Wildlife Conservation Curaçao Project #29101

Help Protect Endangered Sea Turtles in Curacao

by Friends of Sea Turtle Conservation Curacao

Project Report | May 31, 2019
Art for awareness installation in Sambil Mall

By Sabine Berendse | Founder

Turtle in the plastic ocean

On May 23rd the art installation "Our plastic ocean" was officially opened in Sambil Mall. Minister Koeiman of the labor department opened the installation together with Jayden Booi, a young STCC volunteer that helped with the creation of the Turtle Phenix, that rises out of the plastic.

The Thurtle Phenix is one part of the installation that consists of 4 parts. The first part is a photo/illustration wall which shows beautiful pictures of the different species of sea turtles that are found around Curacao. Pictures and illustrations were donated for this purpose by Dawn Witherington, Kostas Papafitsoros and Gail Johnson. The second part is a plastic curtain made out of bottle caps. These curtains were made by no less then 70 children. Behind the curtain is an colorful waal painting made by Claire Hol.

In the middle of the hallway there is a enclosement of 3m x 9m filled with blue and green plastic bottles, representing the ocean. In the ocean there are replica sea turtles and the Turtle Phenix.

The whole installation was created as a collaborative project by Sea Turtle Conservation Curacao and Green Phenix. The art installation aims to create more awareness about sea turtles and the threats of plastic pollution.

More than 100 people contributed to the installation and a lot of people came to the opening. It will remain in Sambil for at least 3 months and in this time period there will be an awareness campaign help that helps to link plastic consumption to pollution and conservation.

opening ceremony

Turtle Phenix, rising out of the plastic

Jayden Booi, one of the youth ambassadors

Minister Hensley Koeiman giving a speech

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