finding Monsuun | est. 2005

If you think that global warming only affects our beautiful planet, think again.

“The problem is hidden at the moment but it will inevitably come to the fore as climate change forces more and more people out of their homes.

“There will be a high economic cost - and countries that have to bear that cost are likely to be demanding compensation from rich nations for a problem they have not themselves caused,” Mr Huq predicts.

From their website:

We distributed hundreds of disposable cameras to two groups on different sides of the U.S.-Mexico border: undocumented migrants crossing the desert into the United States and American Minutemen trying to stop them.

This new exhibit, beginning on September 16 at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arts, appears intruiging. The concept is so simple yet brilliant. I am continually frustrated (my wife knows this) with the mass media and the entertain-me mentality that it strives to push on its viewers in an attempt to bolster viewership, subsequent ratings, and the inevitable advertising dollars. This exhibit is starkly different. With contemporary art as its ally, this project need not worry about ratings and advertising dollars, but only about providing true perspective from both sides (immigrant and minuteman) through several hundred 4×6 photographs.

Though I would drive many miles to see this exhibit, I will probably just walk across the street and visit the museum during my lunch break once it opens. I encourage those with the means to do the same.

If you would like a socially and ecologically responsible desktop check out these two websites:

• Worldwildlife.org - eco-friendly wallpapers
• Povertyticker.com - socially-humbling screensaver

Please use these as reminders of our great responsibility to our beautiful and dying earth and our suffering fellow humanity.