AAD011 Sustainability update

Photojournalist Brook Mitchell captures the effects of global warming in Australia, I stumbled across his work while reading an article outlining the effects of climate change and how we are negatively impacting the environment, ‘humans have been influencing global patterns of drought for nearly a century’. I was struck by its’s raw portrayal of the consequences of climate change, we see a child playing with the bones of an animal that died due to drought, It is a harsh reality that the innocence of the future generation is already tainted, highlighting the importance of sustainable living by showing the consequences of ignoring it. This disturbing image evokes a feeling of guilt in the viewer, it seems to say, “look at what you have done”. Typically, an image of a child playing to be full of bright colours, instead we are met with a sombre colour pallet and barren land stretching into the background, painting a lonely picture.

 

Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040 – The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Earth’s Freshwater Future: Extremes of Flood and Drought – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet (nasa.gov)

 

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