tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55411485400104571292024-03-12T19:36:21.881-07:00something in the watersomething in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-43984615881938843542016-06-13T11:38:00.002-07:002016-06-13T11:47:07.476-07:00Want to provide protection for homeless?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Kelli Townsend, one of the original <i>Something in the Water</i> crocheters (who JUST got married in Florida last weekend), sent this article today about volunteers at South Butler, PA library who crochet mats from discarded plastic bags for homeless people to cushion and waterproof their bedding. <span style="font-family: "open_sansregular";">Sponsored by New Life Christian Church near Saxonburg, member Jim Wright volunteers as project leader for the new ministry.</span><span style="font-family: "open_sansregular";"> Read the article and find out how you and or your organization can pitch in crocheting this menace to the environment to actually help someone out! Great project. Thanks Kelli and Mazel Tov!!</span><br />
<a href="http://triblive.com/mobile/10593874-96/homeless-mats-saxonburg">http://triblive.com/mobile/10593874-96/homeless-mats-saxonburg</a></div>
something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-25153808177159553662015-11-24T16:19:00.001-08:002015-11-24T16:19:15.289-08:00Glendale Community College Art Gallery shares Our Reef!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Waterworks II (on the road!) September 12 - October 2, 2015 </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My experience of installing our <i>Something in the Water</i> reef at Glendale Community College, Glendale, California was off the hook. I wish you all could have been flies on the wall because about one in five of the students and faculty passing by stopped to watch. How often do people stop in their tracks in this day and age??? About half of them were so intrigued that they came in to talk. These are busy students on their ways to and from class!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They wanted to know more about it. What IS this???? The more they heard the more their interest level spiked. Gallery attendants loved talking about that piece with visitors. It was located right by glass doors to the gallery and proved to be a major draw. You should all be thrilled by the attention your work continues to draw to important issues of plastic pollution review in the student paper, <i><a href="http://elvaq.com/arts-and-entertainment/2015/09/24/water-works-as-art-in-new-gallery-exhibit-2/">El Vaquero</a></i> gives SIW prominent mention. The impact of our work is not diminishing. Remember if any of you want to start a reef where you live, let me know! I will help you any way I can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A <a href="http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-plastic-debris-fish-markets-20151016-story.html">recent article in the LA Times </a>reported new studies finding plastic and textile fibers in seafood. Please read this and pass it on! In it they also mention that industry sources say that amount of plastic produced each year is roughly 70 lbs for every human on earth!</span><br />
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something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-581065062430915822015-06-17T17:31:00.000-07:002015-06-17T17:31:02.488-07:00Something in the Water/Ojai, CA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our <i>Something in the Water</i> reef floated buoyantly front and center in the <a href="http://waterworks2.net/">Waterworks2 </a>exhibition at <a href="http://porchgalleryojai.com/us/history-porch-gallery/">Porch Gallery </a>in Ojai, CA from May 9-June 8! All works in the exhibition plumbed the depths of water issues amplifying each other in powerful ways. I think this was definitely the most advantageous installation of the piece to date. So many people were intrigued, curious, emotional, and impressed with everyone's contributions. All contributors were named individually in the wall text. The curators said they loved talking with visitors about it. Happily, the show is slated to travel to Glendale, CA in the fall, so I will be installing the piece there in September. Other interesting possibilities now loom for the piece. Will let you know when we hear for sure!</span><br />
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something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-43413889528936231192015-06-17T17:00:00.000-07:002015-06-17T17:00:00.879-07:00Artist depicts haunting plastic universe of ocean debris<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Words cannot describe the haunting universes Mandy Barker creates with plastic debris she has collected from beaches around the world. I first saw her photographs in Smithsonian magazine, but check out her website. If the remote arctic waters of Kamchatka already harbor 185 tiny plastic litter pieces per square foot as far down as three miles below the surface, what can we look forward to if we don't change our ways? Maybe these photos will help.............<a href="http://mandy-barker.com/">Mandy Barker | Photography</a></div>
