tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11289740209431818882024-03-13T19:08:23.760+05:30lessplasticmorelifelessplasticmorelife is more than a blog's name. it's a mission that this blog hopes to achieve by raising awareness about the curse of the plastic bag, and hopefully reduce, if not ban, its usage the world over. for the benefit of many.lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-75046805284122752452011-06-30T05:34:00.002+05:302011-06-30T05:36:56.942+05:30Beth Terry - Living Plastic Free<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3JXWRVrFiKs?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />Can you be <a href="http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2374">Beth Terry</a>? Challenge yourself!!!lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-91257626236014267032011-06-30T05:29:00.000+05:302011-06-30T05:31:07.795+05:30Story of a Plastic Bag.....<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YDBtCb61Sd4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-45003308263225762372011-06-30T05:22:00.001+05:302011-06-30T05:25:10.276+05:30Disposability Conciousness<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/72Z2wmgLiTc?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Reduce your material consumption: reduce plastic usage and waste.lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-89791386452910542382011-05-06T05:03:00.001+05:302011-05-06T05:05:39.109+05:30One Plastic Beach<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/18672227?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br />Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang have been collecting plastic debris off one beach in Northern California for over ten years. Each piece of plastic Richard and Judith pick up comes back to their house, where it gets cleaned, categorized and stored before being used for their art. The couple make sculptures, prints, jewelry and installations with the plastic they find washed up, raising a deeper concern with the problem of plastic pollution in our seas.<br /><br />To learn more about their work, visit:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.beachplastic.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">beachplastic.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.plasticforever.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">plasticforever.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />and to learn more about the Gyre:<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch</a>lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-23320291602241591552011-04-19T21:37:00.006+05:302011-04-19T21:55:15.333+05:30Our 'Toxic' Love-Hate Relationship With Plastics<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.npr.org/2011/04/19/135245835/our-toxic-love-hate-relationship-with-plastics"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 302px;" src="http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2011/04/08/plastic.freinkel1_custom.jpg?t=1302291544&s=12" alt="" border="0" /></a>Freinkel's new book, <em>Plastic, A Toxic Love Story</em> chronicles the rise of plastic in consumer culture, and its effects on the environment and our health. She notes that plastics have had enormously beneficial impacts — like making blood transfusions safe and common. But scientists are now also finding that phthalate chemicals from IV bags and other plastics are leaching into the fluids we take into our bodies, and the effects of that are just now being understood.<br /><br /><br />Read more about what Freinkel has to say and hear her interview on <a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/04/19/135245835/our-toxic-love-hate-relationship-with-plastics">National Public Radio</a>.lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-51209734498606413212011-03-22T21:49:00.004+05:302011-03-22T22:01:34.180+05:30Plastic ChallengeWe know that plastics are baaaaddd. So challenge yourself to go plastic free! Visit <a href="http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/">myplasticfreelife.com</a> and be inspired to live plastic free (atleast to the extent you can!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3b28aTA2rwg/TYjO1ewXe3I/AAAAAAAAAH4/0yYRR658408/s1600/FPF_header_graph_background4.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 132px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3b28aTA2rwg/TYjO1ewXe3I/AAAAAAAAAH4/0yYRR658408/s320/FPF_header_graph_background4.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586942755937418098" border="0" /></a>Also give a listen to Ted Danson, the actor and environmental activist talk about the ocean and what we can do to save our marine friends.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://u.s.kqed.org/2011/03/18/TedDanson.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 140px;" src="http://u.s.kqed.org/2011/03/18/TedDanson.