Wednesday, December 7, 2011

A TRULY GREEN CHRISTMAS: Culture in Action

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This is something that municipal councils EVERYWHERE should pay attention to – its CAN DO and culture in action.

For a third consecutive year the city of Kaunas, Lithuania approached artist Jolanta Šmidtienė to assist with their annual holiday decorating. Recognizing the city’s somewhat dire financial state the artist challenged herself to build something that wouldn’t rely on any administrative funds set aside for the event. 

JUST LOOK WHAT THEY GOT ... an enormous 13-meter tall Christmas tree made from nearly 40,000 recycled green bottles and zip ties. At night the tree is lit from the inside resulting in a glowing, translucent, emerald green spruce that’s already making headlines across the country – soon the around the world too you would hope

Wouldn't it be wonderful IF next Christmas, or for some other festival, YOUR local council facilitated something like this!!

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