Created as part of the Boston Algae project, this drawing uses visual storytelling to raise awareness of climate change and explore how we can respond. Set against Boston’s urban waterfront, it brings together the systems that produce and supply the city’s energy and the individual and collective responsibilities behind them.

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Waterfront energy facilities and ships reveal the energy networks that sustain the city. Alongside imported energy transported by sea, the drawing explores opportunities for renewable energy production through offshore and waterfront wind, solar, and wave power. It imagines the waterfront as both a gateway for energy imports and a productive landscape that contributes to a more sustainable urban future.

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The upper portion reinterprets the map of Hell from Dante’s Divine Comedy through the lens of climate change. Its circles are assigned to “The Indifferent,” “The Deniers,” “The Greedy,” “The Bystanders,” “The Over-Consumers,” “The Unaccountable,” and “The Maladaptive”—attitudes and behaviors that cause or intensify the climate crisis. From everyday habits such as wasting energy and neglecting recycling to corporate decisions that disregard environmental responsibility, these circles expose different forms of accountability.

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By juxtaposing this warning with the possibilities of renewable energy, the drawing asks what we must change to address the climate crisis. It suggests that transforming urban energy infrastructure must go hand in hand with changes in individual consumption, corporate responsibility, and collective awareness.