As part of Plastic Free July, All Our Energy’s Bring Your Own Bag team present a free screening of the award winning, light-hearted, and funny movie “Bag It”. Come find out if your life is a little too plastic!
Rockville Centre Recreation Center
111 N Oceanside Rd,
Rockville Centre, New York 11570
The South Hempstead Civic Association hosts All Our Energy’s Bring Your Own Bag Nassau campaign for a free public screening of the light-hearted and funny, award-winning film Bag It. Come find out of your life is too plastic (hint- it totally is!)
South Hempstead Firehouse
555 May St,
South Hempstead, NY 11550
JANUARY 20 2-4 PM
Hands-on art demonstrations
Kathleen Diresta Collective art installation @ Creative Arts Studio
Plastic bag upcycling event.
Barb Karyo will demonstrate for adults how to crochet reusable bags from plastic bags and teach anyone interested how.
Lori Pappas will lead a children’s workshop where kids will create unique art from recycled items
JANUARY 25 7PM
New Screening of Bag It Movie with the Village of Sea Cliff
Can Rockville Centre address single use plastic and other checkout bag pollution?
We’re going to find out!
Join Us Tonight, January 9, 2018 at 7pm to start the discussion
Turn Of The Corkscrew
110 N Park Ave,
Rockville Centre, New York 11570
We hope you can make it and become part of the movement as we officially start our grassroots reusable bag campaign in Rockville Centre. Help us eliminate needless single use plastic and other checkout bag pollution so we do not continue to harm our environment.
Have friends there? Know someone there we should talk to? Just reply and let us know!
We are also pleased to announce our first Bag It screening and discussion on eliminating needless single use bags in Rockville Centre on January 9. (see above)
Were going to find out if RVC can eliminate needless single use bags. Who’s in?
The BYOB Bag LB team bring the Plastic Free July challenge to Long Beach, NY.
We’ve organized many events this July to raise awareness of the dangers and damage plastic pollution causes, and issue the Plastic Free July challenge to you!
Take the challenge:
Attempt to refuse single-use plastic for a day, week, or whole month of July. “Single-use” includes plastic shopping bags, plastic cups, straws, plastic packaging… anything that’s intended only to be used once and then discarded. click here to take the challenge and share your experience
Join our BYO Bag LB Plastic Free July Events and volunteer team:
July 19 (tentative) City Hall Show Of Support To Stop Plastic Pollution.
(Event link coming soon)
July 25 Our Undersea World: An Unnatural Danger.
Pollution hurts marine animals. Presentation and discussion With Riverhead Foundation For Marine Research And Preservation https://www.facebook.com/events/531800263689429/
Please share all the events, info and the challenge. Come out and join us for the events, and volunteer to get involved and have some fun while protecting our environment.
Together we will raise awareness and stop single use plastic pollution!
We have a new screening date with The City of Long Beach to show Bag It, next Friday, 4/29/16 at Martin Luther King Center in Long Beach
Date Friday 4/29/16
Time: 7pm
Where: Martin Luther King Center
AD: 615 Riverside Blvd, Long Beach, New York 11561
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1399973290309394/
Join the Movement! Come see the award winning movie “Bag It” and learn about plastic pollution and your part in stopping it.
Thanks to all for such a fun night and an incredible discussion that followed at our screening of “Bag It” at on 4/1/16 at Bridgeworks!
Our Thanks especially to Councilman Eramo and Councilwoman Goggin who spoke about taking action on this issue! Thanks also to the City of Long Beach for their support, Long Beach International Film Festival, Long Beach Chamber, Jack Johnson(for the autographed swag), and our event hosts Bridgeworks, and our event sponsors: Cybernet, East End Chiropractic, Lift, and Sunpower by Empower Solar.
don’t forget- Bridgeworks have a great offer for you all- sign up for a monthly coworking package at Bridgeworks and receive a month free. For members interested in offices, security will be lessened to 1 month to reserve the office (rather than 2), Any members interested can book a tour from this link:
Why is our movement growing and only getting stronger?
YOU!!
We need your power now to continue building momentum, raising awareness and most of all, helping everyone transition to a reusable bag culture that eliminates single-use plastic bag pollution.
We are really loving seeing the bumper stickers and window clings going up all over, and hope you will display your support, too.
Stay tuned- more dates and events will be coming.
Door prizes include signed Jack Johnson items(thank you Jack!), A Free Family Beach Pass from the City of Long Beach(Thank You City of Long Beach!), and more.
Bridgeworks have a great offer for you all- sign up for a monthly coworking package at Bridgeworks and receive a month free. For members interested in offices, security will be lessened to 1 month to reserve the office (rather than 2), Any members interested can book a tour from this link:
We are pushing for similar action in Long Beach, to eliminate single use plastic bag pollution. Thank you for your support.
Can you display that support with one of our bumper stickers?? this show of support will help your neighbors and everyone become aware and transform Long Beach to a reusable bag culture, saving our waterways from tens of thousands of plastic bag assaults and helping keep our streets clean.
Please save the date for our next showing of Bag It at Bridgeworks on April 1!