Illegal Dumping
Gathered during travels to tipping sites around the desert, DEHSART’s collection of material samples demonstrates the variety and types of waste dumped in our environment. At DEHSART events, guests are invited to utilize the items in creating one of a kind art works through tracings and surface rubbings while considering the […]
Rubbing the Rubbish and Tracing the Trash
Trash in the desert is a broken record that continues to play out. Here is an article found in the archives of the Morongo Basin Historical Society describing the issue – 33 years ago – click on the image to enlarge.
Not a New Nuisance
These 16 types of waste are commonly dumped in the wrong place – our desert environment. In 2016, let’s resolve to recycle: Sofas Other Furniture Tires Mattresses Bags of Household Trash Paint Construction Materials Clothing Plastic Toys TVs Yard Waste Remodeling Debris Shoes Motor Oil Balloons Boats
Not-So-Sweet 16!
Abigail spoke up and the first community cleanup box has been installed adjacent to the vacant lots cleared of debris – all thanks to the Antelope Valley Illegal Dumping Task Force, Local Girl Scouts, Eastside High School Art Students and the City of Lancaster. We need your help to keep […]
First Community Cleanup Box Installed in Lancaster
The top #dehsart hashtag user during the month of October will win a one of a kind framed art piece and DEHSART swag bag! Celebrate the first DEHSART cleanup station box and inspire others by sharing your trash photos tagged #dehsart on Instagram! Simply follow these instructions: 1. […]
#DEHSART CONTEST
Keep our Desert Beautiful. A large-scale clean-up event took place yesterday – a team endeavor with the City of Lancaster and Waste Management. All was accomplished because of an account by a local junior girl scout at a DEHSART event – in attendance with her troop and first of 50 girls […]
One AV Girl Scout’s Voice Sends a Clean & Clear ...
Senior Girls Scouts of Los Angeles chapters helped build the first DEHSART Clean Up Station – an experimental initiative to inspire community clean-up action. The box is made of discarded wood and donated materials from Home Depot and Do It Best with hardware found and repurposed from an AV dumpsite. […]
Girl Scouts create the First DEHSART Clean-up Station
Karyl Newman gave a Take Action presentation to Los Angeles Area Girl Scouts to inspire them on their Journeys and help make an impact on our environment. Scouts were invited to help collect trash in their own neighborhood, report illegal dumping and bring a T-Shirt from home to customize with […]
LA Area Girl Scouts Learn About DEHSART
Today is @DEHSART’s two year anniversary on Instagram and the project has received another grant from the Antelope Valley Illegal Dumping Task Force! Celebrate by following @DEHSART on Instagram! Contribute by sharing your illegal […]
DEHSART receives 2015 grant from the Antelope Valley Illegal Dumping ...
On April 22, 2008, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors established an annual Green Leadership Award to showcase the diverse local achievements in protecting and improving our environment. Throughout Los Angeles County, residents, businesses, nonprofit organizations, community groups and cities develop and employ innovative strategies and initiatives to enhance […]
DEHSART honored as a finalist for the LA County Green ...
DEHSART created a Public Service Announcement based on the votes from our public engagement activity that asked you what message you wanted to emphasized to activate community involvement in illegal dumping. The community overwhelmingly decided REPORTING is the message that needs to be broadcast and encouraged in the region to […]
Dehsart’s Illegal Dumping PSA
DEHSART set up a booth at the CalRecycle Used Oil/Household Hazardous Waste Conference held October 28 – October 31, 2013 in Sacramento to share our artistic approach to recycling and reuse of materials. The pop up display was created using repurposed plastic bags and newspaper, and featured the public artwork […]
CalRecycle UO/HHW Conference in Sacramento
Yesterday at on a visit to El Mirage – this time via airplane – passed over the site of Intervention E.
An Aerial ViEw
DEHSART was featured in the Fall 2013 edition of the City of Palmdale’s news magazine program, Backdrop Palmdale, which airs every day on Palmdale Channel 27 on Time Warner Cable. Standing on site near Intervention A, we talked with Benjamin Lucha from Palmdale Public Works about the DEHSART project, re-framing […]
Backdrop Palmdale Fall 2013 brings sight to the environmental issues ...
Intervention D by a landslide! Thank you to everyone who participated. We’re off to the editing room to feature this slogan in our PSA.
The Votes have been counted! And the winner is…….
Did you vote yet? Discarding your broken camper in the desert equals fines of up to $3000. RVs and boats abound abandoned in our valley. These complex items can be a valuable tax deductible donation and can be restored or recycled into useful transport by charities.dbw.ca.gov. Action Donation in Southern […]
Intervention E – Vehicular Vistas
Vote for your favorite poster! Beautiful Barrel Springs and Joshua Ranch Trails were brought to our attention by many Palmdale residents as a site of investigation. Along the miles of paved and unpaved roads there are multiple areas of household trash, construction debris and green waste. The irony of […]
Intervention D – Construction Junction
Bulky items, those which can’t fit in a cart or weigh more than 100 pounds can be hauled away by appointment with a waste management service. The large fiberglass pieces we found were repurposed almost immediately by resourceful skateboarders looking to create a skate park of their own.
Intervention C – Bulky Item Re-Use
Let’s take a closer look at some of the discarded materials found at site B. Tires have a recyclable value as synthetic mulch for playgrounds As foundation structures for earthships http://earthship.com/ Greenwaste, yardwaste or landscaping cuttings can easily be used as firewood, compost material, garden fencing or plant support structures, […]
Intervention B – Tired of Yardwaste
DEHSART illuminates the material extent of illegal dumping, educates about environmental responsibility and re-frames refuse as a creative resource. Our first monument utilizes the abandoned items from a household. Please vote for your favorite message here, on our Facebook page, or in person at the AV Fair. Homestead members […]
Intervention A – Household Responsibility
Guest artist Kenny King. My first experience to the High Desert was in the mid 1970s with my mom & dad, and I wondered why someone would live here. A couple years later we moved to Desert View Highlands, west side of Palmdale. At the time it was small town […]
Progress?
Vote for entry #26! DEHSART created a “Report Illegal Dumping” jersey design for the City of Palmdale’s Race to Art challenge in conjunction with the Stage 3 start of the eight-day Amgen Tour of California–America’s largest international professional cycling race. The jersey was made using an artistic textile technique that uses […]
Amgen Race to Art Jersey
After finding a carcass and plenty of other bones in our trash scouts the silent issue of illegally dumped and abandoned animals plagues our desert. The issue generated some alarming testimonies on our facebook page. Readers reported finding horses tied to trees and two calves tied together and left to […]
