Video - Another chapter in the life of a Plastic Bag

"The question is, and it's the top question for our time, will we take what we know and do what it takes to insure a place for ourselves within the natural systems so we survive" - Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer and National Geographic Explorer in Residence

"This short film by American director Ramin Bahrani (Goodbye Solo) traces the epic, existential journey of a plastic bag (voiced by Werner Herzog) searching for its lost maker, the woman who took it home from the store and eventually discarded it. Along the way, it encounters strange creatures, experiences love in the sky, grieves the loss of its beloved maker, and tries to grasp its purpose in the world.

In the end, the wayward plastic bag wafts its way to the ocean, into the tides, and out into the Pacific Ocean trash vortex — a promised nirvana where it will settle among its own kind and gradually let the memories of its maker slip away."

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19 billion a year in California alone!

Video - Canvas Bags by Tim Minchin

Lest we take ourselves too seriously.
Another thanks to Dave Hampton for the heads up and to Dave Oxford for turning me on to Tim Minchin in the first place. I dedicate this post to my sister who has the most incredible collection of Canvas Bags I've ever seen and she uses them!