something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-84109600615127877102015-04-30T15:38:00.000-07:002015-04-30T15:38:49.792-07:00Our Reef Lives On!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Opening May 9 in Ojai, CA our <i>SIW</i> reef will be front and center in "Waterworks II", an international juried exhibition presented by <a href="http://porchgalleryojai.com/">Porch Gallery</a> and <a href="http://www.veniceica.org/">Venice Institute for Contemporary Art</a> (ViCA) including works from as far away as China. Everyone who helped to create this reef will be acknowledged in the exhibition. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I moved to California, the platform did not make the cut. The platform allows the reef to 'float' just off the ground. Here are a few shots of the platform in progress....</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This documentation can also serve as a reference for how to construct a </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Something in the Water </i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">platform for your own reef. I made a paper pattern of the shape of the reef and then cut it to fit the plywood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used scraps left from cutting out the platform to screw the pieces together. With four pieces, I can unscrew, transport, and store them more easily. The edges are painted black to make them less apparent when the reef is assembled. An assortment of boxes, foam, and bubble wrap will create height and fill the breast shapes to all their glory. When I assemble, I will cover the support materials with black fabric and tack the edges in place to prevent shifting . (People cannot resist touching it!)</span></div>
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something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-4854718485167758742014-02-27T13:05:00.003-08:002014-02-27T13:16:58.349-08:00How Daisy Maciel started SIW Brazil!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b>INTERVIEW with </b></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 14pt;"><b>Daisy Maciel, our amazing SIW coordinator in Brazil</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Over the last two years, Daisy has
organized five exhibitions of a growing SIW reef crocheted by interested people
in Porto Alegre, where she lives. In January 2014, she presented an exhibition
including an educational ‘action’ dedicated to children and adolescents. How
does she do it? Let’s ask her…..</span></div>
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<i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">A little secret</i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">: I did not know
how to do crochet! I told Wendy but</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">she</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">was not</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> impressed. So I started and
discovered anyone can do it! </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">After
participating in the</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> 2011 Pittsburgh exhibition, Wendy and I</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">exchanged some ideas and I decided to </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">start
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like participating in </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">educational
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">I showed the
crocheted pieces we were doing to people I thought might be interested and commented that we were
looking for a place to exhibit.</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">For the first
exhibition at the Botanical Garden I attended a meeting, </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">made a small contribution and spoke with
people there about the idea.</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">From
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to participate in future events developed. I can say one</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">exhibition ‘prepares’ the next. I think
it can be done anywhere: school </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">fairs,
craft fairs, outdoor events and galleries. Just use creative networks! </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Anyway to expand the conversation and
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Daisy with</span> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nelly Sefton Burger, 100, loves to help make plarn. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b><i>In the </i></b></span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><i>exhibition </i></b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b><i>photos, I see beautiful posters. Tell us about </i></b></span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><i>them.</i></b><br />
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have some explanatory banners on pollution in the water that really</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">impress all. I think the importance of more
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">When we did the event with the Department of Environmental Partners at the Bank of Rio Grande do Sul State, they designed and produced the banners!</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Daisy organized this project her own way, based on her own contacts and enthusiasm. You can do it too wherever you live. Just let me know what you want to do......and go for it! Email me, Wendy Osher, at siwcrochet@gmail.com. Let's talk!</b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this entertaining and informative film, an average guy makes a resolution to stop using plastic bags at the grocery store. Little does he know that this simple decision will change his life completely...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.roseclancy.com/p/cv.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Rose Clancy</span></a>,</span> contributor to our first reef, has organized a free screening of the award-winning environmental film at <b>Mattress Factory</b> in conjunction with<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://www.amatterofconvenience.org/p/information.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">"A Matter of Convenience"</span></a> </span>(an art exhibition and community outreach). The film <b>will screen Thursday November 15, at 6 pm</b>. I will be there to tell people about the latest "Something in the Water's" developments". If you are in the 'burgh, come on dahn!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rose is the second SIW participant to sponsor a screening! In April, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/meganshonka"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Meagan White Shonka</span></a> in Omaha, Nebraska put together a public screening of "Bag It"!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bring the film to your city or just invite some friends! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.bagitmovie.com/screenings.html">Here is a link to make it easy. </a></span></span><br />
