Our Climate, Our Health

The climate crisis is a major interdisciplinary global challenge with severe impacts on human health. One primary reason people do not always act in the most environmentally conscious ways, particularly here in the U.S., is because they do not feel that climate change will negatively affect them personally, and thus do not fully comprehend the urgency of the crisis. This product aims to raise awareness of the severity of the human health impacts of climate change and motivate changes in everyday behavior that both increase environmental friendliness and are accessible to everyone.

Artist

Sarah Cao (2023)

A selection of infographics.

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Artist Lens

I created a collection of infographics and displayed them via the website. Infographics are one of the easiest ways to spread information, especially in the age of social media, where one can post an infographic on Facebook, Instagram, etc., for their followers to see. Websites on their own cannot be shared so quickly and directly, as they require people to navigate to links and explore an often-complex network of pages.

However, climate change and health is a huge topic, and audiences might be more curious about or influenced by different aspects of the issue. Covering all the key points in a single infographic could be overwhelming. So I formed a set of guiding questions (i.e., “What is the climate crisis?”, “Why is it happening?”, “Who are the most vulnerable?”) and created many different graphics to answer them. While the infographics could stand alone as campaign products, I wanted to give audiences the choice to consider them all together or select what they want to learn more about. I therefore organized them via a website, making the layout as straightforward as possible so users could easily navigate to their primary area(s) of interest. I provided the option to download the graphics to share with others or use in personal campaigns. 

Because a large portion of my intended message is that anyone can make a difference, I aimed to recommend relatively small changes and actions accessible to everyone. The intended target audience is the broader global community, and American audiences in particular. All the infographics raise awareness and inspire action, but some lean more toward campaign use, as they highlight important facts and figures motivating action without much additional text. Others are more text-heavy and might be better as educational infographics. Each graphic includes a line saying “visit ourclimate-ourhealth.weebly.com for more information and how you can help” as a call to action and so viewers would know where to find the rest of the infographics in this collection.

Media

Digital

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