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"At UK Youth Day in central London on 12 August, festival-goers arrived
carrying the one thing most events spend considerable effort trying to get rid
of: plastic waste.
Rather than buying a ticket, visitors to the event in Victoria Embankment
Gardens brought polypropylene and HDPE plastics, which were sorted and fed into
live recycling workshops. Organisers had three large bags of recyclable
material left by the end of the day, which will now be turned into an artwork
with advice from sculptor Zac Ové and unveiled at an exhibition and fundraiser
at October Gallery in September.
“I am a father, my son is four and I often think about what we are leaving
behind for him and his friends,” founder Darcy Thomas tells
Positive News.
“My son and I often take part and arrange community clean ups in our spare time
and it has changed how he views waste and his involvement in keeping our planet
clean, stewardship and taking action.”
For Thomas, the point was as much about changing the experience of
environmental action as collecting plastic. “I created ‘UK Youth Day’ because
young people shouldn’t just inherit the future, they should have the power to
shape it,” he says. “International Youth Day is the perfect moment to prove
that taking action on recycling and sustainability isn’t a chore; it’s a
community celebration, a creative release, and a direct way for our generation
to protect the places we love.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
