashears, took hundreds of photos showing evidence of global warming. While this doesn't directly connect with my ambassadorship of dealing with money in the public sphere, I think it does show a great deal of influence in the public sphere. Breashears incredibly large photographs are displayed next to previous photographs of such natural locations as The Himalayas, various Asian rivers, the Tibetan landscape, and more.
I think this is an incredible language of the power of photography and nature in the public sphere. It doesn't always have to be abut language, and as they say, "a picture is worth a thousand words." I think this is very accurate, especially looking at these photographs, it is clear that there is a global warming issue.
While this article may not have a lot to do with money in the public sphere, I think it indirectly does. There is no way an artist would be able to travel to these various locations and reproduce these incredibly large prints without the use of money. So, although this article isn't screaming dollars and cents, there is definitely a presence of money.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/arts/design/three-shadows-gallery-in-beijing-turns-focus-on-global-warming.html?_r=1&ref=arts
Yeah there is a climate change issue, but there is realistically little we can do about it. All of the progress from the Kyoto Protocols, if they were actually followed, would have been undone by the expansion of China and India's industries. Measures that actually would affect global warming would be so drastic that most countries would not go along with them because they want change without sacrifice. There should be massive changes to our economy so that we can ween it off oil because we are going to eventually run out, but by far our best hope for the the planet and humanity is that someone comes up with a way to produce nearly limitless energy for our consumption.
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