The Green Gallery Artwork
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The Tainted Koi Pond
"The Tainted Koi Pond" by Charis Chang
"The Tainted Koi Pond" emphasizes the contamination of fresh bodies of water resulting from urban waste. When not disposed of properly, urban waste introduces harmful chemicals like ammonia and nitrates into fresh bodies of water. This poses a serious threat to the healthy water quality necessary for supporting freshwater ecosystems that house a variety of fish species including koi.
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The Deforested Terrain
"The Deforested Terrain" by Charis Chang
"The Deforested Horizon" aims to highlight the loss of natural habitats for bird species resulting from deforestation. Species in Southeast Asia and South America are affected the most due to the large amount of deforestation occurring in those regions. Deforestation is caused by a variety of urban issues including climate change and land development. In the process of urbanization, issues of climate change and land development are causing natural bird species to experience significant consequences in the loss of trees/natural habitats.
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Lost In The Glow
"Lost In The Glow" by Charis Chang
"Lost In The Glow" is a piece that brings attention to the issue of light pollution that is mainly caused by artificial light - emitted by buildings - that interferes with the natural darkness of the night sky through the glow created. While not commonly known, light pollution has lasting negative effects as it disrupts natural human sleep patterns, affects the balance of ecosystems since the behavior of nocturnal animals are affected, and makes it harder to see stars in the night sky.
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Preserve The Blue Waters
"Preserve The Blue Waters" by Charis Chang
"Preserve The Blue Waters" brings attention to the changing color of blue ocean waters due to climate change. With urban transport and buildings contributing greatly to the emission of greenhouse gasses, global temperatures are rising along with ocean surface temperatures. The change in ocean temperature not only affects plankton amounts, but also the entire underwater ecosystem, causing oceans to take on an overall different hue.
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Floating Lily Landscape
"Floating Lily Landscape" by Charis Chang
"Floating Lily Landscape" depicts the ecological benefits water lilies bring to a pond as they not only serve as a natural beauty, but also provide shade to cool pond water temperatures. Yet the singular water lily in the pond aims to bring attention to the issue of urban water pollutants impacting the healthy development and amount water lilies. Pollutants like harmful metals and chemicals can be absorbed and accumulate in water lily roots, causing water lilies to have shorter lifespans.
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City River of Plastic
"City River of Plastic" by Charis Chang
"City River of Plastic" accentuates the importance of recycling, as it depicts the plastic we use on a daily basis which creates plenty of plastic pollution that is harmful to our water sources. The impact of one-time use plastic is often overlooked, yet if we all reduced our plastic usage and retained regular practices of recycling, our water sources and the aquatic ecosystems that live in them could be protected from this damaging pollution.
