{"id":460,"date":"2019-06-06T15:14:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T20:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/?p=460"},"modified":"2019-06-06T15:14:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T20:14:43","slug":"toronto-zoos-washed-ashore-exhibit-and-the-evolution-of-311","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/06\/toronto-zoos-washed-ashore-exhibit-and-the-evolution-of-311\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Zoo&#8217;s Washed Ashore Exhibit and the Evolution of 311"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Ward 24 Neighbours <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday May 21, 2019 the fifth meeting of the General\nGovernment and Licensing Committee started with a presentation on the Evolution\non 311 and Toronto At Your Services presented by Director of 311, Gary Yorke. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The presentation highlights the service&#8217;s collaborations,\npartnership and accomplishments along with planned projects for the future. The\npresentation can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/legdocs\/mmis\/2019\/gl\/bgrd\/backgroundfile-133345.pdf\">here.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> On Thursday May 26, 2019 I had the pleasure to attend the opening of the Washed Ashore \u2013 Art to Save the Sea exhibit at the Toronto Zoo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washed Ashore is a non-profit organization whose mission is to use the arts to educate a global audience about plastic population in oceans and waterways and to spark positive changes in consumer habits. This project began in 2010 to create artwork made completely from garbage collected from beaches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-461\" width=\"425\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image.png 336w, https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><figcaption>It was a pleasure to attend the exhibit opening with Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, Jo-Anne St. Godard, Hon. Rod Philips, Angela Hasteltine, Dolf DeJong, and Hon. Elizabeth Dowsdell. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A large marlin sculpture at the exhibit was displayed, made of plastic waste that has washed up on the shore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each year, sea birds, whales, seals, sea turtles and other marine\nlife die from ingesting or becoming entangled by plastic debris. Approximately\n300 million points of plastic is produce globally each year and less than 10\npercent of that is recycled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This exhibit educates the public about the negative and\ndevastating effects of plastic pollution and to spark positive changes in\nconsumer habits. This exhibit is a first for Canada and the City of Toronto is\ncommitted to promoting environmental and climate change policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re interested in how YOU can make a difference in your\nday-to-day life check out the Washed Ashore-Art To Save The Sea exhibit at the\nToronto Zoo from May 2019 to November 2019. Visit the 10 larger-than-life\nsculptures including an 8 foot tall penguin and a 12 foot high jelly fish and\nWashed Ashore&#8217;s newest, an 800 lb shark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Exhibit is free with Toronto Zoo admission.  Find more information <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontozoo.com\/washedashore\/\">here. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All my best, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Ward 24 Neighbours On Tuesday May 21, 2019 the fifth meeting of the General Government and Licensing Committee started with a presentation on the Evolution on 311 and Toronto At Your Services presented by Director of 311, Gary Yorke. The presentation highlights the service&#8217;s collaborations, partnership and accomplishments along with planned projects for the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/06\/toronto-zoos-washed-ashore-exhibit-and-the-evolution-of-311\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Toronto Zoo&#8217;s Washed Ashore Exhibit and the Evolution of 311&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions\/463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}