Health risks imbued by Climate change and Flying Pollen

"Climate change–related increased burden of disease, specifically from allergy and asthma, is anticipated because of changes in the distribution, quantity, and quality of pollen, and lengthening of the pollen season. Asthma and allergic disease will also likely be worsened because of interaction between heavier pollen loads and increasing air pollution from natural and man-made sources.  People with allergy and asthma may expect worsening disease, more days with symptoms, and reduced quality of life as a result of these environmental changes."

Quick, go grab your decongestant spray since the ensuing exquisite media art piece de resistance may either spontaneously trigger a tickling sneeze, or merely lightly entertain and educate our awareness of its delirious outcome in our global warming world.

Fabrice Mathieu filmed Flying Pollen in slow motion at 50 frames per second using his Canon 550D 18-55mm, 100-300mm with a shrilling zinging sound design.



While this charming slow motion video beautifully illustrates the dispersion of flying pollen we may need to reflect on Scott Browns climate progress analysis, of the health allergies associated with early and more pronounced flying pollen. This nevertheless appears likely to result in an unanticipated boom in decongestant pharmaceuticals.

Preserving Rubber; A Giant Bike Commercial

is a delightfully light and entertaining commercial video animation by Jacob Gilbreath for the Giant Bike Company. Its use of typography and line graphics makes it, all up, educational on the uses of rubber, an interesting marketing ploy and easy to absorb.

The concept focuses on the conservation of rubber. A particularly fresh idea for selling bicycles perhaps ! But the commercial demonstrates that if interurban commuters rode a bicycle to work every day instead of driving, trillions of pounds of rubber could be saved every year.



While fulfilling many conveniences, plastic is undoubtedly one of the most horrific pollutants of our waterways and life world, but is often only used once, rubber on the other hand can be used and reused an almost infinite number of times.

But I wonder, is rubber economically and ecologically sustainable ?