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><object width="335" height="85"><param name="movie" value="http://www.kqed.org/assets/flash/kqedplayer.swf"><param name="flashvars" value="file=http://www.kqed.org/radio/archives/R201103211000.xml"><embed src="http://www.kqed.org/assets/flash/kqedplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="file=http://www.kqed.org/radio/archives/R201103211000.xml" width="335" height="85"></embed></object>lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-80214101259222503772011-02-11T11:16:00.003+05:302011-02-11T11:40:49.666+05:30Plastic Recycling on the Andaman Islands<iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-e_U9G3BCuU?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://invested.in/P777/plastic-recycling-on-the-andaman-islands">Support GreenLife Society on Andaman Islands.<br /></a>lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-26688617642988318732011-01-01T00:25:00.001+05:302011-01-01T00:41:01.076+05:30Plastic State of MindThe best way to get a message across is pick the right vehicle for the right audience. Today, the music video has come back from the dead to enjoy a major resurgence on YouTube. So Green Sangha, a spiritually engaged environmental activist organization based in California, got smart and went where the eyeballs are. They created this well produced parody that’s even got Jay-z thinking twice about plastic bags.<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/koETnR0NgLY?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/koETnR0NgLY?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-31203470153847378482010-06-08T16:44:00.003+05:302010-06-08T16:52:53.867+05:30a thank you message to the retailers-view large<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/TA4m0PvodEI/AAAAAAAAAHg/lb0722FhVmQ/s1600/bag.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/TA4m0PvodEI/AAAAAAAAAHg/lb0722FhVmQ/s400/bag.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480360475577840706" /></a><br /><br />what if we wrote this message on plastic bags and returned them to the retailers who don't think twice before doling them out?lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-9101426244677804042010-03-25T16:20:00.002+05:302010-03-25T16:22:43.149+05:30the story of bottled water- a most enlightening video!<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Se12y9hSOM0&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Se12y9hSOM0&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />this brilliant video provides answers to two issues that threaten life on this planet-plastic and drinking water in plastic bottles. be inspired. keep inspiring.lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-35673470579803784692009-12-03T10:15:00.006+05:302009-12-03T10:24:47.501+05:30green bag lady to green sadhu babas!This blog entry by Green Bag Lady clearly explains what happened.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdDV9nss2I/AAAAAAAAAGw/PhULoN9GQz0/s1600-h/green+bag+babas.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdDV9nss2I/AAAAAAAAAGw/PhULoN9GQz0/s400/green+bag+babas.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410867521906324322" /></a><br /><br />Here are the holy recipients of Green Bag Lady's bags...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdCqlGIUUI/AAAAAAAAAGI/H_u72K5-MCQ/s1600-h/6634.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdCqlGIUUI/AAAAAAAAAGI/H_u72K5-MCQ/s400/6634.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410866776588702018" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdCslnNNXI/AAAAAAAAAGo/eYYRTpEml24/s1600-h/6548.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdCslnNNXI/AAAAAAAAAGo/eYYRTpEml24/s400/6548.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410866811087172978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdCsImWgXI/AAAAAAAAAGg/vqOc4BVdYDE/s1600-h/6546.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdCsImWgXI/AAAAAAAAAGg/vqOc4BVdYDE/s400/6546.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410866803298959730" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdCrnFlSQI/AAAAAAAAAGY/mHz2Gq9YeG8/s1600-h/6478.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdCrnFlSQI/AAAAAAAAAGY/mHz2Gq9YeG8/s400/6478.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410866794303146242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdCqxwBgjI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/BU7ktVcthwI/s1600-h/6089.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdCqxwBgjI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/BU7ktVcthwI/s400/6089.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410866779985642034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdEB634GAI/AAAAAAAAAHY/1F0KA3w_5ek/s1600-h/6710-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdEB634GAI/AAAAAAAAAHY/1F0KA3w_5ek/s400/6710-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410868277083117570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdEBi7nYZI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/t-_4dq_i_nI/s1600-h/6709.