Welsh police transform riot shields into greenhouses.

[Tanuki]

This reminded me of "beating swords into ploughshares"!

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-wales-57350010

..."PC Richard Thomas of South Wales Police came up with the idea when he was asked to dispose of a pile of old shields during lockdown - and he could not bear to see the non-recyclable plastics head to landfill.

About 200 shields have now been donated to schools and other organisations in the form of greenhouses.

Other forces are now in discussion about developing the idea to put to use in other ways in future.

Video by Nick Hartley"

[mopinko]

1. the starry plough flag-

looking for a clean link, but- https://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/the-starry-plough-flag/

this flag is based on that biblical verse. it's the flag of the irish citizens army.
i fly it proudly.

[Tanuki]

2. Mopinko, I think you were the one who posted a picture of a starry plough face mask

several months ago, if I remember correctly. I bought one as a Christmas present for one of my brothers!

☘ 🇮🇪 💚

[mopinko]

5. my fave mask.

mine is lost in a pile of dirty laundry somewhere. le sigh.
keeping track of the things was the hardest part for me.

[mopinko]

10. damn it. if it's irish, there's a rabbit hole.

thx for giving me a shove.

so, there are so many images of that flag, that i was having trouble finding one i could link to on this f'ing pad.
the link i grabbed was an irish studies page.
down i went.

it turns out that the green harp is the flag my actual ancestors flew.
my ggggreat uncle was michael dwyer. he was a leader of the 1798 irish rebellion.

turns out the fact that it predates the brits makes it a symbol of a united ireland.
it's why it's on everything.

https://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/the-green-harp-flag/

[krkaufman]

3. Not to be a downer... but...

> This reminded me of "beating swords into ploughshares"!

It’s not like this reflects any change in policy; they’re just getting new shields and didn’t want the old ones going to landfill.

[FailureToCommunicate]

4. "I've never been this close to police before" -little schoolgirl. Community outreach is...

always a good thing.

And, I build "up-cycled" greenhouses as a business, so I enjoyed this novel material re-use.

Thanks for the report Tanuki.

[mopinko]

6. hey, i want one.

srsly. sadly i'm in chicago.

[FailureToCommunicate]

7. Sorry. That's a bit too far for me.

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Though you may be able to find someone by looking for “traditional greenhouse builders”, or “solarium” or such.
We take down large steel glass houses and reuse the cypress bars and glass, and re-work them into antique sun rooms, solariums and Victorian style greenhouses.

[mopinko]

8. what i really want is a minibarn of recycled material.

that was the plan when i started my farm, but then i divorced the money man.

there are builders of such around here, it's just about money.

[Pinback]

9. Sounds cool! (nt)

[mopinko]

11. also- you are doin god's work.

not any god in particular, but...

i am a regular customer at a place that does deconstruction. the stuff i find....

[FailureToCommunicate]

12. Nice of you to say so. My father was a minister, and he didn't think I was doing

God's work...but he was fine with what I did for work.

One of my (five) brothers did go into the ministry, and Dad liked that.