Ideas to change the world.
Currently working on a project to create bags.
Bags for the People is a non profit based out of New York. While staying in Portland I learned about the folks who started this beautiful project to eliminate the one staple of american excess and consumer waste. The PLASTIC BAG. A beautiful project which makes bags out of old used clothing (t-shirts mostly) and hands them out for FREE! The goal here in Baltimore is to stand outside the Whole Foods and give away bags to those who were just going to use plastic (or paper). To educate people and inspire them to rethink and begin creating change. The average american family uses 700-1200 bags per year. The average store sends out more than 7000 bags per day!!! Which then adds up to over 2 million bags per year!! Remember that is just one store. It is approximated to take over 1000 years for one bag to disintegrate in a landfill. Probably longer. How insane are these numbers? How over consuming have we become? If one family had just 5 bags that they took with them to the store every time they would never use another plastic bag again. It's that easy. It's that simple.
Simple Solutions. Radical Revolutions. Here we go.......
2 comments:
Bags make me wana cry. It so simple to see the enabling characteristic of the plastic bag to allow one to drift closer to thoughtlessness. If an alcoholic knows the first sip of booze is the one that gets him/her drunk then the american dream junkie must know its the first piece of disposable garbage that pushes them to consume irresponsibly.
After reading your words I would ask everyone a question: What are you gona do, ignore the truth and use even one more disposable grocery bag? And even if one doesn't think this is truth, the implications are serious and the science is simple so one in disagreement would need to actively seek support for the notion that disposable products are in line with conservation.
Aw yeaah, Be the Change!
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