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Sustainability Starts with Us

Make Your Mark Community Painting

Sustainability Starts with Us

Make Your Mark Community Painting

Celebrate the installation of Make Your Mark at the Hagginwood Community Center on September 13 at 3:30 p.m. RSVP link below.

The Office of Climate Action and Sustainability is pleased to announce that "Make Your Mark" will be installed at the Hagginwood Community Center (3271 Marysville Blvd), one of the locations where the painting was created.

All are invited to celebrate the installation of "Make Your Mark" on Friday, September 13 at 3:30 p.m. at Hagginwood Community Center. Light refreshments will be provided.

RSVP here.

"Make Your Mark" is a community art project aimed at promoting climate action in Sacramento. The Office of Climate Action and Sustainability -- under the guidance of Artist in Residence, Taner Pasamehmetoglu -- collaborated with community members on an abstract painting to demonstrate the collective effort sustainability requires from all of us.

Utilizing cool-colored, upcycled paints to symbolize actions that reduce heat and emissions, the project represented rapid extreme heat rise in Sacramento and empowered communities about the ways we can address extreme heat together.

Watch this time-lapse video to celebrate the energy and commitment of the Sacramento community!

Project impact

Around 100 Sacramento residents contributed to the painting! Everyone found unique ways to make their mark, combining fun and climate change conversations for all ages and backgrounds.

The community painting engaged with residents across North Sacramento (Hagginwood Spring Family Social), South Sacramento (Back to the Boulevard), and the Central City (ECOS Earth Day) April 2024.

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What do the painting colors represent?

The warm-colored base layer (reds, oranges, and yellows) represents extreme heat in our community. Participants painted over the warm colors with cool colors (blues, greens, grays), symbolically "cooling off" the extreme heat in our city. Each cool-colored paint bottle was paired with a tangible way Sacramento residents can reduce extreme heat.

Cool colors to key actions