Plastic

Functions:

First,I was thinking to place a plastic lining in the inside of the green bag. This is because most people tend to make their green bag wet and they keep washing them. This makes them wastes a lot of water. This makes people waste more money.

However, it is difficult to sew that into the green bag, but it is still possible.


Design:

Initially, I thought of ideas like cutting out OLD cloth and making them into designs. Such ideas led me of thinking of the basics, cutting out cloth into a head of a Dinosaur and a tail and sew it on both ends of the green bag.

For more creativity, I thought of taking old clothings and cut them into small parts and pasting them on the green bag.

There are many ideas, anyone can improvise on our product.

week 6

there are already 2 to 3 weeks that our group did not post anything. Because we have been discussing every week but did not post. In the three weeks, we found out that the green bag that we need, cost $1 in fairprice but there is a design on it so we need white cloth to cover the design to make it unique. So I have researched and decided that we can buy the white cloth from spotlight. After buying the cloth, we need to design on the cloth. We need fabric markers or fabric paint to design on it. So, one of our members have fabric paint, so I would like to try on the paint first. As we have made a survey, we are waiting for the results to come out. 

this week reflection is that everyone cooperate together.

samples

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQUVnsFcys4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwu1RQess64&feature=related

Please watch the videos above.

Week 6 Reflection

I was assigned to do all the researching for this project while the rest of my group members will be doing the advertising and production. Since i had already done a great part for this project, I will be doing the least hands-on job from now on.

what we going to do?

We are going to split into two groups:

advertisement 

and

product

the advertisement group will use the research information to plan for an advertisement. they will do advertisement to promote the bag and of course convey the message of saving gaia to everyone.

Advertisement group:

Stanley Yong

Shaun seow 

Tan wei ren

the Product group will think of the product and do a survey people about the idea. They will do a product which is mentioned in the previous posts. the product will be also shown in the advertisement. saving gaia will be conveyed on the bag itself. Having that, we want to have more and more people to bring an green bag to school instead of plastic bag. The two groups will work intensely together. Bringing out the message.

Product group: Tan Jie Hng

                            Kenneth Soon

Research

Plastic bags litter the landscape. Once they are used, most plastic bags go into landfill, or rubbish tips. Each year more and more plastic bags are ending up littering the environment. Once they become litter, plastic bags find their way into our waterways, parks, beaches, and streets. And, if they are burned, they infuse the air with toxic fumes.

Plastic bags kill animals. About 100,000 animals such as dolphins, turtles whales, penguins are killed every year due to plastic bags. Many animals ingest plastic bags, mistaking them for food, and therefore die. And worse, the ingested plastic bag remains intact even after the death and decomposition of the animal. Thus, it lies around in the landscape where another victim may ingest it.

Plastic bags are non-biodegradable. And one of the worst environmental effects of plastic bags is that they are non-biodegradable. The decomposition of plastic bags takes about 1000 years.

Petroleum is required to produce plastic bags. As it is, petroleum products are diminishing and getting more expensive by the day, since we have been using this non-renewable resource increasingly. Petroleum is vital for our modern way of life. It is necessary for our energy requirements – for our factories, transport, heating, lighting, and so on. Without viable alternative sources of energy yet on the horizon, if the supply of petroleum were to be turned off, it would lead to practically the whole world grinding to a halt. Surely, this precious resource should not be wasted on producing plastic bags, should it?

So, What Can be Done about the Use of Plastic Bags?

Single-use plastic bags have become such a ubiquitous way of life that it seems as if we simply cannot do without them. However, if we have the will, we can start reducing their use in small ways.

A tote bag can make a good substitute for holding the shopping. You can keep the bag with the cahier, and then put your purchases into it instead of the usual plastic bag.

Recycling the plastic bags you already have is another good idea. These can come into use for various purposes, like holding your garbage, instead of purchasing new ones.

While governments may be working out ways to lessen the impact of plastic bags on the environment, however, each of us should shoulder some of the responsibility for this problem, which ultimately harms us.

This is a report from http://www.buzzle.com/articles/environmental-pollution-the-harmful-effects-of-plastic-bags.html

The words in red is what we are going to do.

week 5 reflection

We change our idea. We used the same previous idea about designing, but now, we add plastic bags lining and also a second compartment. Now, we just have to do an advertisement about it and our green bag.

Lesson 4 Refelction

I will be working with my group leader Jie Hng and I hope that we can have fun working together and not get so many problems while doing our work. We will be discussing how does the green bags a better alternative than using plastic bags.

new idea

today. we again discuss the green bag idea. Jie Hng thought of an idea of having compartment made of plastic bag. the plastic bag will be sewed to the cloth and so it can put meat of vegetables inside without fearing of the water from it make the bag wet. Our first sketches of it is taken and shown in this blog.