One City

One City

happy plastic bags

posted by Ellen Scordato | 1:10pm Sunday March 30, 2008

Interdependent art? Without plastic bags, we wouldn’t have this!
YouTube Preview Image
SVA (School of Visual Arts) student Joshua Allen Harris makes these around the new york city streets (btw, for out-of-towners--that's a subway grate, and air gusts out of it when trains go by).

A big thanks to the most excellent Mark and Sarah of http://woostercollective.com for this one!



Leave a Comment ยป
Related Topics: Arts and Media
beliefnet
  list archives most recent most popular  
beliefnet
Previous Posts

Where Have We Gone? New Website!
The internet, with all of it's unpredictable curves and nooks has beckoned us to re-envision the way we organize our online community.   We've been working hard here at the Interdependence Project the past half a year to develop a brand new, highly interactive website, which is hosting a n

posted 10:54:22am Aug. 16, 2010 | read full post »

Mixing technology and practice
There were many more good sessions at the Wisdom 2.0 conference this weekend. The intention of the organizers is to post videos. I'll let you know when. Here are some of my notes from a second panel. How do we use modern, social media technologies — such as this blog — to both further o

posted 3:54:40pm May. 02, 2010 | read full post »

Wisdom 2.0
If a zen master were sitting next to the chief technical officer of Twitter, what would they talk about? That sounds like a hypothetical overheared at a bar in San Francisco. But this weekend I saw the very thing at Soren Gordhamer's Wisdom 2.0 conference — named after his book of the same nam

posted 1:43:19pm May. 01, 2010 | read full post »

The Buddha at Work - "All we are is dust in the wind, dude."
"The only true wisdom consists of knowing that you know nothing." - Alex Winter, as Bill S. Preston, Esq. in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"That's us, dude!" - Keanu Reeves, as Ted "Theodore" LoganWhoa! Excellent! I've had impermanence on my mind recently. I've talked about it her

posted 2:20:00pm Jan. 28, 2010 | read full post »

Sometimes You Find Enlightenment by Punching People in the Face
This week I'm curating a guest post from Jonathan Mead, a friend who inspires by living life on his own terms and sharing what he can with others.  To quote from Jonathan's own site, Illuminated Mind: "The reason for everything: To create a revolution based on authentic action. A social movemen

posted 12:32:23pm Jan. 27, 2010 | read full post »

Advertisement
Comments read comments(7)
post a comment
Eva

posted March 30, 2008 at 1:41 pm


this is the coolest thing i have seen all day. i <3 ny



report abuse
 

Ethan Nichtern

posted March 31, 2008 at 12:11 pm


Okay, let’s not get rid of ALL plastic bags. Just 99%. Enough for this artist to keep on rockin.



report abuse
 

Erg

posted March 31, 2008 at 6:03 pm


And thanks to this website I recently gave up plastic bags. MAKE UP YOUR MIND PEOPLE ;)



report abuse
 

ellen

posted March 31, 2008 at 11:00 pm


well we don’t want MORE bags . . .
but if the ones we have are gonna be around a coupla hundred years or more. . .
this is some inventive recycling!



report abuse
 

cheap coach purses

posted July 11, 2010 at 11:15 pm


Thank you for sharing.I like cheap coach handbags



report abuse
 

mbt shoe

posted July 11, 2010 at 11:57 pm


Your website came up in my search and I’m taken by what you have composed on this topic.
Welcome to say something about my recent shopping experience:
five fingers



report abuse
 

Traveling bags

posted February 22, 2011 at 2:42 am


Glad to see this information.its very useful for eneryone.thanks for sharing this post.
Traveling bags



report abuse
 

Post a Comment

By submitting these comments, I agree to the beliefnet.com terms of service, rules of conduct and privacy policy (the "agreements"). I understand and agree that any content I post is licensed to beliefnet.com and may be used by beliefnet.com in accordance with the agreements.

Share this story

Related Topics: Arts and Media
beliefnet
  list archives most recent most popular  
beliefnet

About Beliefnet

Our mission is to help people like you find, and walk, a spiritual path that will bring comfort, hope, clarity, strength, and happiness. More about Beliefnet.

Help

Media Kit

Subscribe

Legal

Copyright © Beliefnet, Inc. and/or its licensors. All rights reserved. Use of this site is subject to Terms of Service and to our Privacy Policy. Constructed by Beliefnet.

Advertisement

Report as Inappropriate

You are reporting this content because it violates the Terms of Service.

All reported content is logged for investigation.