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Vision Eco Bricks
Close your eyes and imagine the place where you live and the surroundings. Imagine that everything looks very clean. You can see no litter on the streets, parks, river or beaches. You observe instead beautiful green spaces, playgrounds and herb … Continue reading
Making Puppets from PET Bottles in Mexico
It’s been 5 days since I left Melbourne on a trip back home to Venezuela for 3 months. I am making a 12-day stop in Playa del Carmen, Mexico to visit my mother, brother and his … Continue reading
Bottled Water=Plastic Pollution
 Say NO to Bottled Water! This year when my birthday came around and my husband asked me what I would fancy for my gift. The only thing that I really wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Inspirations, PET Bottles, Plastic Pollution, REfuse, Sustainability
Tagged 5 Gyres Institute, Albert Park, Algalita Marine Research Foundation, BagsRevolt, Bottled Water, Carolynn Box, Melbourne, North Pacific Gyre, Patricia Acuña, PET Bottles, Plastic Litter, Plastic Pollution
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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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Turtles “Safely†Swimming in Plastic Litter at Albert Park
A lot has happened since I last wrote the post about the Litter problem in Melbourne’s Albert Park. Sparked by the sight of a small turtle in the middle … Continue reading
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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Galaxia’s Billabong in Merri Creek
Merri Creek flows through the northern suburbs of Melbourne, it is a major tributary of the Yarra River, the main river that flows through the city into Port Phillips Bay. The place where the creek and the river meet was … Continue reading
Posted in Contact, Inspirations, Life in Melbourne, Sustainability, Trash Art, Waste Management
Tagged Art with Rubbish, Australia, Billabong, CERES, Edgars Creek, Ferdi Zoet, Frogs, Galaxia, Manuel Mejia, Mark Thomas, MCMC, Melbourne, Merri Creek, Patricia Acuña, PET Bottles, plastic bags, Plastic Litter, Ramona Yagnik, Victor Holder, Zeff Isenberg
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#DrivingAcrossAustralia
Hi It’s been two long weeks, but yesterday I finally slept in what will be my new house in the extremely happening city of Melbourne! But this post is about the trip from Perth to the East Coast of … Continue reading
Posted in Travels
Tagged Australia, Kalgoorlie, Litter, Melbourne, Nullarbor, Patricia Acuña, Perth WA, PET Bottles, Southern Right Whales, Super Pit
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June News and What’s Coming In July
Hi everyone.  Happy July!!! This past month of June was a very busy one. I gave my first Workshop Up-Cycling the Creative Approach to Sustainability. I can say … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Perth, New designs 2011, Recycling, Textures and Colors, Up Cycling Projects, Weaving, What’s Up
Tagged Australia, BagsRevolt, Bangles, Colors, consumer power, design innovation, Eco-Conscious Customers, food packaging recycle, fused plastic bags, handbags, Inspirations, Patricia Acuña, Perth WA, PET Bottles, plastic bags, Plastic Food Packaging
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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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