A German man turns gumball machines into wildflower seed dispensers, hoping to help bees
, an organisation “that promotes sustainable beekeeping and other eco-friendly initiatives” as well as FINE Frankfurt Institute of Sustainable Development, “which created an educational component around the seed dispensers, dubbed ‘Bienenautomats’.”
“Everybody says it’s so easy to help,” says Tissot, 58. “For people my age, chewing gum machines are perfect to get us to take action because they remind us of our childhood,” as did the childhood connection to a famous German cartoon character, Maya the Bee. Each machine “takes up to five hours of restoration and refitting. He begins by paying painters to sand and repaint the machines yellow. He then hammers out dents, makes repairs and puts on water-resistant bee stickers. For many of the older machines, which came into use before euro was in circulation in 2002, he also reconfigures the coin slot to fit euro coins.”
“Small seeds can be an act of empowerment,” Schumann says. “You can make your small neighborhood aware and part of restoration.”
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