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Following an inspiring debut parade on 7th March, the Frome Youth Climate Action Group are taking to the streets again on Saturday 14th March - and they want you to join them. Set off from Victoria Park at 12pm, and march together to the Cheese & Grain, arriving at 1.30pm.
A powerful, creative call to action - raising awareness of over-consumption and the growing dangers of plastic pollution.
Join us to witness, support, and be inspired by Frome’s young people holding up our planet’s future.
Plastic Bones
The Youth Climate Action Groups handmade globe sculpture, created around a wicker structure, is covered with litter collected from local streets - symbolising the heavy burden of plastic pollution on our planet and the vital role of us all holding up its future.
This creative group started by looking at how much waste the world produces - around 400 million tons of plastic per year - roughly equal to the combined weight of all people on Earth - yet only about 10% of this plastic is recycled.
“When leaders become kids, kids become leaders. And we’re asking: what kind of world do we want to grow up into? ” Matilda - group member.
Plastic Bones is more than an artwork; it is a loud, uncomfortable statement about the crisis of overconsumption and plastic pollution. Crafted from plastic, cans, clothes, and discarded materials, the globe reflects the harsh realities discovered by the group in their own research: every year, 100 million animals die from plastic pollution, wildlife populations have plunged by around 60% in four decades, oceans are choking and our bodies are being polluted with millions of tons of plastic waste.
This sculpture, created in collaboration with local artist Julie Stark, embodies the urgent truth that the world is shaped by what we throw away - and by who chooses to bear that weight.
Past, Present and Future – In One Immersive Pop-up.
Quitely Radical
Frome Youth Climate Action Presents “Plastic Bones” – A Sculpture Calling for Urgent Climate Action
