Jo Hanson’s dream come true
Following a 1989 state law requiring all jurisdictions in California to plan to divert from landfills at least 50% of their waste by the year 2000, Jo Hanson proposed an Artist in Residence program at the San Francisco dump. Jo died in March 2007, but the visionary program she founded and nurtured lives on. Judith Selby-Lang attended her funeral and wrote about her unusual burial. Hats off to a classy lady!
Click here for a video of the SF dump AIR program by Scott Hanshew.
Oh yeah, happy Year of the Rat.
photo of Jo Hanson Copyright 2007 Norcal Waste Systems Inc.
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