At these sites, mammoths were not extinct — they were the main prey of Gravettian hunters (circa 27,000–24,000 years ago). So in a deep-time sense, mammoths are very much present in Czech soil.

is the 149th episode, launched in early March 2024. Its headline theme – “Mammoths Are Not Extinct Yet…” – was inspired by a quirky combination of two things:

A team from Charles University’s Department of Environmental Sciences is already drafting a paper titled “Public Art as Climate‑Change Pedagogy: The Case of CzechStreets E149.” They’ll be measuring how long‑term exposure to the installations influences attitudes toward sustainable behaviour.