The Gulf oil disaster is but one example of the ways in which our fossil fuel economy is impacting the planet we call home. But the specter of global climate change is every bit as large a threat to sustaining life on Earth. Despite overwhelming evidence — species extinction and dwindling water supplies to mass migrations and mega-storms — the public is still unclear what climate change really means for them.

The CoolClimate Art Contest – the first online art contest exploring climate change in its many forms – addresses the problem of global climate change, and how it is impacting our lives and what can be done to ensure a sustainable future for all of Earth’s inhabitants.   Applicants are asked to produce a work of art that illustrates the human interaction with nature, to be judged by a panel of notable artists and activists, and can be eligible to be awarded prizes, to be featured on the Planet Green Planet100 show and to be displayed at key leader events nationwide on 10/10/10.

For more information, or to submit a piece of artwork, please visit:  http://www.coolclimate.deviantart.com/