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“Nowadays, the planet is in danger. We are facing a terrible ecological disaster and we must raise awareness to save our magical environment,” the artist told Bored Panda. “Through imaginary and poetic illustrations, we should remember every day to protect and preserve the beauty and the magic of our nature. It’s so beautiful and fragile out there – let’s never forget it! It must be a daily fight and a real challenge for every one of us.”
Lev is currently living and working between Paris and Tel Aviv. She shares her creations on Instagram where she has attracted almost 4,600 followers and on her personal website where she sells prints and wall stickers.
To see her work, check out the gallery below or follow her on social media for future updates.
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]]>“We always aim to create a balance between international, national and local artists,” says the organization founder Tré Packard for This Is Colossal. “Over the years, with the Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans program being nomadic, we’ve learned the importance of community ownership of the murals once we’ve packed up and left town. There tend to be so many incredible local creatives in the areas we host projects, so we work hand in hand with the local project director to help identify local artists who we invite to participate in the project.”
Check out the murals below.
for finished mural and detail photos. . “Dafne” is a re-imagination of a painting by teen artist Dafne Murillo, a @fromthebowseat’s Ocean Awareness Contest art scholarship winner. This mural was facilitated by Bow Seat’s director Alyssa Irizarry | @lttlelttle on @hpbaldwinhs campus. . Students had the opportunity to add plastic pieces to the whale based on conversations about marine debris they commonly encounter on Maui’s beaches or and the plastic items they use on a daily basis. . Each winter, an estimated 12,000 humpback whales visit the waters of Maui Nui to breed and nurse their young. Humpbacks can be found in our oceans around the world—and so can plastic pollution. We celebrate and cherish these majestic creatures, contributing to a billion dollar whale tourism industry worldwide. But whales, the largest mammals on Earth, are increasingly threatened by plastic waste in the ocean, whether through direct ingestion or entanglement. . “Dafne” is a reminder of our close relationship with the incredible marine life that inhabits our blue planet. It’s about cultivating an awareness about how our actions on land directly impact life below the surface. Whether in Boston (Bow Seat’s home), Maui, Lima, Peru (student artivist Dafne’s hometown), or hundreds of miles inland, we can all respect and honor this interconnection by being aware of, and reducing, our personal plastic consumption, and supporting community-based efforts to eliminate single-use plastics (such as Maui’s recent polystyrene foam-free initiative).” . Thank you to our project partners, @countyofmaui @smalltownbigart @lushcosmetics @fromthebowseat @patagonia @pacificwhalefoundation @hpbaldwinhs @volcom @volcomhawaii_ @montanacans @behrpaint @coral_org @sustainablecoastlineshawaii, @start_streetartoronto, the Johnson Ohana Foundation, and more. . PC: @abovebelowphoto . #pangeaseed #seawalls #seawallsmaui #smalltownbigart #maui #mauinokaoi #hawaii #artivism #paintforapurpose
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]]>A new study published in the Current Biology journal shared this number, explaining that the “truly wild” waters are those that are still free from human activity. Conservation biologist Kendall Jones, who’s the lead author of the study, discovered that “more than 118 million square miles of ocean ecosystems are unable to function naturally due to human impacts like commercial shipping, fertilizer runoff, and fishing.”
“It’s concerning because those unimpacted places in the ocean allow a lot of ecosystems to function,” says Jones. “Maintaining these impact-free areas of the ocean is important for maintaining the entire ocean, not just the health of specific wilderness areas.”
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