Our Planet Week
Illustration event
Let's draw the change! 🖌
Our Planet Week is a non-profit illustration movement born in 2020 by the illustration Asia Orlando (@asiaorlando_) after a series of devastating events that took place during that year (i.e fire in the Amazon’s and Australia’s bushfires). The concept of this artistic challenge is to use "what we do best" to create environmental awareness and start an movement that will resonates each year. To reach more and more people and maybe, drive change.
Our Planet Week have partnered up with One Tree Planted, a non-profit organization that make it simple for anyone to act to the environment by planting trees. During the challenge dates, a tree is planted for every illustration posted with the hashtag #onetreeplanted. 🌳 One illustration = One tree planted 🌳
My entries for this challenge 🖌
Prompt #1: Protect
Among all the things I want to protect in this world, I think it's important to preserve trees ans especially their presence in big cities. Trees produce oxygen, clean the air and act as a natural air conditionner by reducing the ambient temperature and favoring a better ventilation!
Among all the things I want to protect in this world, I think it's important to preserve trees ans especially their presence in big cities. Trees produce oxygen, clean the air and act as a natural air conditionner by reducing the ambient temperature and favoring a better ventilation!
Trees help to protect and improve the soil structure and the water quality in the floor. Not to mention their therapeutic effect on one's mental state. Trees contribute to wellness!
This illutration is my way to show how grateful and respectful I am towads Nature. She heals and repairs where Human consumes and destroys. Breathing seems natural but it's truly a blessing.
Prompt #2: Energy
Saying that the previous generations used Earth's resources selfishly is a matter of fact. They built their societies on these limited and environmentally harmful resources without thinking about the consequences of their acts.
Saying that the previous generations used Earth's resources selfishly is a matter of fact. They built their societies on these limited and environmentally harmful resources without thinking about the consequences of their acts.
Saying that we need to drastically change our habits is also a matter of fact. If we want a future for our own's and the upcoming generations, it's not a matter of choice.
Some people gave up and prefer making dreams on Mars. I prefer putting my hopes in the future even if it's uncertain.
That's why I decided to create an ilustration full of hopes for this prompt
That's why I decided to create an ilustration full of hopes for this prompt
Prompt #3: Biodiversity
"Blessed" by "intelligence" and our predominant size, us, human beings, tend to forget how important plants world and animal world are for the biodiversity. Lacking humility towards these other forms of living being, would we perceive how much we need them if they were bigger?
As "intelligent beings", should we not play a bigger role to protect biodiversity instead of destroying it?
"Blessed" by "intelligence" and our predominant size, us, human beings, tend to forget how important plants world and animal world are for the biodiversity. Lacking humility towards these other forms of living being, would we perceive how much we need them if they were bigger?
As "intelligent beings", should we not play a bigger role to protect biodiversity instead of destroying it?
Prompt #4: Reuse&Reduce
My first idea was to bring awareness towards the textile industry and how serious wastage was. The researchs I've made led me to an essential question: "how was cotton fabric made?"
My first idea was to bring awareness towards the textile industry and how serious wastage was. The researchs I've made led me to an essential question: "how was cotton fabric made?"
To explain it shortly, cotton fabric is produced through two processes; raw cotton is turned into thread and thread is woven into fabric. During these processes, traceability of thread is difficult and there is huge chance the cotton threads used in the fabric come from forced labour or child labour in cotton fields.
Each year, hundred of billions m² of fabric are produced and dozen of billions m² are wasted during the creation of clothes.Let's not talk about how many of them are wasted if not sold...
Knowing all of these facts, I decided to pay tribute to these unknown hands that worked in cotton fields. The ones we forgot. The ones we pretend not to see.
Each year, hundred of billions m² of fabric are produced and dozen of billions m² are wasted during the creation of clothes.Let's not talk about how many of them are wasted if not sold...
Knowing all of these facts, I decided to pay tribute to these unknown hands that worked in cotton fields. The ones we forgot. The ones we pretend not to see.
Prompt #5: Voice
Saying we cannot change the past is a matter of fact. As individual, we can live with the thought that everything is over and that nothing will change. Or we can decide that our actions, even how little they are, will matter.
Saying we cannot change the past is a matter of fact. As individual, we can live with the thought that everything is over and that nothing will change. Or we can decide that our actions, even how little they are, will matter.
Saying we cannot change the past is a matter of fact. But we still can act and decide how our actions will lead to another future. We can build and repair because we are still alive. Where we're alive, Hope lies.
Be the impact 🖌
In the first two years of Our Planet Week, over 6 500 trees were planted, around 20 000 submissions and stories were shared. Never forget that alone our act matters. Together, it's bigger! Join the movement next year~
Year: March 2021
Illustration: Procreate