Artist Statement

We chose to do our project on waste and how people can utilize it because this topic is actually very important to humans. Today we are living in a world with infinite demands and finite resources. The earth is a closed system and it is important for people to know that once we run out of resources, there is no where else to get what we need. We need to be smart now and start making Reduce, Reuse, Recycle a part of our everyday life. By doing so we will be able to preserve the resources we have longer. What we throw away is beneficial; it is just a matter of how we utilize it.

We also mention ways to start being beneficial. We talk about the incorporation of recycle bins and compost bins all around San Diego. An example would be the University of San Diego (USD). Even though they don’t have compost bins, they have recycle bins next to a majority of trashcans around campus. If places around San Diego took this initiative, then we could preserve so many resources because they will just keep getting re-used.

Our project is mainly going to be a flash based with some pictures and voiceovers. In our video we display interesting statistics that display the magnitude of how much we waste, that can actually be re-used.


Sources
HYPERLINK "http://www.cleanair.org/Waste/wasteFacts.html" http://www.cleanair.org/Waste/wasteFacts.html

HYPERLINK "http://www.kdheks.gov/kdsi/pg10_recycle_facts.html" http://www.kdheks.gov/kdsi/pg10_recycle_facts.html
HYPERLINK "http://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/Recycling_Statistics" http://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/Recycling_Statistics
HYPERLINK "http://sustainablog.org/2008/08/22/recycling-by-the-numbers-the-good-bad-and-ugly-of-statistics-and-comparisons/" http://sustainablog.org/2008/08/22/recycling-by-the-numbers-the-good-bad-and-ugly-of-statistics-and-comparisons/