[sudo-discuss] Beehive Design Collective: Bees swarm Bay Area with new graphic and tour! Oct 19-21

[april glaser]

+1 they are best.  I used these posters and freely licensed graphics to
converse/teach about FTAA, colonialism, and environmental devastation
and tour across the American south back in the day

Browse the website and support their work, ok:
http://store.beehivecollective.org/
On 10/13/14 4:59 PM, Jake wrote:
> this is happening!  a great example of empowered people using
> creativity to solve problems.  The bees do intense research on
> subjects like mountaintop removal coal mining and now, California
> Water Politics (which i haven't seen yet) and then they make a giant
> poster with compelling artwork that makes it easy to see the big picture.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:37:47 -0700
> From: Sakura Saunders <sakura.saunders at gmail.com>
> To: Beehive Design Collective <pollinators at beehivecollective.org>
> Subject: Bees swarm Bay Area with new graphic and tour! Oct 19-21
>
> PLEASE FORWARD!
>
> We have some exciting news: the Bees will be swarming the Bay Area
> with a new graphic and tour focused on California water politics in
> the midst of a
> massive drought. Sucked Dry: Examining Drought and Privatization from
> Mesoamérica to California, draws inspiration from struggles against
> large-scale
> infrastructure projects throughout MesoAmerica, connecting local and
> the global struggle for control and protection of water. 
>
>       Oct 19: 2pm  Dolores Park, SF
> Oct 20: 6:30pm Greenpeace warehouse, 955 7th St., W.
> Oakland co-sponsored by Rising Tide
> Oct 21: 5:30pm Gill Tract Farm, Albany (at the intersection of Marin &
> San Pablo) co-sponsored by Food & Water Watch & California Student
> Sustainability Coalition
>
>    
> About the tour:
>
> California is in the midst of a historical drought, the most severe
> the region has had in the last 500 years. This water crisis has
> devastated resources,
> with several communities facing the prospect of running dry. A number
> of projects advocating infrastructure development such as the BDCP and
> Prop 1 have
> been proposed as solutions for the state, but are they truly in the
> interests for all? What are their impacts to our drying rivers and
> reservoirs?
> Fisheries and communities? Drawing inspiration from struggles against
> large-scale infrastructure projects throughout MesoAmerica, the Bees
> will take you
> on a visual journey touching on the local and the global struggle for
> control and protection of water.
> We will also be introducing a *brand new graphic* (still in draft
> form) that deals specifically with the fight to stop the Tunnel
> project that threatens
> the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
>
> About the Bees
>
> Based out of small-town Machias across the country in rural Maine, the
> Beehive Design Collective is an all-volunteer organization of
> activists, artists,
> educators and organizers. Our main focus is creating and presenting
> graphic works about global issues internationally. These portable
> murals are teeming
> with intricate images of plants and animals, illustrating surreal but
> meticulously researched scenes of sociocultural realities in the
> modern world. Not
> only are our graphics detailed, beautiful works of art, but they also
> are tools in understanding the big picture of a region's struggles.
>
> More on the Bees
> (VIDEO): http://www.upworthy.com/the-poster-is-mesmerizing-the-story-it-tells-is-electrifying-have-you-seen
> More on MesoAmérica Resisté
> (graphic): http://beehivecollective.org/beehive_poster/mesoamerica-resiste/
>
> with honey,
> the bees"
>
> *thanks to the Center for Biological Diversity and the Story of Stuff
> for help spreading the word!
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>
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