Ben Jones Sustainable Design Project: Memorial for Extinct Species

Ben Jones, a graduate student in the Textile Design M.S. program, created a sustainable printing project in Print Design Studio I this semester.  His project is entitled "Memorial for Extinct Species".  He shared the following details:

Description: This t-shirt spreads awareness of the loss of biodiversity and species extinction due to industrialization and human carelessness. On the shirt is: Tecopa Pupfish (extinct due to habitat loss/ocean acidification), California Grizzly (extinct due to habitat loss), Passenger Pigeon (extinct from overbreeding and messed up genetics), Golden Toad (extinct from global warming and habitat loss), Viola Cryana (extinct due to people picking them and putting on kitchen table "over hunted"), Bali Tiger (extinct due to overhunting), Kokia Cookei (extinct from habitat loss/overdevelopment of buildings), Cyanea Superba (extinct due to habitat loss), Dusky Seaside Sparrow (extinct due to habitat loss), Newfoundland Wolf (extinct due to overhunting), Myrcia Skeldingii (extinct due to global warming and habitat loss)

Sustainable process:
-Designed digitally, without paper waste

 -Hand printed in an OSHA and EPA compliant, eco friendly,
environmentally responsible print shop with toxic free, soy based screen
printing inks

-Printed on 100% reclaimed and up-cycled textiles (Plain t-shirts
are donated/reclaimed from local thrift stores)

Ben participating in the Peoples Climate March in Philadelphia on April 29th.