It’s that fantastic, plastic time of year – and now we can’t recycle it | Jess Harwood

Jess Harwood

Friday, 30 Dec 2022

Everything is plastic, or it’s wrapped in plastic!

Jess Harwood is a comic artist and climate campaigner living on Gadigal land. She is on Instagram @jessharwoodart

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Jess Harwood

Jess Harwood is a comic artist and climate campaigner living on Gadigal land. She's a fan of gum blossoms, drawing in pubs, kindness and samosas.

Jess Harwood

Friday, 30 Dec 2022

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