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something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-88393383918541585992012-07-01T06:41:00.000-07:002012-07-01T07:20:12.340-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Suda Birsey</i> (SIW) goes to Turkey!</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even in this most rural village in Cappadocia, plastic bags and bottles are a serious problem!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The women all crochet and stitch elaborate and beaded edging around the scarves they wear. Their skill is a status marker, while sales help out with finances. Their work is exquisitely detailed and fine.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have introduced the project here, by sitting in my doorway in the late afternoon when the women have a chance to stroll a bit. They have been excited to see that I was doing something that they sort of recognized! Great fun trying to communicate and share. I brought a lot of large crochet hooks to give to interested women. Some have been totally amped, thinking of other things they could make with it. Sherife said, (in translation) "I am just flabbergasted"!. They only use their skills in very traditional proscribed ways, so this was really blowing her mind! We see only her hands below as she did not want her face to be photographed.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the nearby larger town, Urgup, I was introduced to two women who might have more openness to the abstract ideas of the project. One, Sule, a jewelry artist, and the other, Guler </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Somturk, a fiber artist making wearables and painting.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Both were very excited and interested</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in possibly inviting other women for a gathering where I could teach the method and talk about the project. In this photo, I am demonstrating the project to Guler in her wonderful shop. Her daughter is standing.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do have a hope that I might find someone who would like to coordinate a Turkish reef, but short of that, the opportunity to introduce the environmental ideas and images of our work, the way of using discarded plastic all are fantastic opportunities in and of themselves!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday, a group of women, mostly from one family in the village along with three of their boys were curious about the project. Here I am showing them and having a lot of fun trying to</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">compensate for having almost no language in common (other that needlework and our humanity)...<b style="font-style: italic;">.but how much </b><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">more</u><b style="font-style: italic;"> is there, really?????! </b>Extra big smile for me</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stay tuned for developments!!!! I am learning so much..............</span>something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-21956192082201602862012-05-01T09:26:00.002-07:002012-05-01T09:26:36.658-07:00HOPE: Honolulu Bans Plastic Bags<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Single-use plastic bags are a thing of the past in Honolulu! They didn't manage to establish a fee for</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> both paper and plastic, but this is an important move for a major city. Check out the report on <i><a href="http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2012/04/25/15659-honolulu-passes-ban-on-plastic-bags/">Honolulu Beat</a>.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If Honolulu's success fires you up, here is site that will help you get ban the bag legislation going where you live. This <a href="http://www.banthebagspdx.com/">Ban the Bag</a> blog offers both a history of the issue and practical strategies for political action against single-use plastic bag pollution.</span><br />
<br />something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-25333072138454194162012-04-03T07:58:00.002-07:002012-04-03T08:20:18.201-07:00"Bag It" in Omaha, NebraskaMegan 'White' Shonka, a SIW project participant, is<a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/321147391274584/"> hosting a screening</a> of<a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/321147391274584/"> </a>the fabulous film, <a href="http://www.bagitmovie.com/">"Bag It"</a>, about our addiction to single use plastic bags! on April13. If you are in Omaha or know anyone there, be sure to forward the info. Go Megan! Let us know what the response is.<div><br /></div><div>Info on how about how <b>some cities have banned plastic bags</b> may inspire you to start a grassroots initiative! Here is a link to an <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89135360">NPR report</a> and an <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/27/local/la-me-0127-santa-monica-bags-20110127">LA Times article</a> about the Santa Monica ban.</div><div><br /></div>something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-39247524425494467062012-03-28T11:16:00.007-07:002012-03-28T11:34:02.583-07:00Exciting Developments in Brazil!