I have been working with Chris Jordan on his Midway Film project for the past month and have decided that at the very least I have to try to not contribute so much to the problem of plastic in our oceans. So for the month of July, my family and I are going to try to not to buy any plastic at all.
Sure, asking for paper bags at the grocery store is a start. But as I suspect I am going to find out later this week when we go to Costco, not buying plastic is probably impossible. I will be reporting my progress here.
If you are interested in the project, here are a few things to check out:
Chris Jordan's TED talk about waste.
A post about how long plastic lasts (forever).
A post about the myths of plastic recycling (doesn't really work).
Another TED talk about plastic trash.
Later, maybe August, I am going to try to figure out how to responsibly dispose of the plastic I already have.
If you want to do something to help, but aren't quite ready to give up plastic, here is a link to Chris Jordan's MidwayFilm project's Kickstarter.