Let me
introduce to you to this amazing guy, the art-activist Louis Masai, he has a
project named “Save the Bees” to tell people who do not have information about
the consequences of disappearance of honey bees. If honey bees disappear,
humanity certainly will disappear too. Why? Simple, honeybees are responsible
for pollinating approximately 80% of the plant in the world. If we translate
this to people and cultures, 70 of 100 cultures that are required for human
nutrition are pollinated by this little creatures.
At United
States according to the national report on the state of the country
agriculture, there was a decrease of bee population by 60% between 1947 and
2008 and population of bees continues to decline, there are three major causes
for this: Pesticides, a bee disease named varroatosis (an external parasitic
disease that attacks honeybee colonies, adult bees and especially the brood),
and the absence of flowering plant (lavender, catmint, sage, geranium,
sunflower, etc.) that can provide the necessary product for bee nutrition.
So, for all
these important reasons, Masai implemented a very simple method: bright
spray-painting on the walls of streets, if we pay a little bit of attention
streets artists of our time are doing an extraordinary work with their art and
actual problems, they are amazing to communicate and the best part of all of
this is that we pay attention to their work.
Just think,
we are immersed at our phones, our music, our head are always with or mind and thoughts
in other place or virtual place, so is hard to pay attention to a volunteer
with leaflets, flyers or a speech if he or she try to approach to us. But at
street, certainly we pay attention to brightly colored buildings or walls, if
we pass and see these colored buildings with the images of bees holding signs,
for sure we will pay attention, and read them: “When we go, we’re taking you
all with us!” or “#savethebees”. Attention is guaranteed.
Macu.
Kitschmacu.
