debby lee cohen

artist - merging boundaries of media and design with climate smart policy

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CAFETERIA CULTURE'S GIant No-Styro Foam Puppets- from Earth Day 2012; as featured in TRUTH ATLAS, COMPELLING STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE CHANGING THE WROLD

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“Artists are always on the cutting edge of change, and I look at problem-solving not in a linear, by-the-book way, but through the lens of design,” she explains. “Making use of design thinking creates a whole system where you can engage the creative process while you’re figuring out how to problem-solve, or when you’re teaching kids and you want the lessons to stick.” - See more at: http://truthatlas.com/cafeteria-culture/#sthash.tO84xnMA.dpuf

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Urban Bush Women & National Song and Dance Theater of Mozambique,  Lincoln Center - 

Moth and Anhinga puppets by Debby Lee Cohen, Mia Kanazawa, Mark Kindschi.

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cafeteria culture: ARTS+ACTION - teaching 2nd graders about garbage and climate change.

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"ART ON HORSEBACK: American Indian Painted Parfleche" - pair of Northern Arapaho elliptical cases.

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Looking forward to foam clam shells becoming artifacts.

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"It would be irresponsible for the City Council to support the manufacture, use and industry-backed recycling scheme of a food container made with the carcinogenic chemical styrene, when there are plenty of affordable safe alternatives,” said Debby Lee Cohen, founder and director of Cafeteria Culture, just one of over 500 neighborhood/student groups that see the citywide restriction of Styrofoam sale as an improvement that puts public health and the environment first.

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NY1 News - CITY HALL RALLY to support FOAM BAN BILL; 11.25.13

Proponents say that Styrofoam is harmful to the environment and expensive to get rid of because the city can't recycle it.

"There are times when things are great, and at one time in our culture, polystyrene might have been something that we all thought was good, but it doesn't work anymore," said Debby Lee Cohen of Styrofoam Out of Schools. "It's outdated, and we know it doesn't fit into our infrastructure."

- See more at: http://bronx.ny1.com/content/politics/political_news/199291/council-hearing-held-on-foam-container-ban#sthash.LxrrIoVr.dpuf

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No-styro back-pack puppets- made by 5th graders at PS 221 in Crown Heights, 2013

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Urban Bush Women, "Shadow's Child" - Lincoln Center, 2002, backpack puppets Debby Lee Cohen, Mia Kanazawa, Mark Kindschi

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Make Change

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Life Changing Comment

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Aaliyah's sketch for Monster Message poster - ban styrofoam

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New bill passed in NYC (12.19.13), requiring restaurants to compost as soon as composting facilities are open. 

Landfilling one ton of food waste results in the equivalent greenhouse impact of commuting across the entire Eastern seaboard from New York City to Florida. - See more at: http://globalgreen.org/blogs/global/?p=7272#sthash.G4wkLJde.dpuf