…it’s a major theme at Brazilian carnival.
Via PingMag – The Tokyo-based magazine about “Design and Making Things” comes this wonderful recap of Sao Paolo, Brazil’s just-ended carnival season. Season? According to Aroldo Cardoso Jr., who wrote the intro for PingMag‘s entry, planning and preparation for carnival starts in July. It’s more or less an 8-month obsession, sort of like pregnancy (minus one month).
Go read the entry, but here are some photos of costumes, as posted on PingMag, with eco-themes.
First up, wind turbines!
Next, Ethanol!
And Biodiesel!, which looks a lot like Ethanol, but that’s ok:
And finally, because other species are endangered and need a “voice,” there’s Coral Reefs!