Our days are getting longer, warmer and we welcome Spring. Spring brings to mind spring cleaning, rebirth, recycle, repurpose and reduce.
April also reminds me of Earth Day and to be mindful of my surroundings. The first Earth Day was held in 1970 and has been held every year on April 22nd. The theme that seemed to stick with me is plant a tree, but according to the Earth Day website this year’s theme is Planet vs. Plastics, and calls to advocate for widespread awareness on the health risk of plastics, rapidly phase out all single use plastics, urgently push for a strong UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution, and demand an end to fast fashion.
What can you do to have a positive impact?
I've decided to challenge myself to repurpose, recycle, reuse, reduce. Repurpose blue jeans, a wool coat, t-shirts, men’s shirts. Make reusable food storage wraps, bowl covers, lunch bags. Even though I have done all of these in the past it hasn't became an everyday effort. I am committing myself to be more responsible.
Visiting other states and countries they've banned all plastic bags. You had to purchase a tote or sometimes they packaged your purchases in brown paper bags. Hopefully everyone will lean towards this practice.
Personally, I’ve tried to avoid plastic bags at all costs. I own many cloth shopping totes from various stores and most have seen their better days. My favorite tote I bought over tens years ago from Trader Joes.
This month I decided to sew new shopping totes from home decorating fabrics using that Trader Joes tote as a template. Going through my stash fabric I found several yards of home decorating fabric that is perfect for shopping totes. I also found some of this fabric in the clearance section of a fabric store. All in all I made 7 new shopping totes.
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