Chinese Students Are Forced to Take Tests Outdoors in Thick Smog
A school principal in China’s Henan province was recently suspended for making young students take tests outdoors in smog so thick that they could barely see their papers, despite receiving orders to close the school. On December 20th, 480 students from the No. 1 Middle School in Linqi town, Linzhou, were forced to take their […]
Chinese Artist Vacuums Beijing’s Polluted Air, Creates Solid Brick from It
Have you ever imagined air so thick that you could literally vacuum the dirt out of it? Well, believe it or not, a Chinese artist has actually gone and done that in a bid to raise awareness about environmental protection. He used an industrial vacuum cleaner outdoors during smoggy days in Beijing and eventually made […]
Smog-Covered Hong Kong Installs Clear Skyline Banners for Vacation Photos
Hong Kong has one of the world’s most stunning skylines. The problem is it’s becoming barely visible behind the dense curtain of smog that has engulfed several of the city’s districts, and even harder to capture in vacation photos. Unable to fix the air pollution problem, tourism authorities have instead decided to install clear skyline […]
Florentine Artist Fights Pollution by Painting with Smog
If you’re ever in Florence, Italy, and see a grown man on a ladder wiping the dust off statues and building, don’t worry, it’s just Alessandro Ricci gathering material for his famous smog paintings. 40-year-old Ricci is not your average artist, and I don’t say that just because he used smog as the main medium of […]