UNLESS by artist Stephanie Cardon was a vibrant floor-to-ceiling installation produced by Now + There and commissioned by Boston Properties. The artwork filled the main entryway of the Prudential Center in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood and was on view September through December 2018. A 3,400-square-foot contemporary tapestry, UNLESS explored sustainability, climate justice, and how taking action together can create positive change. UNLESS was made of repurposed orange and blue construction debris netting, 50% of which was upcycled directly from Boston-area construction sites. The tapestry was embroidered with text from Pope Francis’ Encyclical letter "Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home," a 2015 call urging unified global action towards climate justice as an ethical imperative. Cardon employed 30 community makers to assist in the creation of UNLESS. Many who worked alongside the artist were Puerto Ricans displaced by 2017’s Hurricane Maria, and all makers were paid fair wages. Through a partnership with Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA), a Puerto Rican community organizing and housing justice organization based in Boston’s South End, residents of IBA’s Villa Victoria affordable housing community helped embroider and repair the tapestry of UNLESS. Cardon also employed Massachusetts College of Art and Design students from Puerto Rico. When installed, UNLESS engaged the mall’s over 80,000 daily visitors with a vibrant visual reminiscent of both stained glass windows and of banner drop tactics used by many activist groups. The artwork also incorporated a custom text-message action and engagement program as well as a series of free public tote bag fabrication workshops in the Prudential Center, upcycling leftover tapestry from the project’s creation. In its fabrication and installation, UNLESS reminded us that those worst impacted by climate change are those least responsible for the problems we face, imploring us to consider environmentally conscious approaches to our day-to-day urban lives.