To mark Earth Day, an environmental installation titled "Crushed Ecology" was unveiled in Kyiv, vividly illustrating emissions into the atmosphere. The art installation visualizes a car’s carbon footprint from burning just two cans of fuel. Now, emissions can not only be seen but also felt.
This was reported by the Department of Environmental Protection and Climate Change Adaptation of the Kyiv City State Administration.
Making the invisible visible
Emissions are usually invisible to the human eye, yet their particles in the atmosphere have a significant impact on the environment and human health.
Students from the Volodymyr the Great Cadet Corps State Military Lyceum, together with sculptor Dmytro Mulyarchuk, gave physical form and volume to vehicle emissions. This rather large carbon sculpture, weighing 30 kg, represents the emissions of just one car that “burned” two cans of fuel. This is usually enough to cover a distance of 100 km.
“We based it on diesel. Its typical density is about 840 grams per liter. So, these two canisters amount to 33.5 kg. And from the weight, we know how much carbon is there – the main culprit behind climate problems. The carbon content in diesel fuel is 86%. In 40 liters, that’s almost 30 kg. Our sculpture, which we called ‘Crushed Ecology,’ weighs about 30 kg and is made of pure carbon,” said cadet Vladyslav Haponko to ZN.ua.
The location for the installation was chosen near one of the capital's air quality monitoring stations.
Source: zn.ua
EcoPolitic previously reported that in only 14% of the world’s cities does air quality meet World Health Organization standards.