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">New Reef begins in Porta Alegre, Brazil! Daisy Maicel, participant in our first <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ">reef, has translated the <i>Something in the Water</i> guidelines and call into Portuguese and is launching the first satellite project,<i> Alguma Coisa Na Agua</i>. <a href="http://algumacoisanaaguadmestudio.blogspot.com.br/2011_12_01_archive.html">Please take a look</a>! Many of you are pictured in her blog. <span class="Apple-style-span">Take a look and feel free to contribute to her reef! Daisy's email is: daisymaciel15@yahoo.com.br</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ">We hope to exhibit this along with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ">the original reef in Brazil. As new reefs are created, we plan to exhibit them together for greater and greater impact as the scale of the project grows. If you would like to start a reef, please contact me!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">wendy.osher@verizon.net</span></div>something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-53618972843036084442012-01-31T09:58:00.000-08:002012-01-31T10:07:15.703-08:00Take THAT, plastic bags!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">If you already know Annie Leonard, you'll be hitting play right now. If you don't </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">start now! This is the first of her new podcasts about great things that people are doing </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">to whittle away our mountains of environmental/systemic problems. This one is about plastic bags. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">Listen up and you might just be inspired to get your community on the ban the bag wagon! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">Its called <a href="http://www.storyofstuff.org/2012/01/22/take-that-plastic-bags/">The Good Stuff</a>.</span>something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-47731315662597405212011-10-19T09:01:00.000-07:002011-10-19T09:46:33.612-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cLQV4QesURs/Tp74sPn_I7I/AAAAAAAAAGE/QLleTdEY7Mg/s1600/IMG_4320.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cLQV4QesURs/Tp74sPn_I7I/AAAAAAAAAGE/QLleTdEY7Mg/s400/IMG_4320.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665238820270842802" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EeZzxgjoBgY/Tp74rgDTWfI/AAAAAAAAAF0/xX-Er2nXwvw/s1600/IMG_4333.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EeZzxgjoBgY/Tp74rgDTWfI/AAAAAAAAAF0/xX-Er2nXwvw/s400/IMG_4333.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665238807500511730" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">October 9 -11, 2011 our reef was on view for 2,000 participants at <a href="http://www.aashe.org/">Aashe</a>, an international sustainability in higher education conference, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">to check out. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This was the first year that the conference included art and our project was one of only two pieces included. People were very curious and interested in the materials, ideas, and participants. I showed visitors how to crochet plastic bags and quite a few gave it a try. One insightful person remarked on how the piece 'draws one in as a kind of Dr. Suessical landscape, then once one's attention is captured the dark reality of the eco-underpinnings hit even harder.......'</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I mentioned to a number of people that I would like to continue the project with new managers in different parts of the world, allowing the reef to accumulate each time it is on view. Anybody interested?</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Check out the latest review in <a href="http://www.artesmagazine.com/2011/10/artists-environmental-change-the-elusive-power-of-contemporary-art/"><i>Artes Magazine,</i> October 14, 2011</a>. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">Scroll down to see image and discussion of <i>Something in the Water.</i></span></span></div></div>something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-62752099940446503022011-08-04T17:45:00.001-07:002011-08-04T18:07:55.819-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bfeZyfs-79Q/Tjs98Em_YhI/AAAAAAAAAFs/H0UsTqfWBLk/s1600/side%2Bview.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 175px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bfeZyfs-79Q/Tjs98Em_YhI/AAAAAAAAAFs/H0UsTqfWBLk/s400/side%2Bview.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637167460823032338" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O_CQTDF2mis/Tjs976qhv0I/AAAAAAAAAFk/CehHyFz7TQg/s1600/my%2Bbreasts.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O_CQTDF2mis/Tjs976qhv0I/AAAAAAAAAFk/CehHyFz7TQg/s400/my%2Bbreasts.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637167458153512770" /></a><i>Something in the Water </i>in <i>Too Shallow for Diving: The 21st Century is Treading Water </i>opened May 14th,</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-15-XrstkNqM/Tjs97ul0lvI/AAAAAAAAAFc/QmorqSwENkA/s1600/blue%2Bwebbing.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 372px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-15-XrstkNqM/Tjs97ul0lvI/AAAAAAAAAFc/QmorqSwENkA/s400/blue%2Bwebbing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637167454912550642" /></a>2011 at the American Jewish Museum of Pittsburgh<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8RJYJf-rcVo/Tjs9q2oGA4I/AAAAAAAAAFU/HOIQ3cCviyQ/s1600/aerial%2Bview%2B.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 326px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8RJYJf-rcVo/Tjs9q2oGA4I/AAAAAAAAAFU/HOIQ3cCviyQ/s400/aerial%2Bview%2B.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637167165011788674" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_lhogfzpehM/Tjs9qnKSEiI/AAAAAAAAAFM/V_tFEcZG72U/s1600/alisons%2Bbreast.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_lhogfzpehM/Tjs9qnKSEiI/AAAAAAAAAFM/V_tFEcZG72U/s400/alisons%2Bbreast.