So someone sent me a link to this website today:

Running the numbers

The premise is that pictures are more powerful than numbers. We might hear that it takes 8 million trees each month to create all of our mail-order catalogs, but actually seeing a visual representation of the immensity of that number may make people think twice about a society of consumption and waste.

Here's a taste from the website:

Depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes.

Partial zoom.

Detail at actual size.

Apparently you can see the real thing at the Lintel Gallery in New York from June 14th through the end of July.

It makes me dizzy to look at the pictures.