50 Years of Earth Day: What Art Taught Us About Climate Change

Alberto Lina
Artupia Stories
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2 min readApr 22, 2020
Francesco Senise, Riflessi Dell’Anima

Today marks Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, where the annual event usually gathers up to a billion people worldwide through eco-initiatives. After a catastrophic oil spill in America in 1970, our mistreatment of the world left an oleaginous mark on public consciousness. Political and cultural differences took a step back and humanity united to combat the destruction of our home.

Earth Day 2020

Elena Lucca, The Most Beautiful Landscape in the World

This year, however, things are a little different (albeit slightly better on an environmental level, given the sudden decrease in human activity worldwide). As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps across the world, protests have gone digital, with many taking to social media to rise up against the global climate crisis. Although we’d love to be out on the frontline campaigning for a greener planet, we have decided to use this day to plan and reflect on how we as a company can be greener.

Make Art, Not Pollution

The Artupia Team in Front of Cavalli’s Work at the #MakeArtNotPollution Event

Last year we hosted an enchanting, live painting event with fellow Milan startup, BOOM Image Studio. Our artist, Emiliano Cavalli, painted a Pop-art-inspired, underwater world to raise awareness of rising sea levels. The 2 x 3 metre painting was complete with a…

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Alberto Lina
Artupia Stories

Tech and art enthusiast. I love how in Artupia technology combines with art to build a place where normal people can become art lovers!