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Excessocenus, 2016
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Excessocenus On Genetic Mutations
Industrial pollution of rivers and seas has been causing irreversible mutations to wildlife and irreversibly damaging marine and coastal ecosystems.
Excessocenus, 2016
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Excessocenus On Animal Farming
Cheap chicken sold in fast-food chains around the world is funded by the exploitation of natural and human resources through an unsustainable practice. The diversified necessary philosophy in agriculture has given way to intensive plantation of soy to feed these animals.
Excessocenus, 2016
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Excessocenus On Man and Fire
Scientists already announced a new geological era caused by man's action on the planet: Anthropocenus. The intensive use of fire is and has been one of the main causes for the diminution of green areas and global warming. Over 3.5 million km2 of burned areas were detected in the year 2000, of which approximately 80% occurred in areas described as woodlands and shrublands.
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Excessocenus On Animal Cloning
Research is underway to produce genetically modified animals for consumption, but studies are still uncertain about possible effects on the consumer´s health and the environment.
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Excessocenus On Carbon Emissions
According to the IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change) carbon emissions due to transportation will have the highest raise, mainly coming from emerging countries. Studies point that by 2020 a 42% of the automobile market in Africa will be based on individual vehicles.
Excessocenus, 2016
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Excessocenus On Cultural Hegemony
The cultural patterns sourced in the Northern Western world are still a leading reference in most parts of the planet, leaving little room to the specifics of each region and threatening the cultural diversity that ancient traditions carry.
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Excessocenus On Aesthetics
The search for the perfect body and the imposition of a beauty pattern through the fashion industry led thousands of women around the world to submit their bodies to unnecessary and risky surgical interventions. The psychological effects of these treatments are still a mystery.
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Excessocenus, 2016
Geologists are saying that we are already living in a new era on planet Earth called Anthropocenus. They say it was generated by the industrialized nations and their elites after turning Industry into the new engine that defines the whole planet´s dynamics.
Despite all the attention that the environment is getting lately, the truth is that an economic model based on the uncontrolled and abusive exploitation of natural resources and excessive consumption of manufactured goods is still being taken as an example for a prosperous future in most underdeveloped countries, despite its obvious failure.
After decades of historical exploitation by the official metropolis, Africa is now hopelessly embracing the remains of other´s mistakes becoming a target market for low quality and highly toxic products with hardly any planning made to manage the “after party”.
With this state of things we decided to approach all environmental issues as a whole, projecting what the challenges would be for the territories that are more exposed and less prepared for the consequences of this excess. We decided to visualize the effects of macro-economics into African micro-routines.
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