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdEBi7nYZI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/t-_4dq_i_nI/s400/6709.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410868270656348562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdEBEMJwHI/AAAAAAAAAHI/v4JAGFqiPm4/s1600-h/6708.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdEBEMJwHI/AAAAAAAAAHI/v4JAGFqiPm4/s400/6708.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410868262404210802" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdEA6Wc_xI/AAAAAAAAAHA/-O5NrY8D31g/s1600-h/6707.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdEA6Wc_xI/AAAAAAAAAHA/-O5NrY8D31g/s400/6707.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410868259763060498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdEArMl04I/AAAAAAAAAG4/b6Qw5CtFHf4/s1600-h/6566.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SxdEArMl04I/AAAAAAAAAG4/b6Qw5CtFHf4/s400/6566.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410868255695164290" /></a><br />Amen!lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-71128405859042278612009-07-22T17:13:00.000+05:302009-07-22T17:19:18.505+05:30Green Bag Lady-leading the plastic to fabric bag crusade. And how!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/Smb8IOtjO1I/AAAAAAAAAGA/HJ1jNFzx2c0/s1600-h/green+bag+lady.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/Smb8IOtjO1I/AAAAAAAAAGA/HJ1jNFzx2c0/s400/green+bag+lady.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361249624749456210" /></a><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cHKGSZFoALQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cHKGSZFoALQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Teresa Van Hatten-Granath knows a thing or two about recycling. Growing up in Minnesota, she remembers that her family was always environmentally friendly. “My family always recycled,” she says. “My dad was avid about fixing anything instead of throwing things away. We’d fix things five, six and seven times. I remember my parents saving the aluminum cans and glass and recycling everything.” <br /><br />When Van Hatten-Granath’s mother passed away two years ago, her family found bags of margarine containers, toilet paper tubes and empty, plastic ketchup bottles in her house. As an art teacher, she saved anything that could be used as children’s art supplies. “After she died, we contacted some local art teachers and they came and took everything and loved it. She didn’t throw much away.”<br /><br />Both of Van Hatten-Granath’s parents grew up on farms in the post-depression era and taught their children that recycling and sewing were important. So, in January of 2008, when her husband came home with groceries entangled in plastic bags, she knew she needed to do something. “I thought, ‘I can make bags. I have a stash of fabric.’ Everybody who sews has a fabric stash.”<br /><br />Van Hatten-Granath made bags for her family and then brought the extras into her photography class at Belmont University. “I gave them to my students as long as they promised to use them instead of plastic grocery bags. I’d had the idea to stick numbered tags in the bags so I could keep up with them and see how many I could make.” <br />When one of her students suggested that she needed to blog about it, the class started brainstorming for a name for the project, and the “Green Bag Lady” was born. Van Hatten-Granath made the first 800 bags herself before asking for volunteers to help with the process. She ended up with a team of about 15 women who sew, cut fabric and match handles for the bags. To date, more than 5,700 bags have been made, nearly 5,300 of which have been given away. Daunting, yes, but you have to start somewhere. In comparison, Americans use 100 billion plastic bags a year (roughly 425 bags per person). And of those bags, less than one percent is recycled. <br /><br />The most amazing thing about the project is that money never exchanges hands to produce a bag or to send it home with a happy new owner. The bags are made from donated fabric and thread. The volunteers, fondly called Bagettes, donate their time and talents. The sewing machines have been donated by sponsors, and the bags are given away during Green Bag Lady events with the promise that they will be used instead of paper or plastic. <br /><br />Van Hatten-Granath’s father even helps by running the website, answering e-mail and paying for a large portion of any associated shipping costs. “I told him I was doing the project, and he thought it was the greatest thing,” smiles Van Hatten-Granath. “He does all the tech support and all the inputting of data on the site. I only do the posts. He also answers all of the e-mails because I have three kids, a husband and a full-time job. I couldn’t do it without him and my other ladies.” <br /><br />Since she no longer takes requests for bags through her website (the demand was incredible!), she posted her patterns online so that anyone can make their