A Bird Made Out of Coke Cans?!

Holy Name Convent student Aimee Ghent uses coco cola cans to create a Scarlet Ibis bird. PHOTO: BRIAN NG FATT

You’re looking at one of the most imaginative recycling projects Earth Preservers has seen recently.

Made by a student in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, this Scarlet Ibis bird was made out of pieces of Coca Cola cans.

If you had a bunch of old Coke cans lying around -- and you probably do, somewhere -- what would you make out of them?

This is the Face of a Forest Spirit Carved Into Tree Stump

We’ve seen some wild examples of environmental art, but this may take the cake.

You’re looking at an artist’s representation of a tree spirit. Fittingly, it was carved into a tree stump on St. Simon’s Island off the coast of the US state of Georgia.

The artist, Keith Jennings, was commissioned to carve 20 such spirits, taking the form of human faces.

What do you think? Has he captured tree spirits’ other worldliness?

You’re Looking at a ‘Mural’ Made from Plastic Bottles -- You Can Make One Too!

Got a chain link fence at your school? Then you’re in luck. 

This is a picture of a mural made from recycled plastic bottles stuck into a chain link fence. Making a recycled plastic outdoor mural is a great way to demonstrate the importance of recycling to everyone in your school and community.

Greece is a country in Southeast EuropeThe mural in the picture was made entirely from old plastic water bottles. It was put together by the community in Greece with the help of an architectural firm called Kollektivemind.

Depending on how you want your outdoor plastic-bottle mural to look, you may need to paint the bottles first, but that’s up to you.

The really cool thing about creating art (or clothing) from recycled materials is that you can do whatever you want to!

The Perfect Art Class Project!

If you’re an artist, or just taking an art class in school, here’s a simple kind of project that can really make you stand out. It’s eco-art showcased as a stop-motion video. Just add music and you’ve got a multi-media project that other kids will remember. You should show this video, which was done by a student, to your teacher and media center specialists. With their help you can become the first school in your district to use this innovative approach to art and environmental learning!

Kids Show How They’re “Connected” to Nature

Chloe L., Gr 1 Roots and Wings Montessori

Here are some of the winning entries from a student art contest where kids had to show they are “connected to nature.’ It was sponsored by Canada’s TD Friends of the Environment Foundation. Which is your favorite? We kind of think the yellow bumblebee is the best. Would you believe it was done by a first grader?