<h5>AWARENESS (art + participation)</h5>

Our International Plastic Quilt Project is a community art project of squares made from single-use plastic contributed by artists and students from around the country (view Map here).  Inspired by the massive success of the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, it promotes awareness and solutions to single-use disposable plastic items. Read more…

 

 

<h6>SOLUTIONS (make it easier to reduce & reuse)</h6>

In its infancy, our Yellow Shelf Project (so green it’s yellow!) can take any shape. To begin with: Home Cleaning Supplies and Personal Care Products — we pay too much for commercial cleaning products (even the green ones), both financially and environmentally with packaging and unnecessary chemicals. Learn more…

Viral Video Valentine

CHOKING HAZARD, a collaboration between Create Plenty and animator Joanna Priestley and co-sponsored by SCRAP and Surfrider Foundation, Portland Chapter, is a minute-long video that launched online on February 14th. The piece is described as a “whirlwind tour of best intentions gone awry in the recycling of plastic”. Read More…