Talkin’ Trash with the Trash Falcons

What do a remote control alligator head, teeth, Michael Jackson’s skateboard, one half of a hundred dollar bill, one half of one pair of the Assistant Vice Principal’s glasses, the trash diamond, and Samuel Merrit’s last breath have in commomn? They are all part of the collection of the Trash Falcons Trash Museum of Trash (TFTMoT).

Join Trash Falcons co-founders Dana Berry (Vulture) and Richard Shirk (Magpie), along with Trash Falcons Trash Museum of Trash Chief Curator Rachel Beth Egenhoefer (Egret) to celebrate the launch of the museum’s 162-page masterpiece catalog. In coordination with SF Climate Week and in celebration of Earth Day, this event features a panel discussion on how neighborhood conservation can build community through magical adventures and whimsical humor, a curatorial overview of the collection, a book signing, and a custom “Lake Water” cocktail.

Trash Falcons were founded in the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to get people outside and doing something worthwhile. Since the summer of 2020, the group has brought hope, humor, and clean sidewalks to the Adams Point Neighborhood. With positivity, creativity, and joy, the group has removed 10+ tons of garbage from Lake Merritt, Lakeside Park, Adams Point, the Grand Avenue Business Corridor, and surrounding environs while building connections and stewardship. The Trash Falcons Trash Museum of Trash (TFTMoT) features amazing and questionably historic items found on weekly Trash Falcons missions, documenting and displaying the hidden (perhaps hypothetical) stories in Oakland's found trash.

Dana Berry (Vulture) and Richard Shirk (Magpie) are the Co-Founders of Trash Falcons. When not Falconing, Dana Berry is a writer/producer with Box of Earth Films. Richard Shirk is a filmmaker, screenwriter, musician, and all-around coffee-drinking-cat-snuggling Flaneur. His career has included stints in punk rock bands, at classical music labels, and on set for films including cult-fav Coraline. He is currently studying screenplay in the UCLA professional program when not bagging ooey-gooey finds with Trash Falcons and making educational films.

Rachel Beth Egenhoefer (Egret) is the Chief Curator of the Trash Falcons Trash Museum of Trash (TFTMoT). She is also a fulltime Professor of Design & Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco, affiliate faculty in Design Strategy at the Presidio Graduate School, editor of the Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Design, a consultant on design strategy and systems thinking, as well as a friend, neighbor, and mother of 2 small humans and a large white fluffy dog.

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