Immediate gratification, throw-away culture, and everything we want in single-use disposable packaging. Too much plastic and not enough fun? Car Culture, Climate Change and Community Disconnection got you down?
Do you feel disposable?
Trashlanteans know the feels... Deep in the ocean we developed the solution:
The solution to mental pollution: our homegrown restorative transportation festival and kinetic sculpture race around this fair town. And you have the opportunity to participate in so many fun ways, turning that waste into compost and up cycled shifts and giggles.
WE NEED HELP TO MANIFEST THIS YEARS EVENT
3 Solutions to fund the festival:
🐡 Make a solo monetary contribution OR run a sub-(marine) campaign to surface us with your team (we love teamwork like schools of fishes)
🐳 Get your organization to participate as a Sponsor - different reward levels get you street, web and/or porto publicity with paid for glory
🦑 In Kind Contributions (bring it!), EARLY Team Registrations for the Kinetic Sculpture Race and Bike Rally above the buried streams of Sebastopol and on our protected bike lanes, trails and residential streets.
Who are the Trashlanteans? Trashlanteans live in the Neopelagic zone beneath vast floating rafts of durable and buoyant plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
What is Trashlantis, Again? Trashlantis is an active-transport, zero-waste, leave no trace celebration of sustainability and community connection, featuring a bike rally through the streets and trails of Sebastopol, a Trashion Fashion show, live music and a vendor market featuring upcycled wares and tabling by local organizations creating a future that works for everyone. It's part bike rally, part kinetic sculpture race, art happening, trashion show, and a big part festival - complete with a bigger and better main stage sound system for 2026, a second stage and fashion runway, workshop space, zero waste educators, recycled art and plant vendors, delicious local food and drink, bike shows and demos, as well as more than a few surprises. Awards Ceremonies will follow the ride and trashion show, so there is opportunity to earn even more GLORY.
When is it? Saturday October 17 from 11am to 5pm. Set-up will be Friday the 16th, and tear-down Sunday the 18th.
Where does Trashlantis happen? Around the Community Center Youth Annex and Laguna Wetlands Park, Famously in the dirt lot roundabout for our Trashy 2 or more wheeled human powered hot laps, Start and Finish Line and Festival Park, and costumed bike rallies flowing around town, including over and along our buried creeks, on our questionable bike infrastructure, through beloved parks and back to our Festival grounds.
Above all, come to Trashlantis and be part of whatever we create together!
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Sponsor your very own plastic toilet for public use at the event. Your contribution will be very appreciated and you get publicity rights for hanging one 11"17" poster on the outside of the porto, one inside the door, as well as basic decorating rights (you remove after the event - Leave No Trace required).
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See all activity1Hungry Trashlanteans are coming to Sebastopol in October 2026 to continue to collect plastic discarded by thoughtless humans. Join them in this one-of-a-kind celebration! Trashlantis is an active-transport, zero-waste, leave no trace celebration of sustainability and community connection, featuring a bike rally through the streets and trails of Sebastopol, a Trashion Fashion show, live music and a vendor market featuring upcycled wares and tabling by local organizations creating a future that works for everyone.
Trashlanteans live in the Neopelagic zone beneath vast floating rafts of durable and buoyant plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. P art human, part fish and part garbage, Trashlanteans rely upon a steady stream of abandoned nets and floats to sustain their growing population. The rafts of plastic have been readily available - until now.
Suddenly, Drylanders are cleaning up the ocean. Trashlantean food forests are being pulled up onto barges as "garbage" and being hauled away.
Trashlanteans are starving. They are coming to Dryland, seeking the source of their lifegiving plastic.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Will I receive a tax receipt?
Yes - all contributions will receive a tax receipt.
- Can I contribute non-monetarily?
Yes! In-kind donations and volunteers are welcome. Email
- Can I bike to TrashLantis?
Yes! There will be plenty of bike parking.
- Who won the Trashlantis race in 2024?
Joe and Lori won with the Humboldt Pie Factory entry - Congratulations!
- Wait there is a race?
Well, it's more of a bike and Kinetic Sculpture Rally, accessible to all, on protected bike lanes, trails and residential streets of Sebastopol. But there are prizes for Art, Engineering and a Grand Prize.
- What were the numbers from 2024?
- Trashlantis by the Numbers
- Our final Budget was $17k. Nearly $12k remained here in West County
- About 400 people participated.
- We got some people out of their cars. Approximately 70 bikes were ridden to the event. Scout Troop 4 parked 52 bikes in our bike corral.
- Community Market reduced greenhouse gas emissions by skipping the food truck and selling cold vegan food. They sold over $3.4k of wraps, salads and muffins.
- 17 local or regional vendors offered upcycled sustainable, re-used, or repurposed items.
- 9 sculpture rally teams and over 100 people rode on our trails and in our bike lanes
- 5 letters of advocacy got mailed to state or local representatives
- Several last minute entries made for roughly one dozen Trashlantean Fashion Pageant contestants
- I’ve seen hundreds of photos and videos on social media, so the total number is likely in the thousands
- 600 pounds of debris got collected from our watersheds, displayed as art, and along with 8 cubic yards of materials from the festival it all got sorted into the correct waste recovery bins
- No calls to Police or Fire Departments.
- We left the venue cleaner than when we arrived.
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Sponsor your very own plastic toilet for public use at the event. Your contribution will be very appreciated and you get publicity rights for hanging one 11"17" poster on the outside of the porto, one inside the door, as well as basic decorating rights (you remove after the event - Leave No Trace required).
