| Superfund Sites
Keywords: computers, industry, consumers There are 29 Superfund sites in Silicon Valley- the most concentrated number of Superfund sites in America. Nineteen of these sites were contaminated by high tech firms in the manufacturing of computer chips which used highly toxic chemicals including, trichloro-ethylene, Freon, trichloroethane and poly-chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
A Superfund site is any land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a candidate for cleanup because it poses a risk to human health and/or the environment.
{For more info: Go to Superfund Site!} | | | e-Waste
Keywords: globalization, environment, policy
Where do our computers go when we are finished with them?
Over 20 million personal computers became obsolete in 1998, but only 13 percent were reused or recycled. Women separating computer wires in Guiyu, Guangdong China.
As artists using digital media, it is our responsibility to put pressure on manufactures to implement recycling programs and clean practice.
| | | | Butterfly Gardens
Keywords: Art, Science, Activism
We are currently working with Professor Arthur Shapiro at UC Davis to understand the relationship between host plants, habitat and environment.
We would like to plant host plants to regional butterflies in the Superfund sites of Silicon Valley.
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Gardending Superfund Sites is an art project which fosters discourse around the issues of nature preservation, industry, and activism. By providing information and facilitating activities with students and community groups we are making a call to action to high tech industries to take responsibility for their actions. This is a global issue that needs to be addressed locally!
