Refuse/re-seen Fiber Philadelphia
One of the favorite materials that comes into ZeroLandfill is fabric. The material comes in as 2″ x 2″ samples up to one yard sample cuts. Fabric goes back out into the community as quickly as it comes in a project sites door. So the question I have is “What are you creating with it?” Here is an opportunity to show it to larger community, in a venue during Fiber Philadelphia. Fiber Philadelphia is an international biennial and regional festival... Read More
Happy National Reuse Day
What, you haven’t heard?. Our friends at Reuse Alliance are petitioning the US Senate Committee on the Environment to designate October 20th as National Reuse Day. The purpose of National Reuse Day will be to promote the social, environmental and economic benefits of reuse and encourage more people to join the movement toward creating a cleaner environment and a greener economy. National Reuse Day will be the only nationally recognized day dedicated to encouraging Americans... Read More
Arts + Humanity Month
How are you acknowledging and celebrating Arts and Humanity month? Here is how ArtUSA describes it: National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM) is a coast-to-coast collective recognition of the importance of culture in America. It is designed to encourage all Americans to explore new facets of the arts and humanities in their lives, and to begin a lifelong habit of active participation in the arts and humanities. We are acknowledging the artists, crafters and educators that pass... Read More
Early Childhood Ed + ZeroLandfill
Spending time with early childhood educators is as fun as it sounds. How can it not be with so much play surrounding the learning. Barb Cicerchi welcomed me to her classroom at Tri-C West to talk to students in her Art in Early Childhood class. I told them the story of ZeroLandfill, sharing examples of the materials that they would find at a typical harvest. They looked at project examples from a ZeroLandfill(Ed) workshop that we did this spring for the pre-K teachers at... Read More
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