If there is an iconic image that represents the natural devastation of global warming, it is the lone polar bear stuck on a melting ice flow. Now eco rug company Nanimarquina has teamed up with NEL artists to create a beautiful ‘Global Warming Rug’ – complete with stranded polar bear floating in the middle of the sea – to represent the most pressing issue of our time. Rugs have been traditionally used throughout the ages to tell stories and communicate messages, and we think this is a lovely, poignant new take on a time-honored tradition.
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Let’s hope they don’t do a similar rug for Canada’s baby seals…
this goes a little too far. I care very much about the plight of the Polar Bear, yet I do not want this serious issue to be mixed into my decorating palette for my home.
sooo good
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