I never thought of myself as an environmentalist, but when I read last year about a mass of plastic garbage the size of Texas that has been floating around the Pacific Ocean for the past few years, I found myself rather concerned. I had never really given a second thought to all the plastic that I regularly toss in the garbage (because it doesn’t pass my city’s insane recycling guidelines).
Upon its invention, consumers were wowed by the durability of plastic, but does anybody want that milk carton they bought 40 years ago to still be floating around somewhere? I began to think about all the plastic around me and tried to come up with ways to repurpose it rather than throw it out. I try and buy stuff with less plastic packaging, though that is quite difficult, in case you haven’t noticed.
The biggest step I’ve taken is to stop using plastic bags when shopping. It was quite an easy transition, once I found the right bags. Actually, I didn’t find the right bags, so I designed my own. I’m a graphic designer, so I’m really picky about the way things look and I just did not want to be hauling some ugly bags around town.
Which is sort of the genesis of this blog. I found out through the website that sells my bags (www.minusbags.com) that there are a lot of people like me with the same concerns. So I’ll be writing about things that are environmentally relevant and things that are not. And perhaps someone will find it interesting.
