A collaboration with environmental charity Project Zero has used rubbish from the oceans to create a fully recyclable Christmas lights spectacle.
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Carnaby Street will be one of the first London sites to turn on its Christmas lights tonight, in the world’s first renewable light show.
A collaboration with environmental charity Project Zero has used rubbish from the oceans to create a fully recyclable Christmas lights spectacle.
500 metres of bubble wrap, 100 litres of vegan paint and over 1,000 plastic bottles were used to create the piece.
The project includes models of jellyfish, dolphins and a five-metre whale that will blow bubbles at tonight’s event. All these features consist of recyclable ocean plastic. What’s more, the lights are all powered using renewable energy.
Why Carnaby Street?
“We didn’t decide to do Christmas lights and choose Carnaby Street. Carnaby Street invited Project Zero to be the subject of their annual Christmas lights,” said Project Zero Director Alexandra Richards.
“The Carnaby Christmas lights are one of the world’s most iconic Christmas light installations.”
As well as helping London crash into Christmas, Carnaby Street is also helping people donate to charity at the switch-on event.
“Project Zero has installed tap to donate stations around Carnaby for people to make donations to help us achieve the goal of protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030,” Ms Richards added.
A London tradition
London first used Christmas lights in 1954, both as a celebration and to make shops look less drab after the war. In 2019, shops still welcome the Christmas Lights and the message it provides.
Sally Collins, Assistant Manager at a Carnaby Street boutique, can’t wait for the lights to begin:
“We like to get dressed up in here, we’ve got our outfits planned… we’ll all be dressed up as mermaids and crabs and things.”
What happens in January?
After the lights go off in January, Project Zero will reuse the decorations at charity events and concerts. Their hope is that as well as starting off the festive season, their lights will encourage people to think about the environmental impact of their own Christmas.
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Carnaby Street will be one of the first London sites to turn on its Christmas lights tonight, in the world’s first renewable light show.
A collaboration with environmental charity Project Zero has used rubbish from the oceans to create a fully recyclable Christmas lights spectacle. 500m of bubble wrap, 100 litres of vegan paint and over 1,000 plastic bottles were used to create the piece.
The project includes models of jellyfish, dolphins and a 5m whale that will blow bubbles at tonight’s event. All these features consist of recyclable ocean plastic. What’s more, the lights are all powered using renewable energy.
Why Carnaby Street?
Project Zero Director Alexandra Richards said in a statement: ‘ We didn’t decide to do Christmas lights and choose Carnaby Street. Carnaby Street invited Project Zero to be the subject of their annual Christmas lights. The Carnaby Christmas lights are one of the world’s most iconic Christmas light installations.’
As well as helping London crash into Christmas, Carnaby Street is also helping people donate to charity at the switch-on event.
Alexandra Richards commented: ‘Project Zero has installed tap to donate stations around Carnaby for people to make donations to help us achieve the goal of protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030.’
Christmas Lights – a London tradition
London first used Christmas lights in 1954, both as a celebration and to make shops look less drab after the war. In 2019, shops still welcome the Christmas Lights and the message it provides.
Sally Collins, Assistant Manager at a Carnaby Street boutique, can’t wait for the lights to begin:
‘We like to get dressed up in here, we’ve got our outfits planned… we’ll all be dressed up as mermaids and crabs and things.’
What happens in January?
After the lights go off in January, Project Zero will reuse the decorations at charity events and concerts. Their hope is that as well as starting off the festive season, their lights will encourage people to think about the environmental impact of their own Christmas.
Carnaby Street will be one of the first London sites to turn on its Christmas lights tonight, in the world’s first renewable light show.
A collaboration with environmental charity Project Zero has used rubbish from the oceans to create a fully recyclable Christmas lights spectacle.
500 metres of bubble wrap, 100 litres of vegan paint and over 1,000 plastic bottles were used to create the piece.
The project includes models of jellyfish, dolphins and a five-metre whale that will blow bubbles at tonight’s event. All these features consist of recyclable ocean plastic. What’s more, the lights are all powered using renewable energy.
Why Carnaby Street?
“We didn’t decide to do Christmas lights and choose Carnaby Street. Carnaby Street invited Project Zero to be the subject of their annual Christmas lights,” said Project Zero Director Alexandra Richards.
“The Carnaby Christmas lights are one of the world’s most iconic Christmas light installations.”
As well as helping London crash into Christmas, Carnaby Street is also helping people donate to charity at the switch-on event.
“Project Zero has installed tap to donate stations around Carnaby for people to make donations to help us achieve the goal of protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030,” Ms Richards added.
A London tradition
London first used Christmas lights in 1954, both as a celebration and to make shops look less drab after the war. In 2019, shops still welcome the Christmas Lights and the message it provides.
Sally Collins, Assistant Manager at a Carnaby Street boutique, can’t wait for the lights to begin:
“We like to get dressed up in here, we’ve got our outfits planned… we’ll all be dressed up as mermaids and crabs and things.”
What happens in January?
After the lights go off in January, Project Zero will reuse the decorations at charity events and concerts. Their hope is that as well as starting off the festive season, their lights will encourage people to think about the environmental impact of their own Christmas.
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