own bags. She even recycles the leftover scraps of fabric into pet beds and gives those away to animal hospitals. Absolutely nothing is wasted. <br /><br />Van Hatten-Granath hopes that this small step will start a revolution in the way the world sees waste. California has outlawed the use of plastic bags, and it has been rumored that some companies may start charging a few cents for each plastic bag used. Grocery stores such as Whole Foods and Kroger give you discounts for bringing your own fabric bag. <br /><br />But apart from any monetary kickback, you’re keeping one more bag out of landfills and oceans. It’s not easy being green, but it sure is worth it. <br /><br />Check out her incredibly inspiring blog http://www.greenbaglady.blogspot.com/<br /><br /><br />By: Alice Sullivan<br />Courtesy: http://hernashville.com/her/its-baglessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-51341438920689789812009-05-12T11:01:00.000+05:302009-05-12T11:04:29.593+05:30The Bay vs The Bag<object width="512" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jSD21zp89zM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jSD21zp89zM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="308" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br /><br />A lovely video. A must watch. A must share.<br />Learn more at http://www.savesfbay.org/site/pp.asp?c=dgKLLSOwEnH&b=474297lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-88171347709897734932009-04-21T13:08:00.001+05:302009-04-21T14:08:04.598+05:30lessplasticmorelife.org's cool cloth bags!<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/Se2FkpaNNtI/AAAAAAAAAF4/7UDLtHq84cE/s1600-h/bag.jpg'><img src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/Se2FkpaNNtI/AAAAAAAAAF4/7UDLtHq84cE/s400/bag.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><br /><br />Many people, including all of us at lessplasticmorelife.org agree that a cloth bag is the best bag. That brings up the next big question> Where do we get a cool cloth bag? Options are limited. The ones that a good are too expensive or not easily available. And the ones that are easily available are not good. <br />So after much deliberation and frustration, we decided to design our own cloth bags. <br />We've only made a few samples after spending a considerable amount(Designer Limited Edition?:). The bags are a huge hit! <br />We're loving it and flaunting it. But the only problem is that we're not bag makers or retailers. We're just designers. <br /><br />We're currently looking for individuals/organisations who would like to print these designs and take them to the masses, at a profit or otherwise. We'll be happy to share the designs as long as the cloth bags are replacing the plastic ones.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-85664106385182198692009-04-21T12:51:00.001+05:302009-04-21T12:52:43.404+05:30lessplasticmorelife.org featured on CampaignBriefAsia!<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/Se10HMSbsII/AAAAAAAAAFg/U09EsbVNo9k/s1600-h/Fullscreen+capture+21042009+125011.jpg'><img src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/Se10HMSbsII/AAAAAAAAAFg/U09EsbVNo9k/s400/Fullscreen+capture+21042009+125011.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><br />Campaign Brief Asia is an independent body that tracks the best advertising across Asia Pacific. And they chose to feature us!lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-7958767364727787132009-04-16T17:24:00.001+05:302009-04-16T17:27:05.657+05:30lessplasticmorelife.org featured on"It's getting hot in here"<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SeccaSVSrLI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/IS_WcTjJmeA/s1600-h/Fullscreen+capture+16042009+172146.jpg'><img src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SeccaSVSrLI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/IS_WcTjJmeA/s400/Fullscreen+capture+16042009+172146.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><br /><br />Caroline is a wonderful woman spearheading a campaign to stabilise/reverse climate change. Her enthusiasm is infectious and worth catching. <br />See <a href="http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/">http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/</a>lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-83976386504658929302009-04-16T14:33:00.004+05:302009-04-16T17:19:20.941+05:30Life less plastic- a cool blog about how to reduce plastic in ones life.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/Seb1RJj2dxI/AAAAAAAAAEI/Kr1JTYPtCUU/s1600-h/life+less+palstic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/Seb1RJj2dxI/AAAAAAAAAEI/Kr1JTYPtCUU/s400/life+less+palstic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325213284385060626" /></a><br /><br />This remarkable woman who, on the face of it, seems to be going to extremes, is showing the world how to be the change when it comes to living a life less plastic. See <a href="http://lifelessplastic.blogspot.com/">http://lifelessplastic.blogspot.com/</a>lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-10703731670217936282009-04-14T16:45:00.006+05:302009-04-17T16:14:42.957+05:30lessplasticmorelife.org's campaign awarded at Goafest 2009!