“Sometimes beauty can be a call to action. Here, the call to action is to follow some simple rules of planetary housekeeping, but in a larger sense the call to action is to follow the strange voices of inspiration, of compulsion, for the real opposite of beauty is indifference.”

For the past decade Judith Selby Lang and Richard Lang have collected over two tons of plastic trash from a single beach along Point Reyes National Seashore. By transforming plastic debris into works of art, the artists raise awareness of the sheer variety and ubiquity of plastic trash and its impact on delicate marine ecosystems.

More information about the Langs' work can be found on their website Beach Plastic and blog Plastic Forever.