Vanity Fair Goes Green (and a Little Blue)

Vanity Fair's latest issue takes a fashionable look at the environmental crisis. As one might expect, the oceans do not receive the same coverage as green consumerism (though these two do come together with Chantecaille's Coral Collection; a portion of the proceeds benefit a research project examining global warming's effect on coral reefs [is there still some doubt as to what will happen?]). But there is a photo shoot with "The Minds Aquatic" that highlights a number of dedicated researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Instituition and at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography (Nancy Knowlton, Director for the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Oceanography at Scripps is looking kelp-covered and lovely on p. 247). And there is a section on eco-labeling (p. 205) that includes the Marine Stewarship Council. Maps by E.O. Wilson and team also convey--aesthetically-- complex environmental data (e.g., fuel imports) and it would be great to see one of these maps for fisheries imports and/or subsidies, if Dr. Wilson can find the time.

Sketchbook by Anita Kunz (p. 289)