CHINA BANS PLASTIC BAGS

The Chinese have decided to ban the manufacture of ultra thin plastic bags as of June 1st 08
and the law will also forbid shopkeepers from handing out free plastic bags. They say that the environment is a factor but the main reason is the huge amount of petrol needed to make plastic bags. They are suggesting that people get used to carrying cloth shopping bags or use a basket.
Wow! At the moment three BILLION plastic bags are given out everyday in China
so this really is something to celebrate.
It's impossible to make an argument in favour of using those polluting plastic bags because all any shopper has to do is REMEMBER to take a bag to the shops - that's all it takes.
How hard can it be?
love and peace
Sally
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www.carry-a-bag.com

Here's the schoolteacher I mentioned

BIT LATE ....BUT WELCOME TO 2008

Its always best to approach the New Year in a positive way. The world is not such a bad place
and if we all do the right thing ...? I began the New Year by watching the You Tube film made by a US schoolteacher explaining why we need to take global warming very seriously and do our best to stop it getting worse, even if that means making some tough choices instead of taking the easy way out. The hard thing is that we have been so encouraged be consumers - and now they want us to give away our toys. We expect comfort, warmth and more than enough to eat and hot water from the tap. So now that we finally have installed a power shower can it be true that its wrong to use it? Tell the guy with the gadgets on stand-by that sea levels are rising and he must remember to switch off at the plug. The truth is that the only way to stop everything being left on standby is to build new stuff that can't do stand-by (with all the environmental problems that goes with manufacturing new appliances and disposing of the bad ones they replace.) You can now buy plugs with remotes that switch off all you media at the touch of a button but they are not cheap and their effect is invisible so hard to sell to anyone who isn't already a green thinker.
Here's a good idea for any environmental philanthropist out there looking for a way to do their bit: Supply "no-more-standby plugs" free to all the households in the country. If it was something everyone had like a gas meter then nobody would mind using them. Let's have huge mainstream support for initiatives like the installation of rainwater tanks to flush all the loos in the land. In 2008 let's ask for more help to do the right thing.
In December we were being urged not to overspend on our credit cards because there was going to be a crisis of debt - then in January we are told to expect a recession because we didn't buy enough and now the shops are in trouble. Jees Louise ! Does that mean I should have maxed out the card or not?
Perhaps if each of us turns off the news and tries our best to persuade a few more people to give the planet some thought then it could be a Happy New Year. Except for the people who bring us the news who need us to watch them or they lose their jobs! Nothing is that simple.

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

THE CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN HAS STARTED FOR REAL..........DON'T PANIC!
This time next week it will be Boxing Day - all over for another year. Right now we are in the danger zone and the safest thing to do with your credit card is hide it in a sock in the bottom of a drawer. The big people who love you will still love you next week if you don't buy them extravagant gifts and little children need love more than stuff. REMEMBER to carry your bag and recycle all the wrapping paper and keep the cards for crafty re-sending next year.
Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year.

REMEMBER to carry-a-bag

North London.
Three weeks to Christmas.
Nancy remembers to carry-a-bag.

It's so easy and it makes you happy.
Spread the word.
www.carry-a-bag.com

REMEMBER in the USA

The REMEMBER to carry-a-bag campaign has hit the streets of New York - here we go!

DECEMBER IS HERE

This is the month when everyone goes shopping AND it would wonderful if everyone REMEMBERED to carry-a-bag?

I'VE BEEN GIVING THE MATTER A LOT OF THOUGHT.
How to make this happen?
REMEMBERING is a state of mind and we all need to re-train ourselves. We leave the house and 99% of the time we remember to carry our KEYS our PHONES and our MONEY....so why not add a bag to the list?
NEXT TIME YOU LEAVE HOME TRY THIS: Keys - check
Money - check
Phone - check
Bag - check

And that's all it takes to do your bit to help stop this lovely world being contaminated with plastic bags.