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| Refus The Trigger Fish made of plastic garbage found in the ocean as part of the Washed Ashore art exhibit and environmental movement showcased at the Toronto Zoo.
Washed Ashore is a non-profit organization whose mission is to use the arts to educate a global audience about plastic pollution in oceans and waterways and to spark positive changes in consumer habits. Founder and Director, Angela Haseltine Pozzi, began this project in 2010 with the help of interns, apprentices, a small dedicated staff and thousands of community volunteers. Together, under Angela’s direction, they began creating artwork made completely from garbage collected from beaches. Now, over 18 tons of marine debris has been removed from beaches and processed into 60 works of art which travel the country to raise awareness and teach about the tragedy facing sea life in the world’s oceans. Every piece of plastic was once purchased by someone, discarded, became waterborne, and landed on a beach where someone else picked it up and made a difference. Please Remember Every Action Counts! |
Saturday, July 06, 2019
Washed Ashore
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...beautiful, but so sad!
ReplyDeleteIt's a very, very good idea to educate people about the pollution that plastic causes. Besides, it's beautiful this big fish.
ReplyDeleteThat fish is well made. Unfortunately at the expense of the fish who have died by plastic.
ReplyDeleteWe here in Tasmania don't use plastic bags, they were banned some years back.
Our oceans are polluted with plastic. We should stop using and discarding all this plastic. A talented sculpture created the great looking trigger fish.
ReplyDeleteWow, look at all that stuff! What a wonderful project. I've seen a few art pieces down here with the same theme. One of them talked of a very large floating island of debris somewhere out in the Pacific ocean.
ReplyDeleteIt's so sad knowing how these sculptures were created and where the materials came from.
ReplyDeleteThought provoking.
ReplyDeleteoh I definitely think every town should have something like this.
ReplyDeleteI saw the Washed Ashore exhibition at the Naples Zoo a few months ago. Very cool but also very alarming.
ReplyDeleteYes its a tragedy and a pity it is necessary to get attention to it.
ReplyDeleteIt is a shame that so much plastics are dumped in the seas.
ReplyDeleteThese sculptures are incredible Andy, it's just such a shame the garbage is in the ocean in the first place.. it's a start ✨
ReplyDeleteThese sculptures can't help but make people think. Good for the creators of these pieces.
ReplyDeleteWe need to stop with all the plastic.
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