#plastic

If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly. ↗

— David Suzuki

#bags #billion #efficient #efficiently #environmentally

Outright bans on plastic bags may not be the best solution, but education and incentives to get people to stop using them are necessary. ↗

— David Suzuki

#best #education #get #incentives #may

We humans have become dependent on plastic for a range of uses, from packaging to products. Reducing our use of plastic bags is an easy place to start getting our addiction under control. ↗

— David Suzuki

#bags #become #control #dependent #easy

I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#i #i was born #mouth #plastic #spoon

If somebody wants to have plastic surgery, more power to them. I think there's a point where you go overboard. ↗

— Shannen Doherty

#i #i think #more #more power #overboard

I'm no interior decorator, but just I have a feeling that plastic plants in the bathroom... probably not a good idea. ↗

— Kyan Douglas

#decorator #feeling #good #good idea #i

It's a heavy weight, the camera. Now we have modern and lightweight, small plastic cameras, but in the '70s they were heavy metal. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#cameras #heavy #heavy metal #heavy weight #lightweight

If you can't reuse or repair an item, do you ever really own it? Do you ever really own it? Do you ever develop the sense of pride and proprietorship that comes from maintaining an object in fine working order? We invest something of ourselves in our material world, which in turn reflects who we are. In the era of disposability that plastic has helped us foster, we have increasingly invested ourselves in objects that have no real meaning in our lives. We think of disposable lighters as conveniences -- which they indisputably are; ask any smoker or backyard-barbecue chef -- and yet we don't think much about the tradeoffs that that convenience entails. ↗

— Susan Freinkel

#environment #plastic #sustainability #love

Among other things, neuroplasticity means that emotions such as happiness and compassion can be cultivated in much the same way that a person can learn through repetition to play golf and basketball or master a musical instrument, and that such practice changes the activity and physical aspects of specific brain areas. ↗

— Andrew Weil

#happiness #neuroplasticity #change

Monofilament is what you use to go fishing. The line on your fishing rod is probably going to be black. You get to the end of the line and you tie on this clear plastic, thin thread called monofilament. ↗

— John Badham

#called #clear #end #fishing #get