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/Sehdj_9GdfI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Ii4wAIqwXQ0/s1600-h/goafest.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 107px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/Sehdj_9GdfI/AAAAAAAAAEY/Ii4wAIqwXQ0/s400/goafest.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325609432410125810" /></a><br /><br />The way we see it, in a world where very few know about the dangers of using plastic bags, and fewer actually do something about it, any publicity is good publicity.<br />And awards certainly help the cause.<br /><br /><a href="http://lessplasticmorelife.blogspot.com/2008/11/why-refuse-plastic-bags_15.html">See/download the ad/poster campaign. </a>lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-47975348669818681012008-12-15T12:38:00.002+05:302008-12-17T16:11:27.866+05:30no plastic from now. a small girl shows you how.<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SUYCewZIPkI/AAAAAAAAADo/ny9XpRi6hQY/s1600-h/L1040798.JPG'><img src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SUYCewZIPkI/AAAAAAAAADo/ny9XpRi6hQY/s400/L1040798.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><br />This is the story of how a small girl is spreading awareness about the dangers of using plastic bags by being the change. There's much that we all, especially grown ups, have to learn from this little girl. Starting now.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><br /><br />And here's the feedback the newspaper received and printed the following day.<br /><br /><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://localhost:1491/64c68f20cac531cfbd6bc5b549f0ab64/image/13a76dd5deb6a0.jpg'><img src='http://localhost:1491/64c68f20cac531cfbd6bc5b549f0ab64/image/13a76dd5deb6a0.jpg?size=400' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div>lessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-1612353333000717582008-11-21T16:22:00.000+05:302008-11-21T16:24:13.125+05:30Countries who acknowledge the plastic bag threat.AUSTRALIA<br />In Australia shoppers are now encouraged to buy bags called "green bags" which cost about a dollar, but can be reused many times. The bags are coloured depending on the company that sells them. Some "green bags" are insulated for the carrying of hot or cold items. Locally, the town of Coles Bay, Tasmania banned plastic shopping bags in April, 2003. In early 2008, the Australian Federal Government stated it would consider action that would result in plastic bags being phased out by the end of 2008. Australians used 4.84 billion plastic bags in 2007, at a wholesale cost of $0.0018 each. The bags each weigh 35grams and are used to wrap many Australian products such as fruits and vegetables. The shopping bags themselves account for 10% or less of the plastic Australian shoppers carry home from supermarkets. In South Australia free single use plastic bags will banned as of the end of 2008.<br /><br /><br />BANGLADESH<br />Plastic shopping bags are illegal in Bangladesh, where they are thought to cause flooding during monsoons by clogging drains.<br /><br /><br />BHUTAN<br />Plastic shopping bags have been illegal in Bhutan, on the grounds that they make the country less happy. <br />However, the ban has not been successful at all and no current initiatives address the issue. Alternatives to plastic bags are not being encouraged, segregation of any waste is not currently undertaken and recycling or waste-energy facilities are not available within the country.<br /><br /><br />CHINA<br />Beginning on June 1 2008, for the entire country of China, all supermarkets, department stores and shops will be prohibited from giving out free plastic bags. Stores must clearly mark the price of plastic shopping bags and are banned from tacking that price onto products. The production, sale and use of ultra-thin plastic bags - those less than 0.025 millimeters, or 0.00098 inches, thick - are also banned. The State Council calls for "a return to cloth bags and shopping baskets.In this environment, there is a Chinese environmental protection bag manufacturers, they have their own brand: the source of one mind, their company, based in Beijing, the capital of China. <br /><br /><br />HONG KONG<br />Hong Kong enjoys a set of different laws as one of China's Special Administrative Regions. The city has not prohibited the use of giving out free plastic bags yet even if the problem is of growing concern. Supermarkets play a large role in giving out free plastic bags for their customers. The problem has raised awareness amongst the people when a "No Plastic Bag Day" was launched back in 2006, a campaign co-organized by the Environmental Protection Department and several green groups such as Green Student Council, Friends of the Earth, The Conservancy Association and Green Power. However, as the campaign is voluntary and only takes place on the first Tuesday of each month, it did very little to halt the problem. Government statistics show that the city currently disposes of 23 million bags a day. For a city of almost 7 million, this means an average of 3 bags disposed of per person per day. In December 2007, a Product Eco-responsibility bill was introduced. The bill proposes charging 50 cents HKD per plastic bag, with phase one being implemented in 2009. It is hoped that this bill will not only reduce the plastic bag problem the city faces, but also bring in 100,000,000 HKD per year.