Climate Clock — Attraction in New York

Take this thing down. I have to look at it daily on my way to work. I care about the environment. I recycle and I don't drive. This thing is total "schlock activism". We are all very highly aware of the climate problem. It cannot be healthy to be blasted with the stats in your face daily in a way you cannot turn off that is very hard to avoid if you want to enjoy Union Square. The Doomsday Climate clock is massively misguided. Environmental awareness via constant burnout does not work. This piece also feels very shamey. Very self righteous and loudly performative... like most "activism" in any political direction. You can't solve climate change by making people feel awful. It's like that annoyingly churchy friend or perfect granola mom. Ick. Every time I see this thing I wish to burn some trash with leaded gasoline while clubbing a baby seal.

Who even are the people behind ClimateClock and where does their...

The Climate Clock melds art, science, technology, and grassroots organizing to get the world to #ActInTime.

The project is centered on a simple tool: a clock that counts down the critical time window to reach zero emissions (our “Deadline”), while tracking our progress on key solution pathways (“Lifelines”).

By showing us what we need to do by when, the Clock frames our critical mission — a rapid and just transition to a safe climate future — and puts it at the very forefront of our attention.

Since its famous launch in New York in September 2020, Climate Clock teams have sprung up across the world from Chiapas to Kazakhstan, from...

really a dumb clock counting down for the environment? SOOOOOOOOO lame, they need to take that clock down, yes I wanna drive and I recycle, but there are possibilities that some people will be mad and I might be married by then with kids, and my parents are few years away to their 60's, take...