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New public art installation hides "climate monsters" in scenery viewfinders to surprise tourists outside Boston Children's Museum (baystatebanner.com)

submitted 2 months ago by ElfWord to c/boston

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Seems like a clever and quite positive way to raise awareness of how climate change will impact Boston.

“The idea was that this narrative about the climate monsters would be driven by kids, because their generation and future generations are the ones who will face the most volatile effects of climate change,” says Brophy. “It’s empowering them to approach this overwhelming problem from a new perspective, and to think about ways that they can write themselves into being the heroes of the story.”

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[–] borebore 1 points 2 months ago

I love the idea of this but I am a little confused by the metaphor. Who are the monsters in this? What does this actually teach kids about climate change? I'm not trying to be negative here I'm just a little confused.