Save the Arctic

The fragile Arctic is under threat from both climate change and oil drilling. As climate change melts the Arctic ice, oil companies are moving in to extract more of the fossil fuels that caused the melt in the first place. But above the Arctic circle, freezing temperatures, a narrow drilling window and a remote location mean that an oil spill would be almost impossible to deal with. It's a catastrophe waiting to happen. Greenpeace is working to halt climate change and to stop this new oil rush at the top of the world.

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The globe is cooling, the newspaper biz is booming and the Great Recession was over the year it started: History explained by the Daily Mail

David Rose has penned an article in the Mail on Sunday about the Arctic sea ice, and it’s buzzing around the denial-o-sphere like a bumble bee on crystal meth...
Posted by bens - 9 September, 2013 - 18:25

Building the world's largest polar bear - Part Four

As designer and creative director on Aurora I have seen her grow from my initial rough sketch in to a fantastical giant. Working on such a unique project...
Posted by Chris Kelly - 9 September, 2013 - 12:38

Building the world's largest polar bear part 3

Lucien is the director at Factory Settings, a scenic construction company, based in East London.For us at Factory Settings, constructing strange imaginings is...
Posted by Lucien Mansell - 5 September, 2013 - 17:34

Building the world's largest polar bear - Part Two

When we commissioned the work for Aurora, the world’s biggest polar bear, the Shard had never been climbed. The 6 women who then climbed it on 11 July had not...
Posted by Hannah Davey - 3 September, 2013 - 19:06

In pictures: building the world's largest polar bear

On 15 September we will haul a giant people-powered polar bear through central London. Aurora is part protest, part performance - all Arctic. She is a giant...
Posted by Fran G - 3 September, 2013 - 18:38

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