5 minute lesson
Did you know that combining art and science can have the power to physically transform our environment? (And we don’t mean by hanging a painting on the wall!)
Today we’re exploring how two professors from Ohio State University saw a problem then put their heads and very different backgrounds together to solve it!
The solution that Guy Riefler and John Sabraw pursued proves that innovation can solve our toughest problems! Toxic Art is a great example of how, sometimes, solutions to our own biggest problems begin by working together outside the box.
You may love art or you may love science, but think about all that can happen when we combine the two fields!
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Thank you to Erin Murphy, an EWCed staff writer, for this contribution to EWCed’s touchstones! If you’d like to contribute to EWCed, please, let us know.
“Turning Toxins Into Art | ‘That’s Amazing’.” YouTube. Great Big Story, 22 Dec. 2016. Web. 03 Apr. 2018. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJv6WtfxLUk>.