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637167160860217890" /></a>. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">The opening was packed with enthusiastic and curious people.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Museum s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">taff reported daily inquiries and fascination with this piece from visitors throughout its two-month run.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">Everyone wanted to give it a squeeze!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vmvF-HhYZrM/Tjs9qX-rulI/AAAAAAAAAFE/5Rndi7aisAE/s1600/philippine.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vmvF-HhYZrM/Tjs9qX-rulI/AAAAAAAAAFE/5Rndi7aisAE/s400/philippine.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637167156785035858" /></a></span><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fiuQ4XCYc9o/Tjs9qBdw-eI/AAAAAAAAAE8/NVnoQDhZJUk/s1600/close%2Bup.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fiuQ4XCYc9o/Tjs9qBdw-eI/AAAAAAAAAE8/NVnoQDhZJUk/s400/close%2Bup.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637167150741387746" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TzGyIA08OZI/Tjs9qA85PdI/AAAAAAAAAE0/EcUEjprOTlo/s1600/w.%2Bmap.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TzGyIA08OZI/Tjs9qA85PdI/AAAAAAAAAE0/EcUEjprOTlo/s400/w.%2Bmap.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637167150603517394" /></a><br /><br /></div>something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-66976025272366483262011-03-10T14:32:00.000-08:002011-03-10T14:39:00.161-08:00The PlastikiWatch this tongue in cheek <a href="http://www.theplastiki.com/">video </a>(click on <b>"latest video"</b> at the bottom of the page)...about the aspirations of plastic bag! Really a hoot while dead serious. Then click around and find out more about this remarkable four-year voyage in the Pacific in a raft made of plastic bottles.something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-53058718438294083062011-03-08T09:12:00.000-08:002011-03-08T09:45:36.419-08:00LOS GATOS, CA checks in!<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jennifer Hansen and friends had a </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">SOMETHING IN THE WATER party</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"> March 5 </span>in the Santa Cruz mountains to make plastic bags breast shapes for our project. Looks like <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">FUN!</span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y8oVS04Yqw8/TXZmKr-hBsI/AAAAAAAAAD4/29qy15pEsfI/s1600/5506631549_f322265b0d_b.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y8oVS04Yqw8/TXZmKr-hBsI/AAAAAAAAAD4/29qy15pEsfI/s320/5506631549_f322265b0d_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581761121961969346" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Justine Leong and Kate Karniouchina focus...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VzFYfHuE02M/TXZkqVNLhUI/AAAAAAAAADw/yuACZcFub9o/s1600/try%2Bit%2Bon.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VzFYfHuE02M/TXZkqVNLhUI/AAAAAAAAADw/yuACZcFub9o/s320/try%2Bit%2Bon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581759466582017346" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Kate tries it on for size</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nO1mQLbT_aQ/TXZkp3bNCuI/AAAAAAAAADo/0ncClRPFsaA/s1600/snacks%2Bn%2527at.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nO1mQLbT_aQ/TXZkp3bNCuI/AAAAAAAAADo/0ncClRPFsaA/s320/snacks%2Bn%2527at.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581759458587773666" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>.......mmmm, snacks</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T1Hljxl4zQY/TXZkpz3HQ5I/AAAAAAAAADg/rwnFmKNo8jA/s1600/teaching.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T1Hljxl4zQY/TXZkpz3HQ5I/AAAAAAAAADg/rwnFmKNo8jA/s320/teaching.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581759457631093650" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jennifer shows Susan LInares the ropes</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div></div>something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-72917861693265317822011-03-04T05:39:00.000-08:002011-03-04T05:45:40.992-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-37kbtHs65q0/TXDsfWs3dlI/AAAAAAAAADY/hX4pQQ1CIeY/s1600/prudence%2Bmapstone.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-37kbtHs65q0/TXDsfWs3dlI/AAAAAAAAADY/hX4pQQ1CIeY/s320/prudence%2Bmapstone.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580219961725908562" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Prudence Mapstone in her Brisbane,</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Australia </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">garden </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">with her finely </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">crocheted plastic breast!</span></div>something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-16958635701173016082011-02-16T10:33:00.001-08:002011-02-16T10:48:31.490-08:00Fantastic Video Project<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BudLmLVvB3I/TVwb1N7Vt1I/AAAAAAAAADQ/M7efwMnX0xE/s1600/IMG_3261.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BudLmLVvB3I/TVwb1N7Vt1I/AAAAAAAAADQ/M7efwMnX0xE/s320/IMG_3261.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574361039863396178" /></a><br /><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Malinna sent this great link!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/benlear/an-underwater-music-video-in-3d"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">"Watch singer-songwriter Ben Lear describe his totally inspiring and lyrical new video project, </span></a><i><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/benlear/an-underwater-music-video-in-3d"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">"Lillian</span></a></i><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/benlear/an-underwater-music-video-in-3d"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">". This stop-action love opera will heart wrenchingly lead you into the reality of the plastic garbage patches that are choking our oceans.