In mid-May, I visited the National Geographic Museum to see the exhibit: Trash People. I took this photo. The red figure is completely crushed Coca-Cola cans. Read more about the exhibit.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/museum/exhibitions/trashPeople.html
1. Students in art courses can try their hand at creating trash art.
2. Everyone can keep a journal of all the trash they throw away. We’d all become more aware of the personal footprint we’re leaving on our planet.
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My daughter and I went to a workshop in Chicago one Saturday to learn about teaching strategies for environmental issues. Held at the Chicago Center for Green Technology, the daylong was a series of interactive and collaborative activities that modeled teachable activities for grade school students. But it was easily applicable to anyone else.
What my daughter and I developed from that day was a deeper appreciation for the three R’s of recycling – reducing, reusing and recycling. We began to incorporate leftover cardboard and plastic containers in presentation activities that she developed for assignments in her teaching classes.
Because Eric Carle is her idol, she made 3-D “very hungry caterpillars” from leftover toilet paper rolls that now can be used for pencil or notepaper holders. She was surprised that it was so sturdy. The idea was inspired from a craft book that I purchased at one of the fund-raising book sales at COD. Needless to say, the book stays open on her desk for further refuse projects.
Cathy
I love your and your daughter’s application of 3D, Cathy! What’s so wonderful is that all around us is “stuff” we perceive as “trash” that has many additional uses, if we take a bit of time to meditate on that “trash” to repurpose it.
Thanks!
Keep those ideas coming!
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