Chris Jordan

I was recently introduced, or rather, became aware of Chris Jordan. He has done some remarkable work and I thought that I would share some of it.

Here is a link to a TED talk that he gave. In it, he goes through some statistics - staggering statistics - of things done by the US (at least I think all the stats are from the US alone). He then takes these stats and turns them into art because we as humans are not capable of comprehending such large numbers.
http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_jordan_pictures_some_shocking_stats.html

One of his examples is the amount of plastic cups used by airlines: 1 million plastic cups are used every 6 hours!!! 4,000,000 cups a day. Watch the video. It's crazy to see such waste.

Here is a trailer for his work he did on the Midway Atoll in the North Pacific. The film should be coming out later this year I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozBE-ZPw18c

The island is home to a majority of the world's population of Black-footed Albatross. Midway Atoll, along with other islands nearby, get a lot of debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The garbage floats and accumulates on the beaches. Much of the garbage is made from plastics, which then ends up in the birds digestive tracks.

"Do we have the courage to face the reality of our time and allow ourselves to feel deeply enough that it transforms us and our future?"