These two totems are located in a bakery cafe SEKS in Copenhagen (Krystalgade 6). Both totems are in conversation with each other, and are a visual representation of the carbon footprint of different actions related to romance and sex;
The turquoise totem demonstrates the carbon footprint of a round trip flight from Copenhagen to Ibiza (~ 600kg of Co2e in emissions).
Copenhagen to Ibiza
(~ 600kg of Co2e in emissions)
The second totem shows the carbon footprint of the activities 100 Copenhagen couples might do throughout a romantic day, or those that a single couple might do 100 times over the course of their relationship;
100 trips to Louisiana Museum by train
(220kg Co2e)
100 bottles of wine enjoyed together
(120 kg co2e)
100 loaves of bread eaten together
(64 kg co2e )
100 cigarettes (not encouraged)
( 0,3 kg co2e)
100 sessions of calories burned during average sexual intercourse
(64 kg co2e)
100 shared showers after sex (encouraged)
(90 kg co2e)
This totem shows how living romantically locally for 100 days is the equivalent footprint to a single flight, putting the romantic decisions of a couple into question when they have collective climate implications.
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