This is the story of a plastic bag, trying to come to grips with his immortaility. On a quest to meet his maker, the plastic bag travels great distances to understand his purpose in life.
It is a little long, so if you don’t have time to watch all of it now, find time on the weekend. It’s well worth it.
Voiced by Werner Herzog, and directed by Ramin Bahrani, this is a compellingly told story. It’s much more than just a story about the lifecycle of a plastic bag, it’s a moving narrative told in a unique and creative way. You’ll start empathising with an inanimate object.
Ps- For more inspiration on kicking the plastic bag habit, check out one way to upcycle plastic bags and the Bag Bubble, another haven for plastic bags that is not the Pacific garbage patch.
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Katherine Hui is currently the Social site editor at Green Thing, a web-based public service in London that inspires people to lead greener lives through creative content.
Before this, she worked as the Development Manager at Social Innovation Camp, an organization that encourages people to use web and mobile-based technology to mobilise social change. She oversaw 300 ideas submission and helped build 20 prototypes – five of which have gone on to get further funding or investment.
Katherine’s came over to the UK form Canada in 2007 for an MSc program at the London School of Economics. Before arriving in London, she managed a small environmental start-up in Vancouver called the Canadian Climate Change Alliance.
Katherine is football mad. She is a loyal supporter of Arsenal FC, plays for Islington Borough Ladies FC and coaches for Gunners in Islington in her spare time. Her second favourite hobby is kite surfing and she can sometimes be found chasing the wind.