<br /><br /><br />FRANCE<br />Growing awareness of the ecological impact of plastic bags has led main mass retailers to force customers to buy reusable plastic or non-woven bags. This has been adopted by supermarkets such as Carrefour, which has managed to improve its image and save itself the purchase of the former plastic bags. Nonfood related retailers such as Cloth tend to prefer to switch to paper bags, allowing them to match the ecological demand and upgrade their image on two aspects: ecology and quality. In Paris, a ban on plastic bags will take effect in late 2007; a nationwide ban is scheduled to take effect on 1 January 2010.<br /><br /><br />SPAIN<br />In Spain, supermarkets give free plastic bags except some as Día which charge 3 cents per bag. Recently, Spanish Government wants to adopt the National Plan of Integrated Waste which has among its objectives in 2010 to ban plastic bags single-use non-biodegradable.<br /><br />Spain is the leading producer of plastic bags for a single use and the third consumer in Europe. Each year 10,500 million plastic bags are distributed in Spain, with a total weight of 96,000 tons. 62% of plastic bags are reused as garbage bags and 10% are recycled through the yellow containers.<br /><br /><br />GERMANY<br />Generally, most German supermarkets charge between 5 and 25 cents per single-use bag, depending on the type of bag. Most shops also offer cloth bags or sturdier, woven plastic bags for about €1, encouraging shoppers to re-use them. Many high-street retail shops will provide bags free of charge. Most people will re-use single-use shopping bags, i.e., for collecting deposit bottles or using them as bin liners.<br /><br /><br />IRELAND<br />On March 4, 2002 the Republic of Ireland introduced a €0.15 levy on every plastic shopping bag. This led to a 90% reduction in use of plastic bags and increased use of reusable bags. The money gathered by the levy was used to raise money for environmental initiatives. Many retailers in Ireland switched to supplying (untaxed) paper bags, or simply stopped supplying bags. Most supermarkets continued to supply plastic bags, subject to the tax. The charge was increased to €0.22 on July 1, 2007. Most supermarkets supply reusable woven bags, or heavy reusable plastic bags for about €1.00 <br /><br />ISRAEL<br />The entire country of Israel has enacted legislation to add a surcharge for every plastic bag. Bags that contain fish, meat, poultry or fresh produce won't incur any charge. Aside from that, every plastic bag given to a customer will incur a charge of 1 NIS which will be shown as a separate item on their receipt. The proposal will also subsidize for 6 months the sale of reusable bags, in order to create public awareness of the law.<br /><br /><br />NEW ZEALAND<br />In recent years cloth bags have been promoted and sold by some supermarkets as an alternative to plastic bags. In August 2006 the Collingwood community in Golden Bay declared itself shopping bag free by a group of local residents who promoted the idea. In early 2007 a nationwide campaign was kicked off with the aim of introducing a shopping bag levy similar to Ireland's.<br /><br />In the town of Wanaka in the South Island the Bag the Habit Campaign has converted almost 50% of shoppers to say no to plastic bags. This saves around 1,500 plastic bags from ending up in the landfill every day. Wanaka has a permanent population of around 7,000 and visitor numbers of around 600,000. 30% of retail stores are now plastic bag free and Wanaka looks set to have the first plastic bag free supermarket in New Zealand with the 4 Square supermarket committing to removing plastic bags from their operation within 12 months. The end goal is for the town to be plastic bag free and over summer campaigners will be targeting the masses of visitors that come to enjoy the natural beauty of the town.<br /><br /><br />SOUTH AFRICA<br />Mohammed Valli Moosa, the Environment and Tourism Minister of South Africa, jokingly named plastic bags the "national flower" of that country, and worked to introduce a minimum legal thickness of 30 micrometres to increase their cost, reusability, and recyclability. They may not be legally given away to shoppers, and must instead be sold; however this rule is not always enforced strictly. The South African government collects a 3 cents per shopping bag environmental levy.