Avery the Giant Trash Bird, featured at Bioneers 2010 conference, from the 'Washed Ashore' Art Exhibit. Photo: Jaymi Heimbuch / flickr

By Jaymi Heimbuch in San Francisco, California
18 October 2010 Inspired by Chris Jordan’s photography of birds killed by ingesting plastic, Angela Haseltine Pozzi, artist and Executive Director of Artula Institute, came up with an idea that would put the problem of plastic pollution in perspective. Why not make the issue of birds killed by plastics as big in visibility as it is in importance. By working with a group of volunteers in Bandon, Oregon, Pozzi has created the massive bird shown off at Bioneers in the Bay Area of California, along with other art work created all from beach trash, from flip-flop foam remnants to bottles from the Beijing Olympics still washing up on western coastlines. …

Bioneers 2010: “Washed Ashore” Art Exhibit Explores Plastic Pollution with Giant Beach-Trash Bird