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Melbourne’s Sustainable Living Festival is On!
I’m back in Melbourne right on time for the great weather and most importantly the Sustainability Living Festival! The program is packed with talks, workshops, movies and so much … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Melbourne, PET Bottles, Plastic Bags, Sustainability, Trash Art, Up-Cycling, Upcycling Single Use Plastics, What’s Up
Tagged Australia, BagsRevolt, Brotherhood of St Laurence, design innovation, fused plastic bags, handbags, hobbies with recycled materials, Melbourne, Patricia Acuña, Port Phillips Eco Center, Recycling is Fun, Refab, Sustainability, Sustainability Living Festival, Textile Lab, Transition Port Phillip
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Melbourne’s Community Learning how to Upcycle Plastics
Two months ago I wrote a post on community projects around the world that are reusing plastic bags and I commented on how I was about to start a community project here in Melbourne. Since then … Continue reading
The Power of Community…
I am in the process of researching Community projects around the world that are reusing plastic bags. It is my intention to start a community project soon here in Melbourne and while … Continue reading
Posted in Inspirations, Plastic Bags, Recycling, Trash Art, Up-Cycling
Tagged Chikumbuso, Community Projects, Conserve India, Create Plenty, Go.hein Plarn, International Plastic Quilt Project, Miha Artnak, New Life for Old Bags, plastic bags, Plastic Litter, The Eco Purse Project, The Mandinaba Woman Recycling Group, The Plastic Bag Project, Trashy Bags, upcycle, Wilma's Wil-Mat, XS Project
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Creatively Reusing “Single Use” Plastics
Single use Plastics are all over the Cities of the planet slowing drifting into the Oceans. … Continue reading
Posted in Contact, Life in Melbourne, New designs 2011, Trash Art, Up Cycling Projects, Up-Cycling, Weaving, What’s Up
Tagged Aboriginal Basket Weaving, Australia, BagsRevolt, Bottle Caps, Bronwyn Razem, Koorie Heritage Trust, LitterArty, Melbourne, Patricia Acuña, PET Bottles, plastic bags, Plastic Litter, Recycling, REDUCE, sculptures, Straws, weaving
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UpCyling Melbourne’s Plastic
I arrived in Melbourne a month ago. As the days pass by I can say that I like this city more and more. It’s got such style, true character, like … Continue reading
Posted in Contact, Life in Melbourne, New designs 2011, Recycling, Textures and Colors, Up Cycling Projects, Up-Cycling
Tagged Albert Park, Australia, Bottle Caps, design innovation, Melbourne, Patricia Acuña, PET Bottles, Plastic, Plastic Litter, Sandringham Beach, Straws, Turtles, upcycling, Victoria Parks
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Saying Goodbye to Perth…
This is my last week here in Perth, Western Australia with 1,750,000 Australians and Immigrants from all over the world living in a wealthy, growing city. It is the most isolated state … Continue reading
Posted in About, Being Venezuelan, Life in Perth, Up-Cycling
Tagged Australia, Inspirations, Patricia Acuña, Perth WA, Venezuela
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Happy Environment Day! News from BagsRevolt
Happy Environment day!!! For those of you who don’t agree and think everyday should be environment day…yes …that’s very true, but if one day many people concentrate … Continue reading
Posted in About, Inspirations, Life in Perth, New designs 2011, Textures and Colors, Up Cycling Projects, Up-Cycling, Waste Management, Weaving, What’s Up
Tagged BagsRevolt, Carbon Tax, design innovation, Earth Carers, food packaging recycle, google analytics, Inspirations, Patricia Acuña, Perth WA, plastic bags, RECycle, REDUCE, Say Yes Australia, Tamala Park Landfill, UP_Cycle, World Environment Day
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Bright Idea?
Are Bags-Revolt Lamps a Bright Idea? Lamps made by Up-Cycling Plastic Bags, FOOD Packaging Material, Clothes, Furniture, anything PLASTIC consumed by the hungry masses. Lamps made from the leftovers of our consumerist driven societies across the globe. Plastic that is filling our landfills, Oceans, … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Perth, Recycling, Up Cycling Projects, Up-Cycling, Weaving, What’s Up
Tagged Australia, BagsRevolt, Bright Ideas Competition, design, design innovation, food packaging recycle, GreenDesign, Inhabitat, Lamps, landfills, Patricia Acuña, Perth WA, PET Bottles, Phillip, plastic bags, weaving
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Weaving with the Future Generation
I have found that children of all ages have a very positive reaction to Bags Revolt! Could it be that this new generation has grown with a new paradigm about the importance … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Perth, Up Cycling Projects, Up-Cycling, Weaving, What’s Up, Working with Children
Tagged Art, BagsRevolt, handbags, Patricia Acuña, PlasticBags, sewing, Teaching, upcycle, weaving, working with Children
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Fresh Out Of The Loom!!!
Fresh out of the Loom! Bags Revolt new designs made with plastic bags and diverse packaging material. Continue reading
Posted in New designs 2011, Textures and Colors, Up-Cycling, Weaving, What’s Up
Tagged BagsRevolt, new designs, packaging material, plastic bags, upcycle, weaving
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