Container gardening, Oaxaca style.
I chuckle every time I pass by this planter on the sidewalk of Calle Heroico Colegio Militar in Colonia Reforma.
Posts Tagged ‘recycling’
Reduce, reuse, recycle
Posted in Creativity, Environment, Flora, Gardens, tagged container garden, lavatory, Mexico, Oaxaca, photos, plants, popular travel destinations, recycling, sidewalk scenes, toilets on April 14, 2021| 2 Comments »
Recycling with heart
Posted in Creativity, Environment, Travel & Tourism, tagged artists taking action, climate action, environmentalism, hearts, Mexico, Oaxaca, photos, plastic recycling, recycling, saving the planet on December 18, 2019| 7 Comments »
In late October 2019, I stumbled on this installation on the Alcalá in front of Santo Domingo. The message on the heart to the left, in English read, “Knowledge of degradable and biodegradable garbage. I think and therefore recycle.” – Sandra Zárate Garcia
The message on the heart to the right declared, “Care of rivers and seas, ‘Caring for water with a heart.'” – Marcos Raúl Moreno Félix
And, it wasn’t just there. Hearts, enhanced by fifteen artists and waiting to be filled with recyclables, began cropping up in parks and public spaces throughout the city.
Yikes, could it be? Oaxaca is finally joining the world of recycling. ¡Qué milagro!
It is a project of the DIF, a governmental agency charged with strengthening and developing the welfare of the Mexican families
According to mayor Oswaldo García Jarquín, “this campaign is the beginning to truly become aware of the importance of caring for our environment; not because of a fashion, not because of a political vocation or sensitivity issue, but because it is an already indispensable issue and Oaxaca must be an example at the national level and worldwide.”
The President of the Consultative Council of the Municipal DIF, Patricia Benfield López, “recalled that, with this initiative, it helps reduce the amount of solid waste and encourage its use, since the resources obtained from the sale of waste will be invested in the manufacture and installation of more structures. While PET caps will be destined to associations dedicated to care for girls and boys with cancer.”
My favorite, by the painter, Noel Gómez Lorenzo, is in a very prominent spot on the zócalo. May the hearts of Oaxaca be filled each and every day!
Still life at CASA
Posted in Buildings, Creativity, Culture, Travel & Tourism, tagged bins, CASA, Centro de las Artes de San Agustín, Mexico, Oaxaca, photographs, photos, recycling, San Agustín Etla on April 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »
One of the stops while my gal pals were visiting two weeks ago was the Centro de las Artes de San Agustín (CASA), in San Agustín Etla. This re-imagined former textile factory is one of the most esthetically pleasing spaces I’ve ever experienced.
Even the recycling bins are exquisitely designed and placed!
A picture is worth 1000 words
Posted in Education, Environment, Signs, tagged environmentalism, Mexico, Oaxaca, photographs, photos, plastic recycling, popular travel destinations, recycling, street art, Teotitlán del Valle, wall art on May 18, 2013| 1 Comment »
Environmentalism comes to Mexico
Posted in Environment, Parks & Plazas, tagged automobile pollution, climate action, Coyoacán, Ecobici, environment, environmentalism, Llano Park, Mexico, Mexico City, Oaxaca, plastic recycling, recycling, waste container on February 10, 2012| 2 Comments »
The day before I went up to Mexico City last month, crossing Llano Park, I came across a newly installed waste container encouraging plastic recycling; courtesy of Tierra Sana, a company promoting and selling environmentally friendly products.
These baskets have cropped up in other parts of the city — this one in the plazuela next to Carmen Alto church. Please know, the trees will cry if you don’t recycle.
Once up in Mexico City, I noticed Occupy Coyoacán practiced recycling.
And then, we were all brought up short by this electric car…
These charging stations are not far from the Templo Mayor; an appropriate juxtaposition, I think. Automobile pollution can’t be good for the Great Temple.
Then there is bike-sharing — 1200 bikes at 90 Ecobici bike stations in Mexico’s capital city.
For more on Mexico City’s Green Plan, check out 10 Highlights of Mexico City’s Climate Action Program.
Recycling… official and unofficial
Posted in Environment, tagged Oaxaca, recycling, scavenging, Tree trimmers on April 8, 2011| 2 Comments »
Look up! Tree trimmers at work on the Alameda. Never fear, Protección Civil is on the job.
As are the recyclers… official and unofficial.
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