“Waste Me Not” was a live installation that stretched over 30 days from earth hour to earth day in 2018. The installation was completed by Mariska Nell and Martia Peters, which represented two opposite people and the waste.

Mariska represented the average global citizen and created 2-3 kg of waste per day and adding it daily to her suit.

Marita represented a more environmentally conscious person that tried to use as little waste as possible and added her daily waste to her suit as well.

Over the course of the 30 days it became clear the differences between the two and at the end of the 30 days Mariska’s waste weighed 65kg and Marita’s only 4kg. This installation was a clear visual of how much waste the average person generated and if there was no away what our footprint would look like versus someone generating as little waste as possible.

Title: “Waste Me Not”

Medium: Mixed Medium (Recycled plastic, Upcycled curtains, waste, gowagon)

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About the author, Mariska

Hi and welcome! My name is Mariska. I am originally from South Africa, but now call the world my home. I am an artist, designer, environmentalist, podcast host and speaker.

I started the Mama Earth Talk podcast in 2018 to share some of the things that I learned about just how easy it can be to reduce your impact on the environment. This then quickly grew into a forum that showcases the amazing things that many people are doing to make the planet better, and further into a source of hope and inspiration for many. A few of the amazing guests include Zero Waste Queen, Bea Johnson, Claude Silver, Kathryn Kellogg and zero waste chef Max La Manna.

If you do not already I urge you to follow me and my journey on social media (@designbymariska), and to refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle and rot your own waste using the handy tips I post!