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Spectral Q 350 Aerial Art Mosaic

UniteNow — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:43:10 +0000

On Saturday, October 24th, thousands of people around the world gathered to show their support of the 350 campaign bringing awareness to the UN Climate Talks this December in Copenhagen.

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350 Art Mosaic

Tck Tck Tck – Bonn, Germany

UniteNow — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:24:02 +0000

In June 2009, over 500 people from all walks of life joined TckTckTck.org and its partner organizations in marking the half-way point of the climate talks currently underway in Bonn, Germany, by laying down on the grass and creating a giant exclamation point and the words “YES YOU CAN.”

TckTckTck is a global movement for a unified voice against climate change. The combined efforts of millions of people, including you, will deliver a clear message that we demand meaningful leadership and action against climate change.

Photo by Robert van Waarden / Spectral Q

S.O.S. ANTARCTICA

UniteNow — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:09:21 +0000

“S.O.S.” ANTARCTICA
March 2006

35 Crew Members of The Ice Lady Patagonia risk their lives by mounting an iceberg to send a message to the world on the danger of the melting ice shelves due to Global Warming.

Aerial Art by Spectral Q
Photography by Sebastian Copeland

Arctic Warning

UniteNow — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:27:47 +0000

“ARCTIC WARNING”
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
April 2005

Over 500 Inuit lay on the Sea Ice in minus 30-degree temperatures to
send a message from the top of the world: “Arctic Warning” and “Listen”
in the Inuktitut native language. The picture appeared in 128 media
outlets and attendees at The Inuit Circumpolar Conference subsequently
took up Global Warming as a Human Rights Issue.

Aerial Art by Spectral Q
Photography by David Crane

350 in Poland

UniteNow — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:25:02 +0000

In Poznan, Poland, during the UN climate negotiations held in December, 2008, youth from around the world joined up with 350.org to form a huge aerial art image. The image represents the people of small island nations most threatened by sea level rise united with people across the world to declare 350 ppm CO2 as the target where humanity should aim for a safe climate.

Directed and photographed by John Quigley/Spectral Q

Step It Up Park City

UniteNow — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:55:07 +0000

“STEP IT UP”
Sundance Film Festival
Park City, Utah, USA
January 2007

1,000 local school children call on leaders to STEP IT UP and take action on global warming at the Sundance premiere of ‘Everything’s Cool’. The image includes an Inuit word for “I hear you, I’m taking action” in response to the Arctic Warning aerial message “Listen” sent
by Inuit school kids on Earth Day, 2005.

Aerial Art by Spectral Q
Photography by Chris Pilaro

“ENDANGERED FREEDOMS” Miami, Florida

UniteNow — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:00:35 +0000

More than 1,200 people gathered on January 17, 2004, on Miami’s South Beach to create a massive “human art” image in creative protest against the unprecedented prosecution of Greenpeace by the Bush administration. Supporters of the international environmental organization gathered Saturday afternoon to form a replica of the 1959 Pablo Picasso work titled “Amnistia”, which was photographed and filmed from a helicopter above Miami Beach.

This aerial art image, produced in conjunction with aerial artist John Quigley and Spectral Q, is aimed at inspiring people all over the world to voice their concern over the continuing destruction of our endangered forests.

Photography by Robert Visser

DELHI, INDIA – ENDANGERED TIGERS

UniteNow — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:32:46 +0000

DELHI, INDIA – JULY 2009

Over 1,000 school children in Delhi, India, braved sitting (or lying) in completely drenched grass and under a hot, hot sun to form a giant Tiger – 350 aerial art image with their bodies.

Organized by 350.org, Kids for Tigers, Delhi Greens, the Indian Youth Climate Network and Spectral Q, the children had a fun-filled morning of face-painting, art and poster making — all in an effort to send a powerful message to Indian and world leaders.

Images by Spectral Q / Shiv Ahuja

“350″ in INDIA – Leh, Ladakh

UniteNow — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:04:18 +0000

High up in Leh, Ladakh, one of the most remote and mountainous areas of India, over 1,500 people gathered in December 2008 for a colorful display of their concern for climate change and their call for a world returned to less than 350 ppm CO2.

Ladakh, like more and more places around the globe, is already facing real challenges in face of climate change — unpredictable weather, floods, and the prospects of diminished water supply from glacial melt.

The Ladakh 350 climate change festival was organized by Will Wickham, a study abroad student from the USA and the Ladakh Young Buddhist Association.

Images by Conor Ashleigh

“RESTORE BALANCE”

UniteNow — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:52:39 +0000

Over 4,000 school children from Los Angeles spell out “RESTORE BALANCE” in celebration of the 12th Annual Ocean Day Kids’ Adopt-A-Beach Clean-Up.

Aerial Art by Spectral Q
Photography by J. Emilio Flores