Comments on: ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC ART IN NYC: The High Water Line http://inhabitat.com/the-high-water-line-public-art-in-nyc/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sun, 19 May 2013 18:10:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: David http://inhabitat.com/the-high-water-line-public-art-in-nyc/comment-page-1/#comment-53533 David Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:54:27 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/08/04/the-high-water-line-public-art-in-nyc/#comment-53533 I'd like to see the line on Google earth as an option - I see there's an app to show flooding, but I'm not sure how to patch it in...but it's coarse; like 1m increments or something...it would be nice to have more data available in standardized projections that way; after all, images of what exists only tell us what the eye can see, and there's a lot more going on. Kudos to the artist for her 'eco-revelatory design' - however small a part of the big picture you want to criticize it as being. Peace - D. I’d like to see the line on Google earth as an option – I see there’s an app to show flooding, but I’m not sure how to patch it in…but it’s coarse; like 1m increments or something…it would be nice to have more data available in standardized projections that way; after all, images of what exists only tell us what the eye can see, and there’s a lot more going on. Kudos to the artist for her ‘eco-revelatory design’ – however small a part of the big picture you want to criticize it as being. Peace – D.

]]> By: Inhabitat: Conflux…Brooklyn’s urban festival for change « Identity Unknown http://inhabitat.com/the-high-water-line-public-art-in-nyc/comment-page-1/#comment-53180 Inhabitat: Conflux…Brooklyn’s urban festival for change « Identity Unknown Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:24:14 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/08/04/the-high-water-line-public-art-in-nyc/#comment-53180 [...] Ecovisualization Design Challenge panel discussion on Saturday, September 15th. Eve Mosher, whose High Water Line Project we recently covered here at Inhabitat, was an invited speaker and [...] [...] Ecovisualization Design Challenge panel discussion on Saturday, September 15th. Eve Mosher, whose High Water Line Project we recently covered here at Inhabitat, was an invited speaker and [...]

]]> By: Inhabitat » CONFLUX: Brooklyn’s Urban Festival For Change http://inhabitat.com/the-high-water-line-public-art-in-nyc/comment-page-1/#comment-53141 Inhabitat » CONFLUX: Brooklyn’s Urban Festival For Change Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:29:30 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/08/04/the-high-water-line-public-art-in-nyc/#comment-53141 [...] Ecovisualization Design Challenge panel discussion on Saturday, September 13th. Eve Mosher, whose High Water Line Project we recently covered here at Inhabitat, will also be a speaker and [...] [...] Ecovisualization Design Challenge panel discussion on Saturday, September 13th. Eve Mosher, whose High Water Line Project we recently covered here at Inhabitat, will also be a speaker and [...]

]]> By: New Art Exhibits Set Out To Change The Way We See The World (Part II) » Repell-em Blog http://inhabitat.com/the-high-water-line-public-art-in-nyc/comment-page-1/#comment-50993 New Art Exhibits Set Out To Change The Way We See The World (Part II) » Repell-em Blog Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:14:30 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/08/04/the-high-water-line-public-art-in-nyc/#comment-50993 [...] As I mentioned yesterday I come across a number of stories featuring people just like me or you who have found a new way to either make a new product more eco-friendly or are attempting to show our world through the eyes of Mother Nature. I decided to discuss two of these in in particular starting with the London Photographers Gallery exhibit entitled “The Plastic Bag” and moving on to today’s High Water Line Project. [...] [...] As I mentioned yesterday I come across a number of stories featuring people just like me or you who have found a new way to either make a new product more eco-friendly or are attempting to show our world through the eyes of Mother Nature. I decided to discuss two of these in in particular starting with the London Photographers Gallery exhibit entitled “The Plastic Bag” and moving on to today’s High Water Line Project. [...]

]]> By: Maggie http://inhabitat.com/the-high-water-line-public-art-in-nyc/comment-page-1/#comment-50222 Maggie Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:30:52 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/08/04/the-high-water-line-public-art-in-nyc/#comment-50222 I think this is a good project and I'm glad this woman is dedicated to raising people's awareness. Honestly, if one person goes home and decides to make green decisions then this woman has been the proverbial drop in the bucket that begins a spread to others. I think this is a good project and I’m glad this woman is dedicated to raising people’s awareness. Honestly, if one person goes home and decides to make green decisions then this woman has been the proverbial drop in the bucket that begins a spread to others.

