Our first episode is a conversation with Kate Dodd, New Jersey-based artist who has created many large public art installations using repurposed materials. Listen in as we explore ideas about single-use plastic, waste, collaboration, and more.  

Links and additional resources from the episode: 

• Kate Dodd’s website
• NNC’s Perspectives: Art on Environment project
• Video of Insidious Plastics exhibit
• Beyond Plastics training
• Lehigh Valley businesses with refilleries and other zero-waste or plastic-free products (Please let us know if we missed a business that should be included here! [email protected]):
• FD Market | The Promenade Shops Center Valley, PA
• Nature’s Way Market | 143 Northampton St. Easton, PA 
• Verde | 267 E Broad St. Bethlehem, PA
• William Penn Elementary’s “Tray Trouble” Group
• Sign up for the CREATE Connections Newsletter
• More about the CREATE Connections Project

This podcast was prepared by the Nurture Nature Center under award NA23SEC0080002 from the Environmental Literacy Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA or the U.S. Department of Commerce.