community art projects by
eco art installations
More than 100 artists and local villagers joined together to upcycle
trash into an art installation at the Bamboo Centre in Auroville, India in
March 2014. The message
for the art installation was
“Trash is valuable - it’s treasure.”
In an effort to bring
awareness to waste created
by companies and people,
the collaborative art installation comprised of a giant bamboo geodesic dome, a kolam and a mandala of dancing children.
Shoes, telephones, clocks cans and tires were among the discarded items
that were transformed through upcycling to create the art installation.
The United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) estimates that less than 10 percent of
plastic produced is recycled and is lower in developing countries - leaving many communities across the
globe plagued with an overwhelming amount of nonbiodegradable waste.
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