<br /><br /><br />TURKEY<br />The littering of plastic shopping bags has created major environmental problems throughout Turkey. Currently, Turkish people use on average 1.2 bags per day each, most of which end up not being disposed of properly. The government has launched a feasibility study into the movement towards envirobags; however, this is not due until late 2008. However, Turkey has made the most success over the past time.<br /><br /><br />UNITED KINGDOM<br />In the United Kingdom, plastic shopping bags are commonly known as carrier bags.<br /><br />Growing awareness in the United Kingdom of the problems caused by indiscriminate use of plastic bags is encouraging some large retailers to reward customers who bring their own bags or who reuse or recycle announced on 13 November 2007 that the 10th London Local Authorities Bill would include a provision to ban the distribution of free throw-away shopping bags in the capital. The London Local Authorities (Shopping Bag) Bill was deposited in Parliament on 27 November 2006. If the Bill is passed by Parliament, it is expected to become law by mid-2009.<br /><br />On 12 January 2008 Girton, Cambridgeshire became the first village in the East of England to declare itself a "Plastic Bag Free Community". The scheme comes from Sustainable Girton, an environmental group made up of local residents. <br /><br />On 28 February 2008 Marks and Spencers announced that with effect from 6th May 2008 it will begin charging customers 5p per bag in order to bring awareness to ecological living. All the money raised will be on single use carrier bags in 2009. <br /><br /><br />UNITED STATES<br />Plastic bags have largely displaced paper bags as the most common type of shopping bag during the late 1980s and early 1990s. There has been no broad government action against the litter problem; proper household waste management (reuse when possible and not littering) is considered a personal responsibility or a locally enforced misdemeanor. Some local governments have enacted ordinances, and many stores allow customers to return the bags for recycling. Empty bags carried on the wind are popularly known as "urban tumbleweed."<br /><br />On March 27, 2007, the City and County of San Francisco became the first city to ban common plastic shopping bags, followed shortly thereafter by nearby Oakland. Since July 1, 2007, all large supermarkets in the state of California will be required, by law, to take back and recycle plastic shopping bags.<br /><br />Portland, Oregon is next to ban plastic bags according to Thanh Tan of news Channel KATU. <br /><br />Plastic shopping bags are banned in at least 30 villages and towns in Alaska, including the towns of Emmonak, Galena, and Kotlik.<br /><br />Seattle, Washington recently proposed a 20 cent "green fee" on plastic bags, which would go into effect on January 1, 2009. The fee was proposed by Mayor Greg Nickels and approved by city council July 28, 2008. Just days after its passage, opponents to the fee mobilized a petition to remove it; a referendum has been placed on the November 2008 ballot to block its implementation.<br /><br />Los Angeles, California has also placed a ban on plastic bag starting in 2010.<br /><br />New York City is considering a 6 cent plastic bag tax noticing its success in Ireland. The tax is being advertised to the public as environmentally friendly and an innovative way to raise needed revenue. If this tax is to take effect, state approval is required.<br /><br />IKEA, the home furnishings retailer, imposes its own charge for plastic shopping bags in the US — charging $0.05 to any customer who wants a plastic sack.[39] A similar charge has been in place since spring 2006 at IKEA stores in the UK, and the company says it has reduced use of bags in UK stores by 95 percent. IKEA hopes the 5-cent fee in the U.S. cuts bag use in half, from 70 million bags a year to 35 million.<br /><br /><br />ZANZIBAR<br />The island of Zanzibar banned the import and use of plastic shopping bags in November 2006. People who litter used bags are responsible for a significant problem, and government officials enacted the ban to protect tourism, an economic mainstay for the island.<br /><br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_shopping_baglessplasticmorelifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065632864993299668noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128974020943181888.post-47199754848796833222008-11-21T13:59:00.000+05:302008-11-21T13:59:44.556+05:30San Francisco, first US city to ban the bag.<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SSZxeESqvuI/AAAAAAAAADg/H7TW81OQcTY/s1600-h/Plastic.jpg'><img src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0QPpAJ0nYGY/SSZxeESqvuI/AAAAAAAAADg/H7TW81OQcTY/s400/Plastic.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; 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