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The fine art of dumpster diving

Thomas Dambo · TED

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About

What’s the most impressive thing you could make from trash—a pencil holder, perhaps an eccentric piece of home decor? In this offbeat talk, dumpster diver and artist Thomas Dambo reveals the gigantic trash trolls he has hidden across the Earth’s forests. And they have something to say about our wasteful habits: “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure."

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxFargo
Speaker
Thomas Dambo
Year
2023
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Earth and environment, Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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