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When he learned of the threat that rising sea levels posed to his coastal hometown of Miami, Florida, eco-artist Xavier Cortada founded a movement around beautifully designed elevation markers highlighting the risk of flood damage. The collaborative art project quickly mobilized action -- and excited some controversy. Watch as Cortada offers a creative vision of community organizing inspired by art that engages, educates and empowers.

A creative approach to community climate action | Xavier Cortada

Whether it be by mobilizing populations in the name of public safety or yielding power to scientists for solutions, the outbreak of COVID-19 has seen governments around the world enacting urgent solutions to a global crisis. Responding to the Climate Crisis should be no different. Joined by Alex Harris, lead reporter on climate change for the Miami Herald, and Xavier Cortada, Professor in Practice of Art at the University of Miami with a focus on the climate emergency, this episode of House on Fire will focus on the parallels between the Climate Crisis and the outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic. House On Fire is produced by Unicorn Fire Radio and All Points West, with support from the CLEO Institute and technical direction from Mia Kirn.

Whether it be by mobilizing populations in the name of public safety or yielding power to scientists for solutions, the outbreak of COVID-19 has seen governments around the world enacting urgent solutions to a global crisis. Responding to the Climate Crisis should be no different. Joined by Alex Harris, lead reporter on climate change for the Miami Herald, and Xavier Cortada, Professor in Practice of Art at the University of Miami with a focus on the climate emergency, this episode of House on Fire will focus on the parallels between the Climate Crisis and the outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic. House On Fire is produced by <a href="https://www.ml3media.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unicorn Fire Radio</a> and <a href="http://allpointswest.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">All Points West</a>, with support from the CLEO Institute and technical direction from Mia Kirn.

Episode 5 - Spiraling crises: COVID-19 & The Climate Crisis  Xavier Cortada, Professor of Practice: Artist at University of Miami; Alex Harris, The Miami Herald

Xavier Cortada is an artist who tackles climate change, endangered species, poverty, homophobia, Florida’s history and hard science with his artwork. And he’s a funny, engaging, vibrant guy from Miami whose art projects are seen by millions, and get people all over Florida participating. Cortada’s work is featured in school textbooks and publications, on National Geographic TV and the Discovery Channel.Xavier talks with Barbara St. Clair about marking the 500th anniversary of Florida’s colonization by Spain by working with biologists to find 500 native Florida wildflowers that he got 500 Florida artists to paint, while asking historians for 500 people vital to Florida’s history - who weren’t white men - and getting people around the state to plant 500 native wildflower gardens each dedicated to one of those people. Then he put the whole project and research online, where people could read up and share their own photos of natural Florida. Xavier Cortada was commissioned to create beautiful artwork exploring the Higgs boson particle experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. He created art projects at both the North and South Poles to draw attention to climate change and endangered populations, with a project currently in the Antarctic that will take 150,000 years to complete. His Reclamation Project encourages Floridians to take back nature from developers by planting native trees as an act of performative art. And he offers darkly comic advice for 5 Ways to Stop Sea Level Rise from destroying Florida’s coastline. Xavier Cortada shares his passion for art as a tool for social change, for sculpting not a sculpture but a thriving community. 90N, a solo exhibition of Xavier Cortada’s work at the North Pole is on display at Creative Pinellas through September 2, 2018. The exhibition opens to a reception with the artist on Friday, June 29 from 6 to 9 p.m. Gallery hours are Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. and by appointment through September 2, 2018.  Details at http://cortada.com/event/2018/90N.RSVP for the Opening Reception on June 29 at: http://creativepinellas.org/gallery/Find out more about Xavier Cortada’s art and explore images, writings and more at http://cortada.com. Hear his TED Talk on the Higgs boson project at http://cortada.com/2013/cern/statement.

Xavier Cortada is an artist who tackles climate change, endangered species, poverty, homophobia, Florida’s history and hard science with his artwork. And he’s a funny, engaging, vibrant guy from Miami whose art projects are seen by millions, and get people all over Florida participating. Cortada’s work is featured in school textbooks and publications, on National Geographic TV and the Discovery Channel. Xavier talks with Barbara St. Clair about marking the 500th anniversary of Florida’s colonization by Spain by working with biologists to find 500 native Florida wildflowers that he got 500 Florida artists to paint, while asking historians for 500 people vital to Florida’s history - who weren’t white men - and getting people around the state to plant 500 native wildflower gardens each dedicated to one of those people. Then he put the whole project and research online, where people could read up and share their own photos of natural Florida. Xavier Cortada was commissioned to create beautiful artwork exploring the Higgs boson particle experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. He created art projects at both the North and South Poles to draw attention to climate change and endangered populations, with a project currently in the Antarctic that will take 150,000 years to complete. His Reclamation Project encourages Floridians to take back nature from developers by planting native trees as an act of performative art. And he offers darkly comic advice for 5 Ways to Stop Sea Level Rise from destroying Florida’s coastline. Xavier Cortada shares his passion for art as a tool for social change, for sculpting not a sculpture but a thriving community. 90N, a solo exhibition of Xavier Cortada’s work at the North Pole is on display at Creative Pinellas through September 2, 2018. The exhibition opens to a reception with the artist on Friday, June 29 from 6 to 9 p.m. Gallery hours are Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. and by appointment through September 2, 2018. Details at <a href="http://cortada.com/event/2018/90N" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://cortada.com/event/2018/90N</a>. RSVP for the Opening Reception on June 29 at: <a href="http://creativepinellas.org/gallery/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://creativepinellas.org/gallery/</a> Find out more about Xavier Cortada’s art and explore images, writings and more at <a href="http://cortada.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://cortada.com</a>. Hear his TED Talk on the Higgs boson project at <a href="http://cortada.com/2013/cern/statement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://cortada.com/2013/cern/statement</a>.

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