Let’s talk plastic bags-and something for free
May 28, 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch
Have you ever heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?Yeah, I hadn’t either until last year. And loathe though I am, to bring more craptastic news from the Mother Earth front, you kids NEED to hear this news. So when you go to the grocery store, and you are hungry, tired, or just spaced out from whatever the emotional landscape of your heart is THIS week, I invite you to ponder a peapod of thought about your walking outta there with plastic grocery bags. Because if you didn’t really open the Wikipedia link I just posted, I’m afraid you aren’t off the hook just yet. PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS ARE EVIL. SAY IT WITH ME. YES, OUT LOUD.
PLASTIC. BAGS. EVIL.
AGAIN.
I CAN’T HHHEAAAAAARRRR YOU!
PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS = EVIL.
There. Don’t you feel better?
So, yes, plastic bags are choking, literally, the life from our oceans, fellow animals, and ultimately, from us. Choking ourselves. Sound fun? I didn’t think so either. And don’t be cantankerous and say yes, because really, it’s no joking manner. The scale of which plastic grocery bags and bottles are taking over the sheer acreage of our planet is one of the few things left that terrifies me.
I love my planet. I love her diversity, I love her sense of humor. I love how she handles things. I love how straighforward she is. I love knowing which parts I love (mountains) and which parts I hate (desert). I love snow and rain, I love valleys and caves, I love bugs, spiders, bats and giraffes. I love yucky tasting plants. I love that everything on this planet that is from Here is either food or medicine for something else.I love mushrooms that glow in the dark (really!) I love the rocks, the water, the fire, and the air. I love the things that hold *those* things together.
So with that said, I’ve decided to offer something for free.
I have these Chico Bags (images below) I bought last year to pass out when I was going to co-host a sustainability conference that never panned out.I now have approx 40 of these suckers sitting in my house, doing nothing.
I will send you 4-5 chico bags to REPLACE any plastic bag usage you are currently occupying. If you send me a private message with your address, you will get a truly fabulous-and-free, Promise-personalized gift. I am seriously fired up here!
“But Promise”, I hear you say, “I use plastic bags for all kinds of things! My lunch! Cat Litter! I put my junk in that trunk and walk down the street, all sassy-like!”
no. No. N-N-N-NO. It is the opposite of sexy-sassy to be toting around that shite in this day and age, party people. Pull your head, outta your pumpkin butt!
If you’ve got a mountain stash, grab a handful, smooth them out, go on your next grocery store run, and stand outside for 5 minutes…. Gently offer them to people walking in. Don’t be “salesman-y”. Don’t pitch. Just smile and say “Do you need any shopping bags before you get started? Free! I just don’t need these anymore.”
Trust me, it’ll work. What am I advocating? Passing the buck? Initially, yes. Get rid of the plastic shopping bags you’ve got, start getting paper ones. Carry your own shit out of the convenience store. You need a Butterfinger? Hey, we all need a Butterfinger, but just carry the darn thing. YOU can do this!
Yeesh!
The Chico Bags are seriously cool. They are little. Who doesn’t love little? They are FABRIC. They have a carabeener on them. You know, the little doohickey that let’s you hook one thing to another thing? Cara-beeener. I just like to say that word. They come, from Promise, in bright blue with an Earth on them that says “Helping Humanity kick the single-use bag habit” Nice, right? and they can be washed. I keep two on me, and use them ALL the time.
I’ve been testing this out for about six months now. As in, when I first got them, I was like “Well, sure they look great, but will I remember to use them?” Well, I do, and you know why? Because I get hit on! Because perfectly hot famous people I want to **** with come to my door in the middle of the night and ROAR my name! Because I feel good, because I look good, and darnit, it’s nice to be Mighty Mouse!
WE, you and I, are going to do this together. It’s simple, you say =
I want a gift, then, ergo =
I send you the gift.
What is the gift? Yes, it’s fabric bags, but it’s also the wind, the trees, and your own life.
The beauty that is your heart,
and dreams.
Dream big.
Go Team Promise.
Belen on Fri, 5th Jun 2009 11:12 pm
I just learned that you are left handed! like 2 minutes ago.
and
I thought of these bags today.. I have one or two of the trader joe’s kind, but those don’t fit into a purse or backpack very well, and I find myself forgetting them at home and coming back with more EVILness.. (don’t worry, not that often). I may sew in a little pocket on the side of the TJs one that will allow me to stuff it into a little ball easily. Cool.
promise on Mon, 15th Jun 2009 1:02 pm
So does this mean I can gift you with some of the bags I have? Or are you modifying the ones you have..
I would love to gift you with 4, if you are accepting. Love!