Ban The Bag

The Oregon legislature is debating Senate Bill 536, which would outlaw the use of plastic bags at retail store check-outs (read more from oregonlive.com). In order to keep the beaches and environment clean, the Oregon Surfrider Foundation is working to make this a reality. As part of that mission, it is sponsoring showings of the documentary Bag It at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland from March 4 through 10. Proceeds will go to organizations (like Surfrider) that are working to ban plastic bags. Check out bagitoregon.com for more details about the showings. Hit up Portland Surfrider Chapter Chair Staj Pace at staj.pace@oregonsurfrider.org if you're interested in volunteering. 

Here's the Bag It trailer (nice choice of Janglin by Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros as the soundtrack):  

Bag It Intro from Suzan Beraza on Vimeo.

--Jens