</span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Stop the garbage patch. Get on board to help the project. Find out more about the </span><a href="http://plasticpollutioncoalition.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Plastic Pollution Coalition.</span></a></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></i></div></div>something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-72751505071038024872011-02-08T07:35:00.000-08:002011-02-08T07:39:51.678-08:00"What fun" (seriously)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QFuXnxrnMmU/TVFjHx8FGvI/AAAAAAAAADI/0JnlnZkdT2I/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QFuXnxrnMmU/TVFjHx8FGvI/AAAAAAAAADI/0JnlnZkdT2I/s320/photo.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571343199349578482" /></a><br />Marguerite Kenner's(Los Angeles) first breast gets going!something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-32181526181027609932011-02-04T08:18:00.000-08:002013-03-05T12:31:36.302-08:00CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;">Eco-Art project: Something in the Water</span><br />
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<b><br /></b>Crochet with plastic bags?! Learn how and participate in an eco-art project using plastic bags to crochet breast shapes that will be joined together in a reef shape. Highlighting this dark side of our dependency on plastic bags, concerned people are crocheting breast shapes from plastic bags. The first reef crocheted by women around the world, exhibited at an art exhibition at the American Jewish Museum in Pittsburgh in May of 201, drew so much intrigue it seemed the project had untapped potential!<br /><br />In 2012, a reef managed by Daisy Maciel in Porto Allegre, Brazil was exhibited at a city building for a special event. While on a residency in rural Turkey, many women got involved. I discovered the project is also an excellent vehicle for cross cultural common ground. Still seeking a manager for Turkey. In May I am off to Israel/Palestine where I hope to meet with concerned women who want to start a reef there. The ultimate vision is that all reefs will come together to join in a giant exhibition.<br /><br /><div>
<b>If you would like to participate</b>, S<i>earch Project Guidelines and Description</i> on blog for more details. Contact Wendy Osher: wendy.osher@verizon.net</div>
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something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-60117921593811656352011-02-03T18:17:00.000-08:002011-02-04T08:27:23.928-08:00MAMMA MIA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QFuXnxrnMmU/TUtibSAhHBI/AAAAAAAAACc/87v5acCOvN0/s1600/IMG_3333.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QFuXnxrnMmU/TUtibSAhHBI/AAAAAAAAACc/87v5acCOvN0/s320/IMG_3333.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569653585003748370" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QFuXnxrnMmU/TUtiazBNbMI/AAAAAAAAACU/NGYRaMIPDkU/s1600/IMG_3339.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QFuXnxrnMmU/TUtiazBNbMI/AAAAAAAAACU/NGYRaMIPDkU/s320/IMG_3339.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569653576685153474" /></a><br />Here is my biggest shape so far! Its about 32" in diameter......something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-61988696915185853502011-02-03T09:34:00.001-08:002011-02-03T09:35:38.129-08:00GOOD NEWSPlastic bags banned in:<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0127-santa-monica-bags-20110127,0,5013976.story">Santa Monica, CA</a><br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89135360">San Francisco, CA</a>something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-54347879185758558882011-02-03T09:13:00.000-08:002011-02-03T09:23:19.269-08:00Connie Lee<a href="http://www.artfire.com/users/connielee/blog/crocheting-for-a-cause">See Connie Lee's (Colorado) fabulous new crocheted breast shape on her blog!</a>something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-80173323780975651522011-01-27T14:34:00.000-08:002011-01-27T14:38:47.242-08:00just think about itBe sure to click and zoom in on <a href="http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#plastic-bags">Chris Jordan's terrifying image</a> of the number of plastic bags used in the US alone every 5 seconds. While you are there, check out more of this remarkable "Running the Numbers" work and just try to imagine what we are doing to the planet with every choice we make.something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541148540010457129.post-41854293532640417732011-01-25T14:51:00.000-08:002011-01-27T09:03:49.770-08:00Important articles<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/science/10patch.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=afloat+in+the+ocean&st=nyt">Researchers explore growing garbage patches in oceans</a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch">Pacific Garbage patch the size of Texas!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/new-ocean-garbage-patch-discovered#">New garbage patch discovered in Indian Ocean</a><br /><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8534052.stm">New garbage patch discovered Atlantic</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91310904">Plastic bags wreak havoc in India </a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1130/p01s04-woaf.html">Africa clogged by plastic bags</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/science/25obnest.html?scp=1&sq=feathering+their+nests+to+get+ahead&st=nyt">Feathering their nests with plastics to get ahead</a>something in the waterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10525009742944248280noreply@blogger.com0