19.1.12

La muerte de la basura / The death of trash

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Noviembre en México es un mes muy colorido debido a la Fiesta del Día de Muertos (todos santos). Con este entorno cultural, el Papalote, Museo del Niño, montó una exposición que me pareció de lo más original y divertida, además de que propone la reflexión de los hábitos de consumo de los mexicanos. "La muerte de la basura" propone como idea central que la basura en un futuro dejará de serlo por varias razones; primero porque produciremos menos, segunda porque hallaremos mejores formas de reutilizarla y tercero porque seremos más efectivos reciclándola.

La ofrenda estuvo compuesta de obras realizadas con materiales de reúso: Cartones de cajas, textiles, botellas de pet, vidrio, latas de aluminio.

El Papalote siempre se ha distinguido por imprimir un sello lúdico a todas sus exhibiciones y ésta no fue la excepción. Con un marco cultural muy rico y bien aprovechado, todos los objetos que tuvieron cabida en la exposición fueron proyectos de reutilización de materiales que bien podríamos llevar a cabo en nuestras casas. Aunque presonalmente sigo pensando que es mejor tratar de producir menos basura, especialmente en una ciudad en la que se producen alrededor de 12,600 toneladas diarias de desechos sólidos, según datos de la Secretaría del Medio Ambiente del Distrito Federal.

La exposición estuvo montada del 26 de octubre al 30 de noviembre, acompañada de talleres de concientización ambiental y separación de basura para niños y adultos.



November is a very colorful month in Mexico due to the Day of the Dead Celebration (All saints day). With this cultural background, Papalote, the Children's Museum in Mexico city set up an exhibition that I thought was so original and fun, and that proposed re-thinking the consumption habits of the mexican people. "The Death of the trash" is based on the idea that trash in the future will be obsolete, first of all because we should produce less, second because we'll find better ways of reusing it and third because we'll be more effective recycling it.

The "ofrenda" (offering) was made up with nice pieces of art made out of reused materials: Cardboard boxes, textiles, PET bottles, glass, aluminium cans.

Papalote's trademark is to have a playful tone in all of their exhibitions, and this was no exception. With a very good used cultural excuse, every object that were shown there were reusing projects that we all can make at our homes, even though I personally agree more with the idea of producing less waste, especially in a city that produces around 12,600 tons of solid waste everyday, according to the Environmental Bureau of Mexico city's government.

The exhibition was shown from october 26th to november 30th, having also workshops and activities for educating in how to separate waste and environmental awareness, for children and adults.

Fotos/Pictures: Yénika Castillo

Translation of texts:

1. "Mictlantecuhtli, lord of the underworld, tired of seeing how we are wasting away our planet, is visiting us to communicate us that he finally received trash in his reign and that he will provide for it eternal rest. This god, bearing his highly valued garments, is leaving us a lot of examples of how we can transform what we use everyday."

2. "Offering dedicated to the death of trash: For sure you have noticed that or traditional offerings bring us close to the memory of our beloved ones. In them, we put objects and meals that our dead relatives used to enjoy, and that make it easier for them to visit us.

This year at Papalote, the Children's Museum, we have used objects made out of recyclable and reusable materials. We'd like to have those materials we usually throw away, back, so in the future, trash will only be a memory.

All the materials in products we use everyday are valuable, therefore we can extend their usable life and that way take a better care of our planet."

1 comentario:

  1. Me parece maravilloso este enfoque; en la educación ambiental se suele mostrar lo malo que será el mundo si seguimos así, es una forma de 'educar' que en realidad aleja a la gente. Mostrar lo bueno que puede ser todo al cambiar la forma de ver las cosas, al cambiar la forma de consumir y al cambiar la forma de vivir me parece muy acertado.

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