Tommorow night at Birch Aquarium: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, California, my recently completed painting, Still Life With Jet Fuel, will be auctioned for charity.
Rick works for ECOLIFE Foundation and through his efforts and our discussions my interest in conservation has become more of a passion. It's unsettling to realize that much of our food is transported distances of 1,500 miles or more, because our farmland is being swallowed by urban sprawl: how much fuel was burned to get Canadian tomatoes in my salad, while I live in an area with ideal soil for growing tomatoes?
I bought the "models" for the painting in my local grocery store. The selection criteria was: travel distance of at least 1,500 miles. Avocados from Mexico. Asparagus from Peru. An apple from New Zealand!
ECOLIFE Foundation is a worthwhile nonprofit, because they look at conservation differently than most: by first helping humans meet our needs through ecological sustainability, we will help the environment.
Have a look.
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