This striking mural was designed and painted by Exmouth artist Gary Cook aka Garf, and unveiled in August 2024.
The message of the mural is clear to see and is very thought-provoking.
A commission was launched in Exeter in July 2024 and the 28 submissions were shortlisted to five artists by a panel of stakeholders from local business, government, and arts and culture professionals.The artists prepared final proposals for the mural, and the public voted for Garf's art-work to be used to replace the previous aging mural behind Exeter Library.
The competition was initiated by Art Work Exeter in partnership with the University of Exeter Green Futures team and funded by the Knowledge E Foundation and was aimed at producing a new piece of street art in the city as legacy for the COP27 Climate Change Conference.The work is intended to be a representation of a positive future for Exeter and artists were asked to respond to the bilingual (English and Arabic) book We Still Have A Chance, which was published for COP 27. Over 150 climate scientists, health professionals, storytellers, artists, translators, and youth leaders from Exeter and Egypt took part in virtual creative writing workshops to co-create a unique collection of 12 short stories to unite us to imagine and forge a sustainable, healthier, and socially just world. You can read the stories and learn about the project and all the creative outputs here: 'We Still Have A Chance'.
To claim a find on this virtual cache you need to:
1. Post a photo on your found log taken in front of the mural to prove that you've visited it, showing either yourself - you don't need to show your face but you can if you'd like to - or a personal item or piece of paper showing your geocaching name.
2. Answer questions A and B and email or send a message with your answers via my profile on this cache page.:
A. What is the name of the first shop inside the alleyway to the right of the mural?
B. How many minutes does the signpost suggest it is from here to Exeter St David's Station?
In the spirit of Virtual Caches, if the correct answers to the questions are not recieved then the log may be deleted.
PLEASE NOTE there is another Virtual cache at almost the same spot as it was set by Polkygoblin when the previous mural was here, based on the Bideford Witches. That mural sadly disintegrated badly over the years so the new one has been put in its place. The coordinates for Virtual cache GC7B8XY now reflect the fact that the other murals in that Virtual are still present closeby.
Virtual Rewards 4.0 - 2024-2025
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between January 17, 2024 and January 17, 2025. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 4.0 on the Geocaching Blog.