On Wednesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association announced that it would close 4,213 square miles of Gulf of Mexico federal waters off the coast of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to royal red shrimping.The decision was made after …

Care2 Readers: A few weeks ago, I wrote about three orphaned grizzly bear cubs that had been rescued in Canada. The bears’ mother was shot and killed when she charged a conservation officer checking bear traps in the area. Many of you had questions a…

We often think of ocean pollution and whaling boats as some of the biggest threats to the planet’s whale populations, but the secret to saving these gentle giants might be found high above the waves.The South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) has…

The movie FLOW is an award-winning documentary about the political and environmental issues relating to the privatization of water. Grounded in the idea that access to clean water is a basic human right, the movie asks the question: “Can anyone really…

Just because it’s the holidays doesn’t mean we have to be wasteful as we celebrate.  Slate has a great hodgepodge of eco-friendly advise, ranging from whether to choose aluminum or plastic to wrap leftovers, or throwing out food versus using the …

Beat That If You Can! – “Slanted #12 – Women, Typography, Graphic Design” is a stage for extraordinary and intelligent projects by women. This is not a very special thing. For our focus on visual culture it’s all the same whether a (typo-) graphic work has been realized by a female or a male being. But it’s undeniable and strange that still only very few women are visible in graphic design (more) and typography (less). We want to contribute to more visibility for at least some female type and graphic designers – design by women is at least just as well. Beat That If You Can!

With great pleasure we present the work of Ariane Spanier (Berlin), Julia Born (Amsterdam) and Verena Gerlach (Berlin), the photographic essays “Brides of Krishna” by Kalpesh Lathigra (dmbmedia / London) and “Female Marines” from the archives of the U.S. Marine Corps as well as contemporary typefaces, illustrations and graphic projects by female designers. Type essays by Laure Boer (Berlin) and Gerda Breuer/Julia Meer (Wuppertal) are dealing with the role of women in graphic design and typography and outline a corresponding history. Numerous interviews with Verena Gerlach (Berlin), Ariane Spanier (Berlin, Nadine Chahine (Bad Homburg), Veronika Burian (Prag), Laura Worthington (Washington), Kapitza (London), Geneviève Gauckler (Paris), Esen Karol (Istanbul), Akiko Kanna (Tokyo) and Susanne Baer (Tokyo) as well as the second part of the Tokyo report by Ian Lynam (Tokyo), a musical travelogue and a paper report round up stuff to read.