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Julie Sperling
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Mosaicist making art about climate change and the Anthropocene | they/them
Just applied for a really cool thing. Cross all the things 🤞
April 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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"“It becomes, in a strange way, gripping, because nothing catastrophic is happening, nothing spectacular is happening," said Annette Hill, a professor of media and communications... “But something very beautiful is happening in that minute-by-minute moment.”" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Millions tune in for three-week live stream of Sweden’s moose migration
Slow TV is attracting viewers with hits such as a knitting marathon, burning firewood and swimming salmon
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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“It’s that mindfulness, social connection and stress reduction that happens when you step into a space that inspires awe that improves our health.”
Good to be on CBC’s Early Edition today with @vanartgallery.bsky.social‘s Eva Respini to talk @bcparksfdn.bsky.social’s #PaRx collab.
#healthybynature
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April 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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What are Mark Carney’s Liberals, Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives and other federal parties promising when it comes to climate change, the oil and gas industry, mining and the environment? Here’s what we know so far:
#canpoli #election
thenarwhal.ca/2025-federal...
thenarwhal.ca
April 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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NEW: CTV cancelled a fact-checking segment in response to political pressure from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives

An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
CTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
Audio recording shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
pressprogress.ca
April 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The start of this project has been so finicky that it has made me not want to work on it. But now that finicky part is over and I get to move on to the fun stuff!
March 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Coming very late to #printpromptmonday with this big installation I made in 2019, Lesser Bodies. It’s about the collapse of chimney swift populations in the US. Not in the water, but I was inspired by the motion of water circling a drain.
March 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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📣 New fellowship for First Nations women! 📣

Ahead of #InternationalWomensDay, we're co-hosting the First Nations Women Transforming Conservation alongside the Indigenous Leadership Initiative 🧵🌎
March 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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This is a lovely, feel-good story if you need one, about art, shipping disasters, and strangers brought together in an effort to make things right.

You can catch the radio story on The Current podcast too, and hear how the artist and teacher have become friends and what this meant to them both.
An Ontario teacher found works of art in the bargain bin. So she set out to find their creator | CBC Radio
While questions remain about how the sculptures ended up for sale, the teacher and the artist say theirs is a story about friendship — and the kindness of strangers.
www.cbc.ca
February 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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It is not too late to act on climate change because climate change is not pass/fail. Every faction of a degree matters and is worth fighting for.

That's not propaganda or wishful thinking. It's evidence-based. Suggesting otherwise is as unscientific as climate denial, and just as damaging.
January 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Finally back in the studio after a long hiatus. This is the start of a piece about #biodiversity and the impact of light #pollution.
January 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Hey #ArtAdventCalendar followers, here's one from a few years ago all about #biodiversity loss, called "In The Red"

sperlingmosaics.com/2019/05/thei...
December 11, 2024 at 2:37 PM
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How conservation photographer Cristina Mittermeier uses visual storytelling to inspire action https://buff.ly/49KffWx
How conservation photographer Cristina Mittermeier uses visual storytelling to inspire action
Conservation photography occupies a unique space, blending the art of visual storytelling with the urgency of environmental advocacy. Cristina Mittermeier, a pioneering figure in this field, has…
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December 9, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Really keen to see what's in these, especially the transformative change assessment report.
ipbes.net IPBES @ipbes.net · Dec 9
Scientists & policymakers have gathered in Windhoek, Namibia for #IPBES11, where they will consider, among other topics, 2 major new assessment reports to inform global decision-making #ForNature:

📘#NexusAssessment Report

📗#TransformativeChange Assessment Report

Stay tuned for updates!
December 9, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Slacked off over the weekend, but back at #ArtAdventCalendar today! Here's one honouring environmental defenders, called "For Berta (They Fear Us Because We Are Fearless)". sperlingmosaics.com/2019/03/on-t...
December 9, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Today's #ArtAdventCalendar is "The Problem With Billionaires" - all about how tech-bro billionaires are elbowing their way into the #climate space, betting on shiny tech fixes, and swaying policy in favour of solutions that benefit them and don't require them to change a damn thing.
December 6, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Today's #ArtAdventCalendar is for the #ClimateChange folx. It's called "Smokescreen" and it's about the fossil fuel industry's dirty, shameless, and persistent misinformation campaign built on Big Tobacco's playbook (with some dirty tricks of its own).
December 5, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Since there are a lot of ocean folx in my feed, how about this #ArtAdventCalendar contribution: "Everything We Touch" (from my #anthropocene series) - inspired by how NOAA found a can of Spam and a can of Bud at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. sperlingmosaics.com/2019/08/noth...
December 4, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Today's contribution to #ArtAdventCalendar: "Shell Game" is a #ClimateChange mosaic all about how Big Oil is banking on plastic to keep it profitable. (Yep all those white bits are plastic.)
December 3, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Oh hey everyone! What better way to introduce myself to the Bluesky world than by participating in #ArtAdventCalendar! Here's "To aid and abet" - part of my mosaic series about #ClimateChange. This one's all about the cozy relationship between extractive industries and law enforcement.
December 2, 2024 at 1:33 PM