Art

While I'm on the whole recycling trip, have a look at this polar bear from artist Joshua Allen Harris. This happy fellow (the bear) is made from recycled plastic bags and hovers over New York subway grates so he comes to life whenever a train passes by.

He is so CUTE!

Joshua says that his use of disposed shopping bags and wind as mediums "just seemed to fit — the subway system could inflate the unused bags giving them a new purpose and I could experiment with the wind... Some people have suggested that the polar bear is an icon of global warming and that the wind is an example of a renewable energy. When the bear is animated, he looks happy, and when the resource is gone, the bear slowly dies. I find this explanation encouraging"

Sweet