{"id":91306,"date":"2018-04-18T10:49:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T08:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eeb.org\/?p=91306"},"modified":"2018-10-29T11:09:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T10:09:20","slug":"beach-artists-take-a-spectacular-stand-against-plastic-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/beach-artists-take-a-spectacular-stand-against-plastic-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach artists take a spectacular stand against plastic pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Artists have created enormous etchings on beaches across Europe during April to protest against plastic pollution.<\/p>\n<p>Tagged with the #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement hashtag, the works come in the run-up to Earth Day, 22 April, this year themed &#8216;end plastic pollution&#8217;. They were commissioned by the European Environmental Bureau and backed by national members in France, Spain, Portugal, the UK and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FEuropeanEnvironmentalBureau%2Fvideos%2F1720540564668654%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more details, images and video, click <a href=\"https:\/\/metamag.org\/2018\/04\/17\/arty-plastic-protests-set-to-spread-across-europe\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium_large wp-image-91308\" src=\"http:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Credit-Bill-Hunter11-1-768x431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Credit-Bill-Hunter11-1-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Credit-Bill-Hunter11-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Credit-Bill-Hunter11-1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Credit-Bill-Hunter11-1-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Credit-Bill-Hunter11-1-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Credit-Bill-Hunter11-1-134x75.jpg 134w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Credit-Bill-Hunter11-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium_large wp-image-91319\" src=\"http:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Spain-Marcelo-van-Es2-768x431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Spain-Marcelo-van-Es2-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Spain-Marcelo-van-Es2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Spain-Marcelo-van-Es2-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Spain-Marcelo-van-Es2-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Spain-Marcelo-van-Es2-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Spain-Marcelo-van-Es2-134x75.jpg 134w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Spain-Marcelo-van-Es2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium_large wp-image-91318\" src=\"http:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Spain-Marcelo-van-Es-768x431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Spain-Marcelo-van-Es-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Spain-Marcelo-van-Es-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Spain-Marcelo-van-Es-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Spain-Marcelo-van-Es-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Spain-Marcelo-van-Es-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Spain-Marcelo-van-Es-134x75.jpg 134w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Spain-Marcelo-van-Es.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arte_de_naturaleza\/\">Marcelo van Es<\/a> completed this work near the Spanish city of Cadiz on 15 April.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium_large wp-image-91317\" src=\"http:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Portugal-Jben2-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Portugal-Jben2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Portugal-Jben2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Portugal-Jben2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Portugal-Jben2-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Portugal-Jben2-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Portugal-Jben2-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Portugal-Jben2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium_large wp-image-91316\" src=\"http:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Portugal-Jben-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Portugal-Jben-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Portugal-Jben-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Portugal-Jben-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Portugal-Jben-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Portugal-Jben-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Portugal-Jben-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Portugal-Jben.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jbenart\/\">J.Ben<\/a> completed this work near the Portuguese city of Porto on 17 April<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large wp-image-91315\" src=\"http:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Germany-Tim-Hoekstra2-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Germany-Tim-Hoekstra2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Germany-Tim-Hoekstra2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Germany-Tim-Hoekstra2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Germany-Tim-Hoekstra2-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Germany-Tim-Hoekstra2-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Germany-Tim-Hoekstra2-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Germany-Tim-Hoekstra2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large wp-image-91314\" src=\"http:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Germany-Tim-Hoekstra-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Germany-Tim-Hoekstra-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Germany-Tim-Hoekstra-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Germany-Tim-Hoekstra-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Germany-Tim-Hoekstra-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Germany-Tim-Hoekstra-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Germany-Tim-Hoekstra-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-Germany-Tim-Hoekstra.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timhoekstra\/\">Tim Hoekstra<\/a> completed this work in Germany near the Danish border on 8 April<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large wp-image-91312\" src=\"http:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-France-Jben3-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-France-Jben3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-France-Jben3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-France-Jben3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-France-Jben3-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-France-Jben3-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-France-Jben3-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-France-Jben3.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium_large wp-image-91323\" src=\"http:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-France-Jben2-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-France-Jben2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-France-Jben2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-France-Jben2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-France-Jben2-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-France-Jben2-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-France-Jben2-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-France-Jben2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jbenart\/\">J.Ben<\/a> completed this work near the French town of Royan on 5 April<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium_large wp-image-91322\" src=\"http:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-England-Marc-Treanor2-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-England-Marc-Treanor2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-England-Marc-Treanor2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-England-Marc-Treanor2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-England-Marc-Treanor2-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-England-Marc-Treanor2-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-England-Marc-Treanor2-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-England-Marc-Treanor2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium_large wp-image-91321\" src=\"http:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-England-Marc-Treanor-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-England-Marc-Treanor-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-England-Marc-Treanor-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-England-Marc-Treanor-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-England-Marc-Treanor-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-England-Marc-Treanor-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-England-Marc-Treanor-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Plastic-protest-beach-art-England-Marc-Treanor.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\u00a0<em>Artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/marcturian\/\">Marc Treanor<\/a>\u00a0completed this work at Saunton Sand in the UK on 13 April<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more details, images and video, click <a href=\"https:\/\/metamag.org\/2018\/04\/17\/arty-plastic-protests-set-to-spread-across-europe\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artists have created enormous etchings on beaches across Europe during April to protest against plastic pollution. Tagged with the #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement hashtag, the works come in<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":91307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,137,139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-resource-efficiency","category-waste-recycling"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Credit-Bill-Hunter11.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}