At The Guardhouse we were challenged by the extraordinary opportunity to mount an exhibit in a special place and engage with passersby of all stripes.
Although the time for our installation has concluded, as a repository for pics and posts we've established a blog where we’ll continue to fight the good fight.
https://guardhouse2023.wordpress.com/
A’ten hut!!!
In the altar alcove, David Best's Our Lady of the Harbor, is a memorial to a child who drowned in Papermill Creek and to all children whose lives have been cut short. A guiding light, the Virgin Mary statue stands tall as the Star of the Sea, guarding our planet waters from the plastic debris that imperils all.
We've created a blog where we post about our project at The Guardhouse, Fort Mason.
To keep up to date HERE.
With the Western Weekend parade on Sunday 6/4/23, World Environment Day on Monday 6//5/23 and World Oceans Day on Thursday 6/8/23, we are naming it World Week for all we have to celebrate about this World Planet. We're happy that there’s been lots of press about us and One Beach Plastic.
On Sunday June 4, it was a Trash Castle triumph as the team from EAC paraded down Main Street in PRS for Western Weekend. EAC posted pics on their Facebook and on Instagram.
By late afternoon the TC was right back in place on the corner of SFD and Lagunitas and was standing tall for World Environment Day - it’s on the map - the theme this year #BeatPlasticPollution.
Thanks to Cory van Gelder, our very local Stone Soup published her story about our story and our work with the Greenstichers. Our wedding photo on the cover and How Trash Became a Valley Love Story on pg 6.
Sharon McDonnell interviewed Richard for the summer issue of OnWisconsin his alumni magazine. It's just One Word: Plastics Go Badgers!!!
Marine Traffic in Athens, Greece is an international is a maritime analytics provider, which provides real-time information on the movements of ships and the current location of ships in harbors and ports. Their blog that keeps track of transport on land and sea stories for World Environment Day the blog highlighted us.
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Michael Cohen, Climate Coach columnist for the Washington Post wrote about his efforts to buy everything used - Why we should buy everything used. He was successful with most but lamented his inability to find a pair of used wet suit gloves. So Judith quick sent him a pic and a note about our collection of gloves.
Dear Michael,
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In Point Reyes Station, June 3-4, it was the 75th "Western Weekend" — a two-day village wide celebration of West Marin's rural roots. The parade kicked off with huge rounds of applause as the procession of fire engines and emergency vehicles along with the sheriff’s mounted posse on horse back passed by, lest we forget how much we appreciate their quick-to-the-rescue services. For rural roots, for the dairy cow gals, a massive pure bred no-bull bull strutted his stuff. We heard tell, worth $40,000! There were the stalwart non-profits folks who make this place better for all — Coastal Marin Fund, Lions Club, West Marin Community Services.
Thanks to Morgan Patton, executive director of the Environmental Action Committee, and a cadre of kids and adults our Trash Castle poles were marched down Main Street. What an art-in-action performance!
Everyone loves a parade!
Everything goes better with bagpipes!
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What a glorious finale to our Earth Day days —
We were with Grandson Reed and an energetic jumble (some 40) T-K (transitional kindergarten) and kindergarten cohorts assisted by 4th graders at Coleman School in San Rafael.
We brought a big bin of bright and colorful plastic that we poured on to the carpet. With no instruction needed, the kids knew just what to do. On a piece of tag board they arranged and rearranged the pieces until they got them just right, then we snapped a pic. Even at age 5-6 individual predilections were already apparent in their choices of color and composition.
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