Most people would consider the task of dealing with thousands of empty plastic grocery bags a burden, not a blessing. The Plarn People of Normandie Ridge welcome it. The group culls the bags that ...

When: 2-3:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month with the next get-together May 15. Where: Loveland’s Community Kitchen, 437 N. Garfield Ave. For More Info: Call ...

FISHERS, Ind. (WTHR) — Most of us have a pile of plastic bags at home, screaming to be re-used or recycled in some fashion. Kids in Fishers discovered not only an eco-friendly way to keep plastic bags ...

It started with some church ladies in Tennessee. Big Lake resident Liz Houck Kampa saw an online video of them using plastic bags to create mats for people experiencing homelessness. The crocheted ...

Art comes in many forms. And it makes us all better, whether we are creating it or viewing pieces in a museum. One medium I recently learned about is “plarn,” made from plastic shopping bags that are ...

Over, under and over again: with thousands of plastic bags, determination, and a loom constructed out of PVC pipes, one group of children wove a way to keep the homeless from sleeping on the cold, ...

(KUTV) — Alaina Allred's house and car are filled with plastic bags. "I'm a bag lady," she laughed. She has been collecting them for a very special project. "A lot of people just didn't know what to ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — An organization in Scranton is doing what it can to help the homeless by creating mats out of plastic bags. Volunteers with Outreach Center for Community Resources gathered at the ...

LIVE OAK, Fla. — A Live Oak woman recently felt the pull to make sleeping mats for the needy. Kathleen Townsend was browsing Facebook and discovered a post about making sleeping mats out of plastic ...

The number of people homeless in New Jersey was over 8,800 in 2019, according to usich.gov. It is a growing problem, but there are actions some are taking, even if it combats homelessness a little bit ...

Hannah Gray remembers, as a 6-year-old Girl Scout, watching videos of sea turtles getting stuck in plastic. It was an image that has remained with her, even now as a first-year art teacher at The ...

Rebekka Shelp and her daughter Halayna Shelp-Higgins spend a lot of time in downtown Vancouver at the library and Esther Short Park. When Halayna asked her mom why a man was eating food out of a trash ...