Comments on: Quit Ripping on The Plastic Bags http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/ Thoughts on the Journey Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:48:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ariah http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-31369 Ariah Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:03:13 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-31369 JoVE and Grandmother Wren, Thanks for stopping by. I love your ideas of crocheting and repurposing plastic bags among other things. sounds a lot like the motivation behind dumpster diving. Glad you enjoyed the post and I'm encouraged that there are others out there thinking similar things! Do stop by again JoVE and Grandmother Wren,

Thanks for stopping by. I love your ideas of crocheting and repurposing plastic bags among other things. sounds a lot like the motivation behind dumpster diving.

Glad you enjoyed the post and I’m encouraged that there are others out there thinking similar things!

Do stop by again

]]> By: JoVE http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-31365 JoVE Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:28:21 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-31365 That last comment reminds me that you can knit with plastic bags (and crochet, and weave...) so instead of BUYING a new tough, reusable shopping bag, you could make one out of all those plastic bags. I'm sure there are patterns out there, though a bag is not a hard thing to make up as you go along. You can also make shopping bags out of old jeans or old curtains. Anything that is made of reasonably strong material. What else are you filling up landfill with that you could repurpose? That last comment reminds me that you can knit with plastic bags (and crochet, and weave…) so instead of BUYING a new tough, reusable shopping bag, you could make one out of all those plastic bags. I’m sure there are patterns out there, though a bag is not a hard thing to make up as you go along.

You can also make shopping bags out of old jeans or old curtains. Anything that is made of reasonably strong material. What else are you filling up landfill with that you could repurpose?

]]> By: Grandmother Wren http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-31361 Grandmother Wren Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:38:20 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-31361 I'm here from the blog carnival, too. Very nice site. About plastic bags - a couple of years ago I started making rugs out of them - fun for a while... Here's a good link for directions for the rugs and a few other plastic bag recycling ideas - I think I might try the sandals... http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art35668.asp I’m here from the blog carnival, too. Very nice site.
About plastic bags -
a couple of years ago I started making rugs out of them - fun for a while…
Here’s a good link for directions for the rugs and a few other plastic bag recycling ideas -
I think I might try the sandals…
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art35668.asp

]]> By: JoVE http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-31345 JoVE Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:36:23 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-31345 Came over here from the "learning in the Great outdoors" carnival. Great point. Well made. Lately I've been wondering what I'm going to do for trash bags as we don't seem to be accumulating any plastic shopping bags. I'm sure I'll work something out. I also love the little banner in your left sidebar "make affluence history". Came over here from the “learning in the Great outdoors” carnival. Great point. Well made. Lately I’ve been wondering what I’m going to do for trash bags as we don’t seem to be accumulating any plastic shopping bags. I’m sure I’ll work something out.

I also love the little banner in your left sidebar “make affluence history”.

]]> By: ellen http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-30751 ellen Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:48:16 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-30751 Check out Eco-Bags (www.ecobags.com), too. They have been around for a long time, are affordable and are fair wage/trade/sustainable. I got the collection for my personal shopping and it works great. Thanks! Check out Eco-Bags (www.ecobags.com), too. They have been around for a long time, are affordable and are fair wage/trade/sustainable. I got the collection for my personal shopping and it works great. Thanks!

]]> By: Nashville is Talking » The war on plastic bags http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-30747 Nashville is Talking » The war on plastic bags Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:26:33 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-30747 [...] a nice pretty canvas tote with trendy design and take it to the grocery store and show it off. [Quit Ripping On The PLastic Bags - Trying To Follow - 02-08-08] Spread It Around: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...] [...] a nice pretty canvas tote with trendy design and take it to the grocery store and show it off. [Quit Ripping On The PLastic Bags - Trying To Follow - 02-08-08] Spread It Around: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...]

]]> By: Ariah http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-30746 Ariah Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:16:27 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-30746 Lolo, That's great that your doing these things already! Sorry I wasn't of more help to you. Are there more things that your doing that you might be able to suggest to me? Lolo,

That’s great that your doing these things already!
Sorry I wasn’t of more help to you.

Are there more things that your doing that you might be able to suggest to me?

]]> By: . http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-30745 . Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:12:43 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-30745 Nothing new learned here. I do all of these things. Nothing new learned here. I do all of these things.

]]> By: Brian Foust http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-30744 Brian Foust Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:34:04 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/02/08/quit-ripping-on-the-plastic-bags/#comment-30744 I agree. There seams to be a "lets buy ourselves out of our environmental problems" mentality. Not to mention buying ourselves out of a recession too. Very little thought is put into using less as a way of bringing environmental change. I guess we don't want to sacrifice. I agree. There seams to be a “lets buy ourselves out of our environmental problems” mentality. Not to mention buying ourselves out of a recession too.

Very little thought is put into using less as a way of bringing environmental change. I guess we don’t want to sacrifice.

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