Nancy Mozeleski, second from left, and volunteers from the Village at Orchard Ridge in Winchester, Va., hold sleeping mats they crocheted from disposable plastic bags. (Photo courtesy of Nancy ...

A Texas based eco warrior is teaching Mumbai's slum dwellers to make fashionable items out of the thin plastic bags that you discard after carrying fruits in them An idea can save the planet' -- this ...

Crocheting creates fabric by interlocking loops of yarn or thread that can turn into scarves and hats and ponchos. The handicraft also can be used to turn plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats. In ...

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Volunteers crochet plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for people experiencing homelessness. Known as the St. Stephen Parish Plarn Patrol, a group of volunteers meet weekly to crochet plastic ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Plastic bags, they enter our lives by the handful. 100 billion plastic bags are used in the U.S. each year. That sounds like a big number, but the local numbers sound big, too. “I ...

(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 ...

Will Gong bags up groceries for customers at Ralph's Thriftway in Olympia in 2012. Olympia and Tacoma have since banned plastic bags, but a workshop at the 2018 South Sound Sustainability Expo will ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

In Frederick, Maryland, a group of women have a project. They crochet mats for the homeless in their area. As Faiza Elmasry tells us, these women are not using the usual yarn, they are crocheting used ...