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Heal the Bay: “The Majestic Plastic Bag”

Good Morning, SuperForest!

A few months ago, SuperForester Heather shared with us “Plastic Bag“, a gripping (and almost heart wrenching) story narrated by Werner Herzog about a traveling bag wandering aimlessly across the country in hopes to find meaning in life. Today, I share with you a similar video created by the fine folks of “Heal the Bay”. It explores the nature of the plastic bag as it follows its migratory patterns (and it’s narrated by Jeremy Irons to give it that extra “umph”.)

Though the film is quite light-hearted and humorous, it does a good job of reminding us that the issue at hand most certainly is not. Lucky for us, there is a lot we can do to help, and for those of us living in California, one of those ways we can help is by showing your support to help pass AB 1998, a bill that’s aimed at putting an end to the plastic bag problem and is going to be put to vote on the Senate floor at the end of this month!

You can learn more about this, and about the Heal the Bay organization and all of their efforts by clicking here.

Love to all,
Carla

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SuperForest Presents: Friday Films

This week’s selection is a short film that was actually brought to my attention by SuperForester Carolina, who was kind enough to email us a link. This email sat in my inbox for around two weeks, barely the time it takes to bat an eyelash in comparison to the time a plastic bag spends on earth. I don’t know why it took me this long to watch it, but this film has been embedded into my psyche now, and I will be sharing it with everyone I know. My deepest gratitude to you Carolina!

Although Friday Films is supposed to be a place where I am supposed to discuss films, I don’t want to say much about the film because I just want you to watch it. Its beauty and its message speaks for itself. What a dramatic, thoughtful way to remind us about the impact of a single plastic bag. I look forward to hearing your comments on this film!

Plastic Bag

Written and Directed by Ramin Bahrani, Narrated by Werner Herzog.

Busy Day.

Hello All,

Today I have been playing with plastic bags.

We talk a lot here at SuperForest about plastic bags and ways to re-use them, so today I’ve spent the day getting to know them.

I’m right in the middle of something, so I’ll keep this brief…
There are a great many things you can do with a heap of plastic bags.
And I’m hard at work learning about them.

I’ll post tomorrow about what I’ve been up to.

Hope y’all are well!

Love,

SF