View the trailer:īy the year 2030, two-thirds of the world will be lacking access to clean drinking water. Tapped covers all of these points and even some that were new to me. As regular Fake Plastic Fish readers know, I’ve written extensively against bottled water myself, providing a multitude of reasons to avoid the stuff: Bottled water is not as strongly regulated as tap water it requires more energy to bottle and ship than tap water it negatively impacts local community water supplies it turns over control of a public trust to private companies and of course, the plastic bottle lasts in the environment virtually forever. I just finished watching the new documentary, Tapped, a polemic against the bottled water industry. This entry was posted in Movies on Maby Beth Terry. Trying to figure out if it’s possible to live without disposable plastic,… Read the rest And he even experiments with his own body to see the impacts of chemicals from plastics like BPA. He calls out the plastics industry and American Chemistry Council and explains the techniques they used dupe the public. He exposes the myths of recycling, telling the truth about why it’s not the answer to our plastic pollution problem. Learning about the problems with plastic bags leads him on a journey to find out more about plastic pollution and the harm from disposable plastic.
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There’s a reason the filmmakers ended up on my doorstep in 2009 to learn about how to live without plastic.īag It is the story of an ordinary guy named Jeb Berrier who one day has an awakening sparked by a plastic bag. But if you think it’s only about plastic bags, think again. Many of you have probably already heard about the film Bag It: Is Your Life Too Plastic? that came out last year. This entry was posted in Movies on Apby Beth Terry. It’s easy to watch (I’ve seen it about a dozen times and don’t get tired of it) but it hits home just how important it is that we stop… Read the rest He interviews scientists, activists, and experts, and at one point even pays a visit to my bathroom.īag It is the film to show friends and family members who have been resistant to the idea of reducing their plastic consumption. Jeb Berrier, whom I like to refer to as “Michael Moore Lite” (except if you don’t like Michael Moore, forget I said that because Jeb is funnier and less aggressive), takes viewers on a wild quest to get to the truth about plastic. It you still haven’t seen the award-winning film Bag It: Is Your Life Too Plastic?, what are you waiting for?īag It is the award-winning documentary about all things plastic (not just bags!) that combines serious information with lots of humor to wake people up to the growing problem of plastic pollution and plastic toxicity. This entry was posted in Animals, Movies on Jby Beth Terry. It was a poor quality image of a dead albatross chick on Midway Island–halfway between the United States and Japan and thousands of miles from any civilization–that was full of everyday… Read the rest Images that change livesĪnd then one night, In June 2007, sitting alone at the computer, I stumbled across an article about the ocean plastic pollution problem and saw the photo that shocked me like no other had. I gave money to Greenpeace, watched environmental documentaries, and had even worked briefly for Clean Water Action right after college, but my environmental actions did not extend to my personal choices. I was just a regular American, choosing double plastic bags at the grocery store, drinking bottled water, living on microwaveable meals and energy bars wrapped in plastic, and buying whatever I wanted whenever I wanted without ever considering how things were made or where they were going to end up. This entry was posted in Movies on by Beth Terry.įive years ago, a photo changed my life. And yesterday, she and I had a really fun… Read the rest Taina is not just a blogger and activist. (There may be a few other people that you recognize in the film!)īut the filmmakers need your support to get it finished!įrom the Waste Up – Life Without Plastic from Taina Uitto on Vimeo.
Now, she is putting the footage together into a feature film called From the Waste Up: Life Without Plastic, which will follow the adventures of these families as they try to navigate modern life without plastic. And last year, she invited 6 Vancouver families to join her. Among all the depressing environmental films out there, wouldn’t it be great if there were a funny, entertaining one about what it’s actually like to try and live without plastic? Taina Uitto, who has blogged at Plastic Manners since 2010 about her own plastic-free experiment, has been filming her process since day one.
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