Santa Fights Global Warming

Just for fun. It’s the holidays, after all.

100 Santas Made From 1,000 Tons of Sand in Indian Climate Protest

by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York on 12.28.09

Photo via the BBC

World renowned Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik is already well known for his work with Santa Claus–last year, he entered the Guinness Book of World Records for creating the largest ever ‘sand Santa’. This year, he’s using his talent and bolstered profile to highlight the growing challenges climate change is bringing to India–and to do so, he built over 100 Santas out of 1,000 tons of sand in the tourist town of Puri. And he broke another world record in the process: most Santas made of sand on a single beach ever. Photos after the jump.

Yours truly,
Isabella

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