Danish artist Thomas Dambo created "The Future Forest" in Mexico City, a forest made entirely of recycled plastic.
Danish artist Thomas Dambo created “The Future Forest” in Mexico City, a forest made entirely of plastic, to raise awareness of garbage and recycling issues.
Together with the pepenadores (garbage collectors), over 700 students, the children of an orphanage, some elderly people and more than 100 volunteers, in two months Thomas and his team have transformed 3 tons of plastic waste in a 500 m2 colorful forest with thousands of trees, plants, flowers and animals.
The work is intended as a dedication to those who collect waste, fundamental workers for the recycling process. Dambo stated:
Our planet is drowning in waste, especially that of consumer plastics. The only reason this isn't visible everywhere is the people who work hard every day to collect and sort our junk.
The artist told Lonely Planet:
I see my art as sustainable activism and a kind of campaign to change people's views on trash: from ugly, smelly and ugly, to fun, endearing and beautiful.
“The Future Forest” was created in 2018 as part of the FYJA flower festival and is located in the Chapultepec botanical garden.
The forest continues to grow thanks to children who build new flowers, plants and animals; in this way the message will spread even more.
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