THE WANAKA BAG
By PLASTIC BAG FREE WANAKA
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This campaign was successful and closed on 10/10/2016 at 7:00 PM.
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THE WANAKA BAG
Project 2016-08-06 22:38:59 +1200
Situated at the base of one of New Zealand’s most beautiful lakes, Wanaka is a dynamic town full of adventurers, creatives and nature-lovers.
THE HISTORY
After the explosion of a facebook thread on the growing concerns of plastic use in our town, local musician Anna van Riel compiled the shared posts and data in a newly formed social media group ‘Plastic Bag Free Wanaka’.
Gaining 200 members overnight it became apparent that talking about solutions wasn’t enough. We needed to come up with one.
THE SOLUTION
Creating a reusable bag that people who love Wanaka, including our overseas visitors, would be proud to wear seemed the obvious place to start.
After trialling different versions, we came up with ‘The Wanaka Bag’; a trendy yet sturdy alternative to the plastic shopping bag. It is roomy enough for groceries, while also being a helpful size for use as a sport, nappy or everyday about town bag. And, of course, you can reuse it again and again.
But how would we finance a commercial print run of 1,000 Wanaka Bags? Harnessing the energy and creativity of the Wanaka community, we've created the Limited Edition Wanaka Bag which is only available through this PledgeMe campaign.
THE LIMITED EDITION WANAKA BAG
We are offering just 200 locally-made, Limited Edition 'Wanaka Bags'.
Made from quality fabrics donated by local upholsterers, interiors designers and sewers, the Limited Edition Wanaka Bag features:
· An inner pocket for your mobile phone
· A trendy logo on the front which doubles as an outer pocket for your wallet and keys
· A roomy space within for your shopping, baby gear, lunch, small dog
Each of the limited edition bags have been lovingly crafted by locals who have donated their time and skills towards supporting a Wanaka that is disposable plastic free.
Each hand-made bag is similar in design but unique in the funky combination of fabrics selected for your one-off bag.
A truly unique and “local-as” gift, the Wanaka Bag is the ideal present for a visiting friend or family member.
If you’re wondering what to post to someone abroad this Christmas, you can be sure they’ll be inspired and grateful for a hand-crafted bag that proudly sports the name of their favourite NZ town.
Wreath Logo
Mountain Logo Bag
OTHER REWARDS
For this campaign we are also offering two products which offer great alternatives to disposable containers:
- The Plastic Bag Free Wanaka Karma Cup, a barista style glass coffee cup to reduce our contribution to the one million take-away disposable cups that go into landfill each minute.
- Stainless steel Eco Safe Plastic Bag Free Wanaka reusable drink bottles.
Mock up only - logo size and position will vary with final product
Mock up only - logo size and position will vary with final product
HOW WILL WE SPEND THE MONEY
After the inevitable success of this campaign we will order 1,000 commercially made ‘Wanaka Bags’ to be sold in shops in Wanaka, offering an affordable alternative to disposable plastic bags.
Like it's glamorous sister the Limited Edition bag, the more down-to-earth cotton Wanaka bag will sport the same trendy logo; be roomy, sturdy and washable and make an exceptional alternative to anything plastic.
OUR GOAL
Our goal is to guide Wanaka towards being single-use plastic bag free by 2019.
This means that collectively, our town works together to eliminate our instinct to grab for a drink, meal, coffee or product that is sold in something we immediately throw away after consuming.
Did you know that we are each responsible for 350 plastic bags on average per year, which we use for 12 minutes before it ends up in a land-fill. Times this by the population of Wanaka, then NZ, and even the planet! If we don’t do something to change, statistics show that by 2050 there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish L
So get on board Wanaka and everyone who wants a world without plastic pollution!
Get yourself a Limited Edition ‘Wanaka Bag’ and know that you’ll be one of just 200 folks who will be rocking these beauties.
OTHER WAYS TO HELP
· DONATE - we have a virtual high $5, and ‘Slap on the back’ for $10. Every little bit counts.
· GIVE - Purchase a Limited Edition Wanaka bag, a steel drink bottle or a glass reusable coffee cup for family or friends. All our products make excellent birthday and Christmas pressies.
· SPREAD THE WORD- share our link (https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/4758-the-wanaka-bag) to friends and family via email, facebook, twitter and the good old fashioned bush telegraph.
· FIND US ON FACEBOOK and give us a like- PLASTIC BAG FREE WANAKA
OUR TEAM (L to R)
Florence Micoud- committed environmentalist and wordpress superstar
Sophie Ward- project manager and long time plastic free Wanaka campaigner
Tina Nyfors – visiting environmentalist, keeps us real
Anna van Riel- initiator, singer/songwriter/doer of local stuff
Beth Jenkin- doer/thinker/awesome committee member
Gina Dempster- Wanaka Wastebusters Communications Manager
Rebecca Simpson – chief sewer and pattern maker
Leigh Cooper (not in photo) – graphic designer extraodinaire, winner of our logo competition
Comments
Updates 5
An update for our supporters & sewing team
21/09/2016 at 10:25 PM
Hello to all our fantastic supporters.
