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DN Special: 94 Elements
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The idea behind the project is really to go way beyond the sort of classical view of the periodic table which everyone remembers from the poster on the wall in their classroom at school
Mike Paterson’s 94 Elements is a multi-year, world-wide project which aims to explore the pertinent questions of consumption, sustainability and environment through the lens of the elements of the periodic table and in so doing, reveal the diverse ways in which we live our lives. Mike joins us to discuss the formation of 94 Elements and his plans for the future of the project.
Here are the first four 94 Elements films which take on Oxygen, Copper, Gadolinium and Germanium:
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