Movies/Videos:
Bag It (movie/documentary) - Americans use 60,000 plastic bags every five minutes-single-use
disposable bags that we mindlessly throw away. But where is "away?"
Where do the bags and other plastics end up, and at what cost to our
environment, marine life and human health? Bag It follows
"everyman" Jeb Berrier as he navigates our plastic world. Jeb is not a
radical environmentalist, but an average American who decides
to take a closer look at our cultural love affair with plastics.
Jeb's journey in this documentary film starts with simple questions:
Are plastic bags really necessary? What are plastic bags made from?
What happens to plastic bags after they are discarded? Jeb looks
beyond plastic bags and discovers that virtually everything in modern
society-from baby bottles, to sports equipment, to dental sealants,
to personal care products-is made with plastic or contains
potentially harmful chemical additives used in the plastic-making
process.
When Jeb's journey takes a personal twist, we see how our
crazy-for-plastic world has finally caught up with us and what we can do
about it.
Today. Right now. Website link.
Plastic Bag, narrated by Werner Herzog - This odd & amusing video shows the life of a plastic bag. Watch it at YouTube.