About
Using art and imagination as a powerful language to educate and inspire change from overconsumption to conservation and earth stewardship.
Our Mission
The Problem
The USA only accounts for
4 %
of the planet’s garbage
Every American generates an average of
1,700
POUNDS
OF GARBAGE A YEAR!
That's about
239
MILLION TONS
every year that we throw away.
of the world population
yet it generates
12 %
As stated by the National Resources Defense Fund: According to a new report from Verisk Maplecroft, a global risk-assessment and consulting firm, the United States accounts for only about 4 percent of the world’s population yet generates 12 percent of the planet’s municipal solid waste (MSW), better known as garbage. Each American produces more than 1,700 pounds of it a year, the report’s authors found, adding up to 239 million tons annually. By population, Americans produce the most waste in the entire world.
We throw it AWAY … but there is no AWAY!
Out of sight out of mind?
Trash is filling up the earth and ocean.
Approximately 8% of all plastic consumed worldwide is actually recycled, most of it becomes trash.
