NEW ART IMAGES in the EarthArtists.org Photostream from photographers Georgia Esporlas, and Yvonne Chew.
These two extraordinarily talented photographers continue to bring surreal images to the public eye of areas of the bog never before photographed. What makes their pioneering art expeditions even more extraordinary is that their subject Burns Bog, this undocumented ecological gem, is completely surrounded by the Canadian city of Vancouver.
Burns Bog’s 40 square km were purchased with 73 million dollars of Canadian tax dollars, yet the public that purchased the land is still kept out completely by law, and now development is resuming in the bog. The South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPR) project slices through the Northern most edge of the bog, threatening the bog’s sensitive hydrology. This proves that the existing covenant is not protecting the bog and that the public is not being sufficiently informed of planned developments. In fact there is little knowledge of the bog being under threat yet again. The campaign UNESCO World Heritage Site Status For Burns Bog, created by Sustainable Earth’s Managing Director Dana L. Miller, has carried forth lobbying efforts to the Federal level and is gaining momentum. It’s now being championed by many parties and adopted by the long-time spokespeople of Burns Bog issues. United Nations (UNESCO) involvement can bring unbiased third party protective status and international assistance. As the largest remaining domed peat bog in the Western Hemisphere, Burns Bog deserves it.
This UNESCO World Heritage Site Status campaign has been ignited recently by the conceptual art work of the Earth Artists under the guidance of A. Traviss Corry, Conceptual Artist of the effort and Public Relations Strategist behind the UNESCO World Heritage Site Status For Burns Bog campaign. Traviss seeded the social media campaign, which has spread images of the Earth Artists’ works.
Using coded meta data search engine tactics, social media strategy, a government lobbying campaign, and traditional PR channels, these images have reached not only the public of Vancouver, but the attention of municipal Delta politicians. The Earth Artists have successfully sculpted social effects in Delta, Vancouver, and now their ripples have reached Ottawa with an announcement in The Canadian House Of Commons by MP Sukh Dhaliwal.
More to be announced soon. See the latest images at EarthArtists.org