]]> By: loyd http://inhabitat.com/the-high-water-line-public-art-in-nyc/comment-page-1/#comment-50218 loyd Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:48:32 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/08/04/the-high-water-line-public-art-in-nyc/#comment-50218 I agree that the impact of global warming, while not pleasant for most humans, will fall most harshly on the "biomes". However, your view is short-sighted. You are saying that the environment will most suffer from the environmental damage we have created. Well, that is true. But our survival (and more that that, if you are optimistic, our thrival) as a species depends on the millions of other species in this world. We are learning now, more than ever, that one cannot disconnect the "human civilization" from the "biomes". Another point I would like to point out. Yes, this could be described as a "panic art project". But if someone has the courage to stand up against the tide of denial and ignorance that, while waning currently, holds sway in the US, I say bravo. A comprehension of the best facts we have now should cause panic, but a controlled, instructive panic. It's not about us, it's about the generations that come after us. On a practical note, the density of population and development along the coastlines of the world is such that it could not be so easily 'traded" as you seem to be suggesting, for inland spaces. I for one will not be living next to a coast, but sea level rises of 1-2 feet would be devastating to world economies. Perhaps thats not such a bad thing, after all, in the end we have to learn to live on less, and give Mother Nature her due respect. I agree that the impact of global warming, while not pleasant for most humans, will fall most harshly on the “biomes”. However, your view is short-sighted. You are saying that the environment will most suffer from the environmental damage we have created. Well, that is true. But our survival (and more that that, if you are optimistic, our thrival) as a species depends on the millions of other species in this world. We are learning now, more than ever, that one cannot disconnect the “human civilization” from the “biomes”.

Another point I would like to point out. Yes, this could be described as a “panic art project”. But if someone has the courage to stand up against the tide of denial and ignorance that, while waning currently, holds sway in the US, I say bravo. A comprehension of the best facts we have now should cause panic, but a controlled, instructive panic. It’s not about us, it’s about the generations that come after us.

On a practical note, the density of population and development along the coastlines of the world is such that it could not be so easily ‘traded” as you seem to be suggesting, for inland spaces. I for one will not be living next to a coast, but sea level rises of 1-2 feet would be devastating to world economies.

Perhaps thats not such a bad thing, after all, in the end we have to learn to live on less, and give Mother Nature her due respect.

]]> By: MBRANE http://inhabitat.com/the-high-water-line-public-art-in-nyc/comment-page-1/#comment-50192 MBRANE Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:12:38 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/08/04/the-high-water-line-public-art-in-nyc/#comment-50192 On the average cities can grow at a rate of a few mile per decade through expansion, redevelopment, etc. This rate far, far exceeds the worst-case rate predicted by global sea level change models.. So presumably city could retreat from an advancing sea by simply redirecting its growth inland and uphill, hopefully out pacing the rising sea level. This is for the average cities only--cities in areas like the Bangladesh delta do face a real threat (Last resort: move those cities--See the Chinese's Three Gouge Dam for a preview). We must see climate change in a real world context and not in a context of media frenzy of reactionary, fear-fed, panic art project. I worry more about global climatic change as a devastation against the world's biomes than how it affects the human civilization--because unlike us human they are oblivious and defenseless against the changes bought on by us. On the average cities can grow at a rate of a few mile per decade through expansion, redevelopment, etc. This rate far, far exceeds the worst-case rate predicted by global sea level change models.. So presumably city could retreat from an advancing sea by simply redirecting its growth inland and uphill, hopefully out pacing the rising sea level. This is for the average cities only–cities in areas like the Bangladesh delta do face a real threat (Last resort: move those cities–See the Chinese’s Three Gouge Dam for a preview). We must see climate change in a real world context and not in a context of media frenzy of reactionary, fear-fed, panic art project. I worry more about global climatic change as a devastation against the world’s biomes than how it affects the human civilization–because unlike us human they are oblivious and defenseless against the changes bought on by us.

]]> By: speedmaster http://inhabitat.com/the-high-water-line-public-art-in-nyc/comment-page-1/#comment-50153 speedmaster Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:56:57 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/08/04/the-high-water-line-public-art-in-nyc/#comment-50153 I presume that the implication is that we can do something to change this, and that the govt. is the best answer? I presume that the implication is that we can do something to change this, and that the govt. is the best answer?

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