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NEWS: Mural reveals eco-anxiety (June 2021)

July 15th, 2021 · Comments Off on NEWS: Mural reveals eco-anxiety (June 2021)

At first glance, the brightly coloured mural in Karma Lane behind Palmerston Avenue appears to be a children’s project. But a closer look reveals it to be a Gen Z manifesto to eco-anxiety: a skull’s empty eyes gaze in terror as the earth is engulfed in flames, a larger-than-life thermometer glows red, and a plastic cup bobs in the ocean waves. “I’m so scared,” are the only words.

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