Comments on: Oh the Irony! WesFeld’s Ocean Inspired Plastic Gowns at New York Fashion Week

By: Becky Waters

Becky Waters — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:03:06 +0000

I’m currently a fashion student in the UK and am designing for a marine life theme. Who designed/made these garments above? If someone could help me it would be fantastic! beckywaters@hotmail.com

By: Leanne

Leanne — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:57:30 +0000

Plastics make WHAT possible? The ability to kill off thousands of sea birds with trash? Ugh. And who would want to wear it anyway? Talk about a sweat box! .-= Leanne´s last blog ..Vintage clothing wins out - learning the truth when it comes time to move =-.

By: Isle Dance

Isle Dance — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:22:35 +0000

I'm so glad you care about this. Yesterday I walked the beach (I'm surrounded by them) and it was a plastics day. Meaning, plastic trash was in abundance. So, something happened at sea, and it washed in. Yuck. Ick. Nasty. I should take photos to share with you, I'm sure, when this happens. Keep up the great work! .-= Isle Dance´s last blog ..Crazy Little Thing Called Love =-.

By: Fr. Peter

Fr. Peter — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:06:17 +0000

"Did you know that most plastic recycling is actually 'downcycling'.” That is the problem in a nutshell Beth. Quality plastic ends up as a toothbrush or in a plastic fibre filled coat that is worn out and discarded. The only way for plastic to be recycled is down, literally. No matter how often it happens it will end up in the earth. .-= Fr. Peter´s last blog ..The ‘Robin Hood Tax’; this is a tiny tax on bankers that would give billions to tackle world poverty and climate change. =-.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:38:45 +0000

I just have to say thank you for the inspiration you provide! I am constantly learning and striving to be better. My husband and I have taken up the plastic challenge and can’t wait to see what we find.

Regards,

Jennifer

By: Eleanor Sommer

Eleanor Sommer — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:23:39 +0000

There is a recent article in Science News about how the garbage gyres are more destructive than first thought, because the debris goes much deeper than the surface, up to 20 km! Here’s the link:

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/56644/title/Sea_of_plastics

Beth, I continue to greatly admire what you are doing, and I am sadly frustrated at my own attempts, most of which have to do with food storage. But we continue to try our best!
.-= Eleanor Sommer´s last blog ..A Botanist Tackles Spurge Nettle for Lunch =-.

By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:42:39 +0000

Hi Shanell. I am so glad you are learning about these issues. Just remember that Recycling is the very last of the R’s. It’s the one that we resort to when all else fails. It is not our first solution to this problem.

Did you know that most of our plastic recycling is shipped to China, where is may actually be incinerated or manufactured into cheap plastic stuff that is shipped back to us? Did you know that most plastic recycling is actually “downcycling,” which means that plastic items cannot be recycled back into the same plastic items? Take a yogurt container, for example. It will not get recycled into another yogurt container. So that means that new plastic must be used to create new yogurt containers. Not so great.

Reducing the amount of plastic we buy in the first place is the best solution, right?

Check out this list of ideas for cutting out plastic: http://fakeplasticfish.com/list

Also, check out the web site of the Plastic Pollution Coalition. They are working hard to stop this problem at a very high level: http://plasticpollutioncoalition.org

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you will continue to care about the planet and what we can do to protect it.

By: Shanell

Shanell — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:31:39 +0000

Wow, I’m really amazed about this. I’m taking an Environment Science class in High School and we are learning about how plastics and other trash is polluting the oceans. Just yesterday we were reading up on an article about the North Pacific Gyre and the other ones as well and it was talking about the island’s of trash that, mostly plastic, was creating. I’m a big nature freak when it comes to pollution and other serious problems as well as the problem with cutting down trees, so I understand how most of you are freaking out about this. One of the ways you can help is to just recycle. And from what my teacher in my class told me, Refuse, Reuse, and Recycle. For example, when you go to the grocery store, bring your own bag to help stop throwing away plastic and paper bags. Another way to help, talk to your local recycling community and find out all the things you can recycle like plastic, glass, aluminum and other metals… even paper like cardboard boxes from cake mixes! Trust me, I do this and it saves me a lot of time and money. Like I always say, Save the World, get off your lazy butt and do something. :)

By: Amber

Amber — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:16:32 +0000

This sort of thing is so off-putting. Corporate spin-masters working overtime to hide the problems with their products are verging on unethical behaviour, and it makes me sad. You shouldn't need to re-word websites so that people won't think of the connection between your product and environmental devastation. :( .-= Amber´s last blog ..My Husband’s Olympics =-.

By: Pheas

Pheas — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:35:18 +0000

Re: irony, this may be a candidate for http://friendsofirony.com/