Description
The expression Elephant in the Room is used as a starting point to research the biodiversity crisis and how humans are its drivers, which means that humans are the problem that must be addressed. Today we are facing the biggest mass extinction since the dinosaurs directly from human activities. The present research focuses on two topics, biodiversity hotspots and the impact of ongoing urbanization. Many big cities are built on vastly rich natural land, and our way of life dramatically impacts them while simultaneously creating distance between humans and nature. At the end of the research, the GCSD students developed an artistic concept and presented it at a rally in Vienna’s city centre to address the topics.
