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"Team Work Makes The Dream Work"
In order to meet the goal of collecting thousands of plastic bags for Refoliation, I began connecting with local environmental organizations and calling for more interested volunteers.
That was how I met Global Villages (Beijing) and their university student volunteers (pictured here) who helped me with plastic bag collection efforts. The students’ primary focus was the Plastic Bag Reduction Network, which was lobbying government officials for a plastic bag ban.

Refoliation was an interactive artwork and storytelling project. When it premiered in August 2007, we handed out leaves to Burning Man participants, inviting them to “refoliate” the branches of our trees. That gave us a chance to talk about the plastic pollution pandemic and raise awareness of the issue, just as the street sweeps helped us explain the plastic problem in Beijing.


First, let me introduce myself. From 2007 -2017 I designed and produced eco-art activities in the USA and China. I am the co-creator of Greening the Beige, a non-profit volunteer network that promoted environmental awareness through art and community events.