As I’m sure you are aware of plasic bags are filling our landfills. It’s an easily solved problem simply don’t take a plasic bag. For example you buy a few apples and banana’s “do you really need a bag for that”, no you don’t! For bigger shops take a material bags, store bags can be purchased for no more then a few dollars tops, you can also bring your own from home like a pack bag or a billabong beach bag for example, Lululemon also gives you re-useable bags with a purchase. If you work at a store ask if the buyer needs a bag when only purchasing a small amount. If they do want one that is there right unless of coarse you can convince the store owner to banish plasic bag. At my local store in Alert Bay we no long carry plasic bags, we have some paper bags that you can buy and we also carry material bag for your purchases as well. It didn’t take alot to stop plastic bags and in the long run it’s making a huge difference!
Do what you can to help, nothing is to small!
Plastic Bags…
|
|
|
|
Check out this page & make the pledge as well: http://riseaboveplastics.blogspot.com/ That’s what it’s all about! Everyone should do their part to reduce the plastic bags they use because of all the damage it causes in the water and on land. I also think people need to reduce the number of plastic bottles they use as 80% end up in landfills instead of being recylcled. Get a SIGG Bottle or Klean Kanteen or even the new Nalagene bottles. this will help as well. Plasic doesn’t decompose, it just stays there for life. Surfrider Foundation is talking about this at Jack’s shows - if you are in KS for the show, stop by and say Hi! - I’ll be volunteering. Cheers! |
|
|
I did the pledge and do you work with surfrider foundation?
|
|
|
I don’t work for Surfrider, I’m a member. I just recently moved from Oceanside, CA to Kansas and still really miss rideing waves, having a cup of coffee watching the sunset over the pacific and all that stuff. There’s nothing like sitting on your board as the sun is coming up, your a little cold and the water is like glass - it’s awesome! I’m helping out at the Kansas show for Surfrider, but the person who is at all the US shows and runs the booth is named Elizabeth. She started the Ride Above Plastics blog and this thread under Oceans: http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com/allatonce/discuss/viewthread/92/ She does work for the San Diego chapter of Surfrider. She’s a great resource and if you are at a show stop and say hello. I only wish there was more I could do, but now that I’m in Kansas I will have to look at other ways to help out - like through Bridging The Gap. |
|
|
Honestly, I think everyone should be able to see that eliminating the use of plastic bags is probably one of the easiest ways to help the environment. Anyone who doesn’t go through enough trouble just to bring a cloth bag truly just doesn’t care. |
|
|
Got a story about those nice cloth bags… this has happened twice in 2 stores. I bought one bag at wal-mart (forgot my rise above bag). The sales gy got frustrated, siad these things are a pain and threw my purchas AND the bag in a bag. I HAD A COW!!! So we have to go through a little trouble, open the new bag and put the murchandise in it! Later in the week at Joanne’s Fabric Store I bought 2 of their new bags (great LARGE bags)… once again clerk handed me a plastic bag with the bags in it. They just don’t get it. If the companies are going to participate and call themselve GREEN they need to train the staff to encourage - not discourage! I did find one wal-mart clerk that asked about my Joanne’s bag (they really are great). She says she always refuses plastic… SHE offered to put my stuff in the bag!!! You go girl!!!! |
|
|
I use bags we bought when we lived in California - you can get them at http://www.chicobag.com - they roll up in a little sack with a clip on it and are awesome. they are $5 a bag, but buy 4 get 5th free. Pretty cool stuff. I use them everywhere I go. Great product and they turn old bags into rugs if you send them in when they are retired. People in Kansas are really starting to pick up on this. I would say 50% of the people I saw in line today had their own bags. |
|
50% - that is good!!! I usually see (maybe) 1%… It is going to take my local a while to care… We are nestled in the rural, tree covered, natural area… the underlying political thought here is: we need more development, why plant a tree - there are enough already, recreation is a motorized sport… Such a shame that because we are one of the lucky areas that does not have “Urban” problems - the populas WANTS to become more Urbanized… I would love for a trend of folks to ban together and sell our area for what it is: Natural, place for recreation (walk, hike, bike, run, X-country ski), etc… INSTEAD of what it is not - An urbanized concrete area with every chain store imaginable. We could also market our area for people who wish not to be all consuming (because we don’t have many stores, there is MUCH opportunity to consume less - and maybe even save a little money)… Am I dreaming or do I really live here? I do, I just wish others would grasp the thinking that this area IS good as is and is worth conserving and conservation planning - not just more open space with opportunity for rapid,land raping development… |
|
