Fight plastic bags with Japanese art of the 8th century
One of the great challenges of humanity is to end up with plastic bags. The statement may seem extreme, but the truth is that dozens of cities around the world, are limiting the use of plastic bags, progressively or even abrupt and total.If we followed this weekend should remember an article we published yesterday, which addresses this need to finish with the plastic bag. Coincidence or not, the episode's 250 green economy approaches the theme but from another perspective: the replacement of the plastic bag by cloths that wrap objects from the Japanese art of furoshiki.This Japanese art, dating back to the 8th century, contributes to reduce waste and is revalued as an alternative to plastic bags. "The idea is to end up with [plastic bags] and get in fabric-squares of fabric robust in terms of fabric that hold the weight â€" and put it in our belongings, wrap them in tissue in what our grandparents and parents knew as a small backpack," explained to the green economy Susana Domingues, expert in this art.Susana is responsible for a bet that Japanese arts workhsop for reuse and renew. At a time when every Portuguese spend more plastic bags than the European average â€" about 466 per inhabitant per year â€" the furoshiki and sashiko, another oriental technique, can be a good response to improve our environmental responsibility."Sashiko means short cons," says Susana Domingues. "He arose from a need, especially in the lower class of Japan, to stand up to the most rigorous Winters. The idea was for sew-overlap fabrics â€" to become more comfortable but also more cold-resistant ".Today, these two techniques have other purposes, gaining another importance as mankind moves away of plastic bags and the crisis requires engendering new solutions to reuse objects and clothes."I don't know if it's related to the crisis, may be more related to fashion, but it is true that this area of things made by hand are much more sought after," concluded Monica Campanhã, student of one of the workshops taught by Susana Domingues.See the episode 250 of the green economy.Foto: goblinbox_ (queen_of_ad_hoc_bento)/Creative Commons
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