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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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How to Make Onion Skin Fabric Dye

Posted on June 16, 2023June 16, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
Cloth bags dyed with onion skin dye sit on top of the white cloth they were sewn out of

Revive tired clothing and drab fabric with onion skin dye that renders shades from golden to orange to brown.

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How to Dye Fabric Pink With Mere Avocado Pits

Posted on January 3, 2023June 15, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
Five reusable cloth produce bags in varying shades of pink dry on a clothes line outside

Put avocado pits to work and dye fabric pink with them. All you need are a large pot, a handful of pits, water and something to dye.

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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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Hunkered Down During COVID-19? Make Something.

Posted on March 14, 2020March 14, 2020by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Millions of us will stay hunkered down at home during COVID-19, either out of necessity or precaution. Now seems like a great time to learn a new skill.

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Reusa-Bags Upcycled Produce Bags Community Map

Posted on October 19, 2019April 9, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Have a group that sews produce bags? Fill out a few questions to get on the map. To contact a local group, click on a pin in the map for the organizer’s email.

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  • Making

How to Make Reusable Produce Bags [with Video]

Posted on May 16, 2019April 9, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
homemade cloth produce bags for zero waste and plastic free shopping

Upcycle sheets, fabric remnants and scraps into reusable cloth produce bags for zero-waste and plastic-free shopping.

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How to Join or Start a Zero-Waste Community

Posted on January 16, 2019January 20, 2022by Anne-Marie Bonneau
food stored in jars reduces food waste because you can see what you have on hand

Would you like support in your zero-waste or low-waste endeavors? Look for a zero-waste community in your city or start your own by following these simple steps.

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