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Workshop “ Plastics as a Learning Resource†in Margarita Island
I have been invited to participate in the Project “Reduce your ecological footprint†that takes places in the beautiful island of Margarita in Venezuela. This community … Continue reading
Posted in About, Community, PET Bottles, Plastic Bags, Plastic Pollution, REfuse, Sustainability, Trash Art, Travels, Upcycling Single Use Plastics, Venezuela, What’s Up
Tagged Bottle Caps, Cooperativa Socio Proyectos Ambientales, ecological footprint, Learning Resource, Margarita Venezuela, plastic bags, Plastics, project Vision Ecobricks, REDUCE, Reuse, Straws
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Weaving with plastic straws and plastic bags / Tejido con pitillos y bolsas plásticas
Happy 2014! From now on my posts will be shorter and bi-lingual. I am now living In Venezuela so I will be writing in Spanish also. ¡Feliz 2014! ¡Este … Continue reading
Posted in Actividades para hacer con niños, Reciclaje creativo, Up Cycling Projects, Upcycling Single Use Plastics, Venezuela, Weaving, Working with Children
Tagged basura plástica, bolsas plásticas, Patricia Acuña, pitillos, plastic bags, Plastic Litter, Straws, tejido, Venezuela, weaving
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The Bags Revolt Stall
We were invited to have a stall at the City of Stonnington Spring into Gardening 2013 Celebration. The idea was to provide Melbournian kids and families with the opportunity to think about how single use … Continue reading
Spring into Gardening
Everyone’s invited this Sunday the 13th of October for a day of FUN at the Victoria Gardens. There will be free activities for everyone, including presentations, demonstrations, children’s activities and market stalls. I will be there with BagsRevolt making Sea … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Life in Melbourne, PET Bottles, Plastic Bags, Portraits, Textures and Colors, Trash Art, What’s Up, Working with Children
Tagged Australia, BagsRevolt, City of Stonningtong, Melbourne, Patricia Acuña, Plastics, Reuse, spring into gardening, Straws, Victoria Gardens
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Making Sea Creatures with Plastics
The workshop: Making Sea Creatures with Plastics that I facilitated at the Port Phillip Ecocentre this past Saturday was one of the most fun and productive workshops yet! I was surprised at the great turnout considering it was planned and … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Life in Melbourne, PET Bottles, Plastic Bags, Trash Art, Up Cycling Projects, What’s Up, Working with Children
Tagged Art, Australia, BagsRevolt, Bottle Caps, Community Engagement, Inspirations, Melbourne, Patricia Acuña, Plastic Pollution awareness, reusing creatively, Straws
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Funky Garden Art From Single Use Plastics
The Port Phillip EcoCentre is embracing Sustainable House Day 2012 on Sunday, 9th of September from 10am-4pm. The event is designed to pick up ideas & explore D.I.Y and technological solutions to … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Inspirations, Life in Melbourne, Plastic Bags, Textures and Colors, Trash Art, Up Cycling Projects, Upcycling Single Use Plastics, What’s Up, Working with Children
Tagged Balloons, Bottle Caps, food packaging recycle, Garden Art, Melbourne, plastic bags, Port Phillips Eco Center, Straws, Sustainable House Day 2012, Transition Port Phillip, upcycling, Workshops
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BagsRevolt Short Documentary
Hi everyone I am full of  Joy that we have finally finished the short documentary on Bagsrevolt. I am grateful to my husband Manuel Mejia for his amazing talent both as an Editor and Director. I think the end result … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Contact, Endagered Wildlife, Inspirations, Life in Melbourne, New designs 2011, PET Bottles, Plastic Bags, Plastic Pollution, Recycling, REfuse, Sustainability, Textures and Colors, Trash Art, What’s Up
Tagged Australia, BagsRevolt, Bottle Caps, consumer power, design innovation, food packaging recycle, fused plastic bags, Melbourne, Patricia Acuña, plastic bags, Plastic Litter, Plastic Pollution, Straws, upcycling
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Clean Up Australia Day!
As revolting it is to see this picture, it’s a strong message of warning of how our future will look if people continue to be so careless with their cigarette butts . … Continue reading
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