Pete The Plastic Pelican - Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
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DougK
N 32° 47.631 W 079° 52.981
17S E 604588 N 3628985
Pete The Pelican is a sculpture made from plastic debris collected from local waterways in 2011.
Waymark Code: WMKQE9
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2014
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Pete is a sculpture designed by Charleston County School of the Arts student Elsa Cline. SOA students gave a form an outer coating of marine debris.
The purpose of this project is to raise awareness of the ever-growing problem of marine debris, how this is affecting our waterways, the sea life that relies on our waterways and ultimately, ourselves.
“From Here to Sargasso”, is an initiative to educate through art. By using garbage to create something beautiful and draw attention to the challenges of discarded plastics in the ocean, we hope to change attitudes toward our throw-away society.