From sentimental strings to perilous plastics: What we discard decimates a forest

From sentimental strings to perilous plastics: What we discard decimates a forest

I went to the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis with my family over spring break. During our visit, we participated in Fong Lee and Kevin Yang’s piece entitled “While We’re All Still Here.” The artists invited us to “tie the …

Every year millions of hectares of tropical forests disappear without anyone really seeing what is lost. Under the guise of food development or self-sufficiency, states allow the massive conversion of these territories into industrial plantations, often to feed global production chains. In areas such as Papua or Amazonia, these operations affect ecosystems still largely unknown to scientists, where endemic species and indigenous communities live…