Photos by Katie Hyams 2008On 13th July 2008, 250 residents built a full-size whale from willow withies on Newington Green to launch our limited edition Newington Green cotton bag funded by Islington Council, and our first 'Plastic Bag Free Week.'
The whale was designed by sculptor Rupert Ackroyd, who with Ben Deakin oversaw the building by a team of six employees of the local Tesco store and 250 local residents.
Almost 2,000 willow withies, seven rolls of tape and over 250 lengths of wire were used to build the whale.
The willow was recycled by Islington Council and the lengths of wire donated to a local garden centre.
The whale was filled with plastic bags to show the damage the bags do to marine life, and was inspired by the wonderful postcard by Laszlo Dluhopolszky:
Over 1,000 residents have pledged to give up using plastic bags.
1 comment:
what a nice activity. It is great the people are trying differents thing to help nature. Also the picture is very descriptive. the whale with polluted water.
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