Plastic was invented in 1907 by Leo Bakeland. Without a doubt, this invention has been a part of our daily lives for more than 100 years. It is just recently that we have been warned of the troubles we are bringing to our world with our not so responsible consumer habits towards plastic.
One of my favorite places, The Como Zoo, is having a very extraordinary art exhibition organized by Washed Ashore. This non-profit community, founded in 2010, aims at creating art to save the sea while teaching us about ocean stewardship, responsible consumer habits, and how every action counts to help save our seas.
I just visited the Como Zoo art exhibition and I was awed by the colorful, giant sea life sculptures made entirely of marine debris collected from beaches. Sadly, the sculptures graphically illustrated the plastic pollution found in our oceans and waterways. It was impossible to leave the exhibit not reflecting about our daily connection with plastic.
Kids of all ages will enjoy this exhibit. They will have fun recognizing plastic objects, as well as being educated about our trouble with plastic and ways to be responsible about plastic purchases.
Some of the pieces at Como Zoo and where to find them:
- Whale Tail Grace: In front of the Visitor Center
- Sea Jelly: Tropical Encounters
- Seal: In front of Blooming Butterflies
- Parrot Fish: Near the Bird Exhibit
- Sea Star: Backside of Gorilla Forest
- Whale Tail Hugo: By zebra and kudu
- Plastic Tribe: In the cats building
- Ocean Gyre: In Polar Bear Odyssey Building
- Bleached Coral Reef: In Aquatic Animal Building
- Wave Collages (3): Fern Room restroom lobby
The Washed Ashore exhibit is free and will run from June 23, 2018 through October 21, 2018.
If you go: Como Zoo, 1225 Estabrook Drive, Saint Paul, MN 55103
More information: The Como Zoo
How beautiful that they literally take garbage and make something beautiful out of it! So neat that you were able to see this and thanks for sharing
This is awesome! How did I not know about this!?