The Great Pacific Garbage

Dear reader...

Decide by yourself if it is time to stop the plastic...
Watch the Great Pacific Garbage on this slide show...
or on TED: Capt. Charles Moore on the seas of plastic

... and eventually, stop using unnecessary plastic bags!
... if you are in Japan click here.

Ganbatte!!

NO PLASTIC japanese text

Dear reader,

You live in Japan and cannot stand the inmense ammount of plastic used in this country?

You would love to explain to the people at the combini (or other shops) that you don't want the plastic bag or the tape that they are imposing to you?

Tell them you don't want them because you don't need them and do not want to contribute to the pollution of the Earth.
If we spread this meme... we are contributing to the change!

Print this message and show it to them in their next attempt of plastification!!!

Japan has a strong culture of wrapping, but, come on!! the unnecessary enormous tragic use of plastic cannot be justified by that!!!

a month without plastic...

Dear reader,

aaahhh... I cannot bear all the enormous amount of unnecessary plastic packaging and plastic bags in Japan!!! I try hard to avoid all the plastic I can... but I find it so hard in this country!
Even when you have your own bag and refuse the plastic bag at the supermarket or conbini or whatever shop, they will stick a piece of tape (plastic!) on each item you buy! Of course, I refuse that also... but no one seems to understand it.
I strongly believe they need a change of approach.

So, I was very happy to find this interesting BBC blog: someone is attempting to live 1 month without new plastic in the UK.

... and I am sharing it with you here.

I hope it will inspire you!
ganbatte!


Tsering!