Very excited about Grow from Here, the garden shop on Abel Smith St that just opened TODAY!
Although I've been doing extremely well on being plastic-free in the garden this year, I thought I'd show them some support (and divert my dollars to help create the world I want—ie one where there's a garden shop five minutes walk away :) by buying a basil plant in a (plastic) pot and a (plastic) bag of potting mix.
Did make me laugh when I got to the checkout after thinking about all this and they carefully asked me if I needed a plastic carry bag instead of automatically giving me one, saying "We try not to use too many plastic bags."
Makes me realise that I've moved on from just thinking about plastic bags to noticing disposable plastic everywhere.
Some people are dismissive and say that focusing on not using plastic bags is a waste of time because it lets people feel they are being "green" when in fact plastic bag use (or not) has only a very small impact. But I think that maybe taking a reuseable bag shopping is a gateway action, like drug scaremongers say marijuana is a "gateway" to harder drugs. Making one (easy, obvious) change makes you realise that change is possible, and gets you thinking about stuff.
Good on you Grow from Here. Bless your little heart for taking that first step.
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