Was waiting the whole weekend for this to be released in an embed-able format. Rocketboom is a tech/social commentary video podcast helmed by Joanne Colan. (She looks better than how she appears in the ill- timed screenshot.) In this Earth Day special, she unwraps an overly packaged item in order to make a statement about the products we buy.

You can also check out a previous Rocketboom story about plastic bags.

Over at Metroblogging SG, micamonkey reflects about Bring Your Own Bag Day, highlighting how we have to battle the ill effects of another overly successful government campaign. Ironically, such a campaign to reverse the trend will not work as thoroughly in this day because of the diversification of media outlets. (I’d love to be proved wrong though!) It’ll take plenty of grassroots effort, publicity, education and probably a few changes in environmental policy and legislation too.

We’ve got a long way to go. Hopefully, we’ll get there.

Happy belated Earth Day!

Read “Say no to plastic bags.” at Habitatnews. If the links look too daunting, just scroll to the posters at the end. Food for thought.

P.S. It’s not Save the Earth. It’s Save Humankind. The earth will long outlast humans after we pollute/nuke/fight ourselves to kingdom come. The cockroaches inherit the earth.

Original photo by Wynnie, from here, used with permission

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