happy new year

a very happy new year to everybody! have a good party!

happy holidays

Happy holidays to all of you. Peace!

trash travels/global garbage

Hi Sylvie, wie versprochen habe ich ein Foto mit einer internationalen Müllkollektion gemacht. Teilnehmer sind - neben Deutschland an erster Stelle - Dänemark, Schweden, Russland, Litauen, Polen, Großbritannien, Niederlande, Italien, USA, Südostasien. Mit Abstand am meisten findet man Lebensmittelverpackungen. Von der Milchtüte bis zum Bonbonpapier.

It is a collection of global trash in the baltic sea - from Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Latvija, Poland, - baltic states - but also from UK, Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, USA, and South Asia.
(Sylvie is a student and she is going to become a master of marine litter! Isn´t that great?)

beach kitsch

This weekend I have been busy. It is my tourist souvenir collection.

not enough

I should be doing more but I have an office job at the moment. I miss the beach.

old shoes

Old shoes from the beach of a greek island. They are fantastic, aren´t they? From the 50ies or 60ies?

beach polo

Usually our beach is very normal - that´s what I like. This weekend there has been a beach polo cup and a lot of Porsches for decoration. Decadent. But beautiful horses. A big beertent full of very expensive horses.

The cruiseliner season started and our little town will be wonderfully international for the next months.

still cold

It looks so warm but the wind is blowing from the baltic sea, which is 8°C cold. Brrrrh.

slowly starting season

The tourist season is starting slowly and I should be more busy. But first I need to earn a little money with another job.

hi Jasper

Hi Jasper, thank you so much for collecting this trash for me. In Denmark and Portugal. These are first scetches.

Gute Besserung für deinen Muskel!

ocean initatives

The meaning of marine debris, flotsam+jetsam has a totally new dimension when I look at the pictures from Japan. But nevertheless tomorrow the annual beach cleanup weekend from Surfrider Europe starts the season 2011. My favorite trashbeach has been "cultivated" with a tractor - all the trash is now beneath the sand. But there is still enough in the dunes for me to collect. http://www.surfrider.eu/

horrible

pure white plastic

I am sorry for my bad posting - my computer is derserting me step by step.
Happy 100th International Womens Day! There is still a lot to do.

Hamburg

I´ve been beachcombing with my nephew on the banks of the Alster which is in the centre of Hamburg. It looks like there is more "recreational" trash. No surprise.

My nice and nephew are wonderful assistants - this art project is a result of a game we used to play on the beach. We sort of developed it together.

clean up the world weekend 2010

The trash from the beach cleanup back in september. You will find the sand picture in an older post. This is the glued version. Sorry for a bad technical quality.

one of my favorite

A shoe, a thick cable, a piece of styro, plastic sheet, plastic piece, rope, a feather from a swan, dunes...

a little late ...

A little late - I know. But I wanted to give an impression. Meanwhile the beach is top cleaned up again. For days cleanup teams have been busy picking up the little red ones.