Since there are no official Earth Day events happening here in Olympia, WA, USA, Olympia Dumpster Divers will simply give a shout out to some of our favorite artists who do their recycled/upcycle/sustainable eco-art thing not just for Earth Day but all year long:

Regina Hackett beat Ruby Re-Usable to it when she posted an Earth Day Salute that included two of her heroes, Buster Simpson and Marita Dingus

Ruby would also like to include Ross Palmer Beecher and the late Meng Huang to that list of inspiring Pacific Northwest artists.

ODD Bil Fleming has constructed a large human powered kinetic sculpture from salvaged bike wheels, lumber, and plastic grocery bags. Entitled “What Goes Around, Comes Around,” it is the centerpiece of the Seattle Re-Store’s 6th Annual Recycled Art and Fashion Show at the New York Fashion Academy. Video of a similar but smaller project by Landfill Bil HERE

Speaking of the recycled art and fashion show, you can see more pics of the show HERE and HERE ; the Haute Trash Fashion Show this past Friday was, of course, TRASHTASTIC! There will be a closing party for the art show on Saturday, May 10, in conjunction with Ballard Art Walk.

The Bellingham Herald did a nice write up about one of the artists from this year’s ReStore show; read how Kuros Zahedi creates art from the trash he collects on the streets HERE

The Olympia spring Arts Walk is happening this Friday and Saturday, April 25 & 26, so ODD George the Junkileptic Kurzman, Steve “Second-hand Sid” Suski and Ruby Re-Usable aka Diane Kurzyna have art work at Olympia Salvage (George and Diane also have work in the ReStore show; more info about George HERE)

Check out Philadelphia Dumpster Diver Leo Sewell‘s found object assemblage sculptures

St. Louis artists Wiktor Szostalo and Agnieszka Gradzik do The Tree Hugger Project: ongoing environmental art designed to help us re-discover our relationship with nature at a very personal and intimate level

and remember, love your Mother: Make Earth Day Every Day!

love, etc Ruby