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That's Bat-Tastic!
It’s that time of year when the pumpkins are carved, the witches are brewing, and the bats fly around at night. Actually, the bats are flying all the time around the world - helping our environment by eating up insects that attack food crops and forests, saving farmers and forest managers billions of dollars each year. But bats do more than that too. There are more than 1,400 species of bats—that’s almost 20 percent of all mammal species. About 70% of bats eat insects, and other bats eat pollen, nectar, or fruit—these bats are vital for pollinating flowers and spreading seeds that grow new plants and trees. So we are celebrating the bat and all they have to offer the planet with an art contest. The contest is open to students all over, and you could win your very own bat house. Who wouldn’t want to be neighbors with these high-flying mammals?
Lunch Time Crunch Time For The Planet
What you eat for lunch or don’t eat affects the planet.
According to the latest report issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system. Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years. Some of the changes already set in motion—such as continued sea level rise—are irreversible over hundreds to thousands of years.
However, solid and sustained reductions in carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and other greenhouse gases would limit climate change.
“Climate change is already affecting every region on Earth, in multiple ways. The changes we experience will increase with additional warming,” said IPCC Working Group I Co-Chair Panmao Zhai.
The report forecasts that in the coming decades, climate changes will increase in all regions. For 1.5°C of global warming, there will be increasing heat waves, longer warm seasons, and shorter cold seasons. At 2°C of global warming, heat extremes would more often reach critical tolerance thresholds for agriculture and health.
The report also shows that human actions still have the potential to determine the future course of climate. Now, what are your plans for lunch? Lunch?
In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that food reached landfills more than any other single material. When food goes to the landfill, it rots and produces methane – a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. We could reduce roughly 6%-8% of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions if we just stopped wasting food. Take our Lunch Food Waste Audit – it’s a two-week project that asks you to track your lunch waste and change some habits. Measure as best you can and take photos. Share your findings and share what you will do differently.
See how what you have for lunch does matter.
Plastic Free July Art Kits
There’s no plastic in this art kit! Swing by S.C.R.A.P. on Monday, July 26 for a free kit filled with scraps, strips and stuff (but again, no plastic). Kits are available curbside from 8 a.m. to noon.
¿Cuál es tu causa? What's your cause?
Make an impact. What do you care about? Air pollution, climate change, ocean plastics, saving the bees and/or all of the above and more? We invite you to share your artistic abilities and your cause.
Create an illustration, photo, drawing, painting, collage or graphic that shows how you will help and lead us to a better environment.
ENTERING IS EASY
Email a photo of your artwork and entry form/permission slip or mail your submission to S.C.R.A.P. Gallery, 31855 Date Palm Drive Ste. 3-110, Cathedral City, CA 92234.
Seed The Bees - Pollinator Week 2021
Practicing The Four R’s - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Responsibility, lessens the need to extract more resources from our planet. When we do that, we decrease our impact on the natural world – the world we all live in. We all need a clean and healthy environment to thrive – you, me, and the bees!
We are kicking off our Seed The Bees program and mobile seed library just in time to celebrate Pollinator Week, June 21-27, 2021. Drop by the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery on Monday, June 21 and pick up a Bee Happy Bag! Inside each bag is a pollinator wildflower seed packet and a DIY bee hotel project using upcycled materials.
It's In The Water
What’s floating around in the ocean isn’t just fish. Plastic is everywhere and we need to do something about it. We are hosting an exhibit called It’s In The Water and we are calling on you to help. What do you think we should do to help our oceans and how does that look? You can submit a drawing, a collage, or even a poem. You are the artist. Your artwork will be part of our Earth Day exhibit.
You can email your artwork to us at info@scrapgallery.org or mail it to us at 68743 Perez Road D-16, Cathedral City, CA 92234. We will premiere this exhibit on April 22, 2021 so the sooner we get the artwork, the better.
So dive in and start creating!
#BeetheChange
You can #BeetheChange around the world!
Pollinator populations are in decline. Pollution, the misuse of chemicals, disease, and climate change are all contributing to shrinking and shifting pollinator populations.
#BeetheChange by creating a poster that illustrates the importance of pollinators.
The Quest for Peace and Justice Exhibit
On January 18, 2021, we honor the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Also, on this National Day of Service, we realize the importance of working together, hand in hand, to make lives better in our communities, our country, and around the world.
In this effort, middle and high school students have created The Quest for Truth and Justice exhibition. For this exhibit, students were encouraged to reflect upon King's 1964 acceptance speech, "The Quest for Peace and Justice," as he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in America. Art is a powerful tool, and in the hands of these students, it expresses, educates, and reveals our shared struggles, hopes, and dreams.
How Much Waste Do You Generate?
Do you know how much trash you are making at home? Well, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average American generates 4.51 pounds of waste per day. Of that daily average, plastics are a rapidly growing segment of municipal solid waste (MSW). Think about all the wrap, containers, things and stuff that you toss around the house. So how much do you really generate? Let’s find out and let’s do something to lessen our impact.
We are asking you to join our Citizen Science project about trash and plastic waste by conducting a Household Waste Audit. It’s easy, albeit a little messy, but you can make a difference. Instructions and resources are right here. When you finish your audit, send us your data and let us know what you will do next to help the planet.
No Bake. No Sew. No Go.
Are you ready for winter break? We are. We have put together a special kit for families to take, make and create. Starting on Monday, December 21 we will have these FREE kits available for curbside pickups from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. as part of our Masked Monday program. Check back throughout the week for additional Home Free projects and special events.
Dive In With Us - H2O Today Tapestry Project
Do You Believe In Magic?
Well, we do believe in magic here at the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery because without the help of many elves, our work would not get done! To honor all those elves, we have created a special hands-on kit full of activities for you to take and make. It’s also filled with materials for you to reuse and repurpose (It’s kind of our thing here). So you can stop by S.C.R.A.P. Gallery every Monday from 8-noon or we have some other stops in Cathedral City including Nicolino’s Italian Restaurant and Tortillas. These kits are free and can be picked up curbside.
Things To Make Today!
How Does Monday Look For You?
Feeling A Little Batty?
Are you feeling a little batty? We are too, in the best way possible. We like bats and we are happy to celebrate Bat Week, October 24-31 by hosting an art contest. Get creative, resourceful and learn a little bit more about how our flying mammal friends help our environment.
Pick Up It Up For International Coastal Cleanup Month
For the month of September, people around the globe are joining together to bring awareness about ocean pollution and their picking that trash up too.
Even though you may not live close to a coastline, what you do with your trash has an effect, but you can do something about it from your own home. Join the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery as we partner with the 5 Gyres Ambassadors’ TrashBlitz. Do a Home Audit. It’s easy and it helps the 5 Gyres Institute fight ocean plastic pollution.
https://www.trashblitz.org/
This is SMART! Senior Makers + Art
Get ready for International Dot Day with this at-home art project!
