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The world's First E-Waste Art Installation Focuses on Right to Repair

Multimedia artist and activist Benjamin Von Wong is back with another incredible project to confront an environmental disaster. Earlier this year, Von Wong artfully exposed bitcoin’s negative impact on climate change, and now the artist is turning his creative energy toward electronic waste. Partnering with Arcadia Earth’s Toronto exhibit, Von Wong and a talented team, worked to create an art installation that will “make the boring topic of ‘Right to Repair’ a little more unforgettable,” the artist explains in a new blog post. Benjamin Von Wong succeeded there because the massive, interactive installation created using 5,000 pounds of e-waste is eye-catching and impossible to ignore. Von Wong and many essential volunteers, all of whom are listed on Von Wong’s website, sorted through 1,500 pounds of cables, 800 pounds of motherboards, 800 pounds of keyboards, 1,500 pounds of computers, and 800 pounds of household appliances they received from Uni-Recycle, an organization with locations worldwide that will recycle a person’s outdated electronics for free. Once sorted, the team broke pieces apart and constructed a design that could be pre-assembled, disassembled, transported, and re-installed on-site. David Lister from CNCcutting.ca and Von Wong’s friend and fabricator Dian Carlo played a vital role. https://petapixel.com/2023/11/20/the-worlds-first-e-waste-art-installation-focuses-on-right-to-repair/

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  • CHRIS NGATIA

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    Art can be used very majorly in advocating for climate

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    • Ann Nyambura

      62 w

      It's a powerful form of environmental activism, using visuals to tell a compelling story.

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      • Kevin

        63 w

        This is state of the art in all its right

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        • Princess

          62 w

          @Kevin true 👍

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        • johnte ndeto

          63 w

          Art on climate matters will play a major role in advocating for change and creating awareness

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          • We Don't Have Time

            63 w

            Dear Princess Your climate love has received over 50 agrees! We have reached out to Benjamin Von Wong by email and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! To reach more people and increase the chance of a response, click the Share button above to share the review on your social accounts. For every new member that joins We Don't Have Time from your network, we will plant a tree and attribute it to you! /Adam, We Don't Have Time

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            • Munene Mugambi

              63 w

              Art speaks to us all and in deferent ways. It is our sincere hope that this art brings forth change required

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              • rosebellendiritu

                63 w

                @munene_mugambi speaks to the soul too

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                • Princess

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                  @munene_mugambi May it indeed resonate with many and contribute to positive shifts in awareness and action.

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                  • Princess

                    63 w

                    @rosebellendiritu that's true. Art has a powerful ability to communicate and inspire change.

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                    • Jane Wangui

                      62 w

                      @princess_nel_268 art is also appealing to the eye hence attracting more people.

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                    • GOUTON Enagnon Expedit

                      63 w

                      Dear network, dear Actor of change" A young climate activist selected as a delegate from Benin for COY 18 calls on you for support for his Participation: He is in need of plane tickets and accommodation for Dubai. Hello dear sir 🙏 I am : Enagnon Expédit GOUTON a young climate and environment defender in Benin. Born on April 19, 2001 in the south of Benin in a small village near the second most fertile valley in the world, he holds a degree in Biosciences and Applications from the National School of Applied Biosciences and Biotechnologies (ENSBBA). Committed to SDGs 13 and 15 since 2020 upon entering the National University of Sciences and Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics, he is the central coordinator of his basic NGO, the NGO Save Our Planet in which he has developed resilient policies facing to the effects of climate change in central Benin, precisely in Dassa Zoumé, a generally hot area. Passionate about agro-ecology, he joined the applied ecology laboratory of the University of Abomey Calavi (UAC) at the faculty of agronomic sciences before being the head of the Africa green economy promotion center of JEVEV ONG (YOUTH NGOS AND GREEN JOBS FOR A GREEN ECONOMY). Currently Facilitator on the Zero Poaching of the African Lamentin project in the lower Ouémé valley, he is a member of the YOUNGO network and a volunteer at Ecoclimate Vision. Sweat for a Green World is now a delegate from Benin for the 18th UN Youth Conference on Climate Change. I am currently looking for sponsors for my participation in COY 18. This is certainly why I am joining you for a favorable follow-up. Please come with me 🙏WhatsApp:+229 51867084 G-mail : enangnonexpeditgouton@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/expedit.gouton

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                      • Princess

                        63 w

                        This innovative E-Waste Art Installation brilliantly spotlights the crucial Right to Repair, merging creativity with advocacy for sustainable and consumer-friendly practices. 💚

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