Neither Paper Nor Plastic: An Ecological Intervention
Photo by Neither Paper Nor Plastic (not to be confused by the reusable-bag company of the same name).
Guerrilla art, meet eco-activism. On Earth Day this year, CalArts student Roman Jaster parked himself and his sewing machine outside a Ralph’s supermarket in Valencia, Calif., and began to stitch together totes from fabric he screenprinted by hand earlier. The bags were handed out, at no cost, to shoppers headed inside. Just one catch: They had to pledge to use them for every shopping excursion for at least six months.
I think it would have even more rad if Jaster had used surplus, vintage or preloved fabric for his totes, but considering that our love affair with disposables has bred a swirling vortex of plastic trash the size of Texas in the North Pacific Ocean (view an animated map here), among other evils, I’d just be splitting hairs.
[via Green LA Girl]
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