| Superfund
Sites
Keywords:
computers, industry, consumers
There
are 29 Superfund sites in Silicon Valley- the most concentrated
number of Superfund sites in America. Nineteen of these
sites were contaminated by high tech firms in the manufacturing
of computer chips which used highly toxic chemicals including,
trichloro-ethylene, Freon, trichloroethane and poly-chlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs)
A Superfund site is any land in the United States that has
been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified by the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a candidate for cleanup
because it poses a risk to human health and/or the environment.
{For
more info: Go to Superfund Site!}
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e-Waste
Keywords:
globalization, environment, policy
Where do our computers go when we are finished with them?
Over 20 million personal computers became obsolete in 1998,
but only 13 percent were reused or recycled. Women separating
computer wires in Guiyu, Guangdong China.
As artists using digital media, it is our responsibility to
put pressure on manufactures to implement recycling programs
and clean practice.
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| Butterfly
Gardens
Keywords:
Art, Science, Activism
We are currently working with Professor Arthur Shapiro at UC
Davis to understand the relationship between host plants, habitat
and environment.
We would like to plant host plants to regional butterflies in
the Superfund sites of Silicon Valley.
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Gardending
Superfund Sites is an art project which fosters discourse around the
issues of nature preservation, industry, and activism. By providing
information and facilitating activities with students and community
groups we are making a call to action to high tech industries to take
responsibility for their actions. This is a global issue that needs
to be addressed locally!
