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How to Sew Produce Bags with Simple Tie Closures

Posted on November 14, 2024November 14, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A filled white cloth produce bag is closed at the top with a blue tie. It sits on a dark wooden background.

These produce bags with simple tie closures are easy to sew, put a dent in your scrap fabric pile and keep plastic out of landfill.

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How to Organize a Sewing Bee to Reduce Plastic Produce Bags

Posted on August 6, 2024August 6, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Would you like to reduce plastic pollution in your community? Are you crafty? Consider organizing a sewing bee to sew cloth produce bags.

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Plastic Free Reusable Snack Bags Made with Fabric Scraps

Posted on April 24, 2024April 24, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A homemade yellow, blue and green reusable cloth snack bag has been filled with popcorn. An empty yellow snack bag sits to the left. On the right is an empty dark green snack bag. Everything sits on a dark wooden table.

Pack your to-go snacks in these reusable cloth snack bags made with fabric scraps. Ditch the plastic baggies, reduce waste and save money.

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Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas Are Easy to Make

Posted on June 24, 2023June 23, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
Bubbles form on the surface of a wheat tortilla cooking in an enameled cast iron pan. More tortillas sit in the background, ready to roll out and cook.

This flour tortilla recipe calls for only five ingredients and cuts the plastic that almost all store-bought tortillas are packaged in.

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13 Painless Ways to Participate in Plastic Free July

Posted on June 30, 2022July 2, 2022by Anne-Marie Bonneau

This Plastic Free July, cut loads of single-use plastic from your life painlessly with these 13 simple strategies.

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How to Transform a Free Burlap Sack Into a Planter

Posted on March 3, 2022October 21, 2022by Anne-Marie Bonneau
plastic free planter made out of a free burlap sap, filled with dirt and a small plant

Burlap sacks make inexpensive, attractive planters for your yard. Get them free from a café for zero-waste gardening on the cheap.

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Plastic Free July: Cut These Top 4 Single-Use Plastics

Posted on June 17, 2021June 17, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau
Purple produce bag upcycled from a donated linen sheet, filled with avocados

If you don’t know how to start Plastic Free July, cut the Top 4: the very common, very swappable sources of single-use plastic pollution.

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One Woman Making a Difference

Posted on January 21, 2021September 14, 2022by Anne-Marie Bonneau

After working on global climate solutions, Stephanie Miller wanted to reduce her own footprint. She began with a request at her dry cleaners.

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It’s a Book!

Posted on September 30, 2020August 30, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau

I’ve been working on this for a while! My book is now available.

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