Monthly Archives: December 2014

Painting Captures Carbon Emissions Threat to US Fishing and Seafood Industries & Congress’s Response

Michael Killen, America Artist  and Filmmaker, and former business think tank president said he made the ‘Don Quixote Meets Ocean Change’ (15 x 6 feet) painting that debuted at a US government agency recently,  to being attention to those who … Continue reading

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New Approach to Reduce Time it Takes Congress to Stop Carbon Emissions

Michael Killen,  who founded and ran a business think tank for over 30 years, and then became  an artist has identified a new approach that holds the promise of reducing the number of days, months or years that it will … Continue reading

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Michael Killen ‘s 2015 New Year Predictions Ocean Change, Congress Change & More

Michael Killen said that, in 2015, we will hear carbon emissions cause both climate and ocean change and they will eventually cause Congress Change. (He did not discuss what he’d say with USGS officials.) He also said we will continue to … Continue reading

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Artist & Filmmaker Calls for Ocean Change Narrative to Join Climate Change Narrative

Artist and filmmaker, Michael Killen, advised scientists that they’d should call what carbon emissions is doing to the chemical composition of the worlds’ oceans ‘Ocean Change.’ He said, “If you do that you’ll help create another narrative that will ‘call’ … Continue reading

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2nd US Government Agency Gives Silicon Valley Artist Opportunity to Speak at Its Event and Show Paintings

United States Geological Survey (USGS) joined NASA as second US Federal Agency to invite Silicon Valley artist Michael Killen, to share his thoughts that lead him to create paintings that include ‘Sustainability’, ‘Resilience of America’, ‘Climate Change for the Rest … Continue reading

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Thorium Alliance Displays Killen’s ‘Don Quixote Climate and Ocean Change’ Art at AGU 2014 Booth 2617

  The Silicon Valley Thorium Alliance is an organization that believes carbon emissions will have a greater and sooner negative impact on the oceans’ food chain than the IPCC believes.  (This organization’s research helped Michael Killen coin the term ‘ocean … Continue reading

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AGU 2014: Art that Raises Need to Replace Carbon Emissions Fuel

The Silicon Valley Thorium Alliance will display at their Booth 2617 Michael Killen’s large scale paintings: ‘Don Quixote Meets Ocean Change’ and ‘Don Quixote Joins in Battle to Fight Sea Level Rise.’ Booth painting help raise the level of discussion … Continue reading

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Michael Killen, Silicon Valley Artist Who Joined Don Quixote to Climate and Ocean Change, Will Speak at United States Geological Survey (USGS) “A World of Natural Hazards” Workshop, Menlo Park, California, December 12, 2014

Michael will share his views of the most important hazards of our time, what we need to do, why he joined Don Quixote to both climate and ocean change, and what new zeitgeists—management or environmental thoughts—we will hear about in … Continue reading

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US Gov to Display Painting Inspired by Carbon Emissions Threat to Ocean Food Chain

NASA Ames and Stanford’s Precourt Energy Efficiency Center and Woods Institute for Environmental Studies have usually been first to display Michael Killen’s new paintings that have included ‘Sustainablity’ (24 x 5 ft), ‘Resilience (of America)’ (24 x 5 ft), ‘Don … Continue reading

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Silicon Valley Artist Releases ‘Guernica, After Picasso’

Michael Killen, Silicon Valley Artist  maybe  best known, in the context of art,  for paintings ‘Sustainability’ and ‘Resilience of America’,  both (24 x 5 feet) and his Don Quixote Carbon Climate and Ocean Change Series of paintings.  All of these … Continue reading

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