BUT WAIT....there's more
19/09/2016 at 11:57 AM
CONGRATULATIONS WANAKA!!!
We've reached beyond out funding goal of $5,500 and we still have 3 weeks to go.
If you missed out on a Wanaka Bag or had hoped to gain another never fear!!! There's still a chance to grab yourself the coolest bag in town.
NEW REWARDS
We have just released 3 new rewards into the campaign:
- The 'Sew your own kit- one bag'
- Sew your own kit- two bags
- SUPER SORTED SEWER- one bag sewing kit, one karma cup and a stainless steel drink bottle.
As many of you know we are counting on our crafty community to help us sew up our bags. We're well on our way to our goal of 200 bags, but if we can achieve this we'll look at releasing a small number of extra bags. In the meantime please encourage your friends and family to pick up a sewing kit from Wastebusters and help us nail our goal.
SEWING DRIVES
We have just two sewing drives left now, and with all our bags cut and ready to go these next two drives will focus solely on sew, sewing, sewing!!!
THURSDAY SEPT 22nd & SATURDAY OCT 8th
Mt Aspiring College- Rms 24
You can drive right into the inner courtyard with your car and unload. We're ok to park there.
Thank you somuch agian to everyone who has participated in drives and taken kits so far. We're charging!!!
Check out this amazing shot of the Queenstown Stitch 'n Bitch team who have already sewn us EIGHT bags. Amazing ladies!!!
Remember! Keep your eyes on the campaign as we hope to release a few more special rewards.
Also, with 1 million takeaway cups going into landfill PER MINUTE, scoring one of our Karma cups is a smart more.
Same goes for plastic drink bottles, which are so sturdy yet get used just once before they get turfed. Grab yourself one of our stainless steel drink bottles and be part of the change.
Big love
Youe Plastic Bag Free Wanaka committee xoxo
The wreath bag & Upcoming Drives
11/09/2016 at 12:13 PM
Bags are pouring in from our local sewers in the community who have taken home sewing kits.
We also had a hugely successful 2nd sewing drive and managed to prepare a stack of bags, ready to put together at our 3rd drive at the college on Thursday 15th (Rm 23 at Mt Aspiring College)
We just wanted to take the opportunity to introduce the 'Wreath Bag' which has our other PBFW logo on it to appeal to those with more of a floral inclination.
Thank you all so much for all the support. We're $2,000 out from our goal and unblievably only a week and half into our campaign. Woohoo!
If you can join us at our next sewing drive or one of the other 3 to follow we would be so grateful for your skills and support. (No sewing experience necessary)
Here are the details to our upcoming sewing drives
Thur 15th September 6-9pm Mt Aspiring College, Rm 23 and 24
Sun 18th September 1-4pm Hawea Flat Hall
Thur 22nd September 6-9pm Mt Aspiring College, Rm 23 and 24
Sat 8th October 9:30am-12:30pm Mt Aspiring College, Rm 23 and 24
Volunteers are making stunning bags!!!
07/09/2016 at 5:07 PM
Today we ran into Pam, a local Wanaka volunteer from our first sewing bee. She showed us THREE beautiful Wanaka Bags she's whipped up at home. They look fantastic! Thanks Pam! We love your work and are exceptionally grateful for the support. That's 3 down and 197 to go! We can do it!
Loads of sewing kits have gone out to folks in the community. If you'd like to help by making a couple of Limited Edition Wanaka Bags you can register and collect you kit from Gina in the portacom at Wanaka Wastebusters. Each kit contains two pre-cut bags.
Tomorrow is our next sewing drive:
WHEN: 6-9pm
WHERE: Adam & Eve's Bakery (opposite selctrix)
No sewing experience necessary
Bring a plate to share.
Scissors, irons, pins and other implements of sewingness also appreciated
Thanks again everyone. We're half way to our financial goal and the sewing has begun.
:)
We're almost half way!!!
06/09/2016 at 12:49 PM
We're so blown away with the incredible support we've received so far. Not just with our pledgeme campaign, but also with our sewing bees for the making of our bags.
Folks across the region have been taking home our sewing kits which each have 2 bags enclosed to sew up.
Thank you all so much for your outstanding support so far. We're all doing this for the love of it and in the hope that we can try and prevent more damage being done from plastic waste. Shame on our Kiwi environmental minister for stating we don't need to address this issue.
We're pleased that you're all crystal clear.
Keep spreading the word, sharing this up and doing your best to go plastic bag free.
We can't wait to hook you up with your limited edition bags.
:)
Pledgers 233
10/09/2016 at 7:44pm
10/09/2016 at 7:38pm
10/09/2016 at 7:33pm
"Great initiative, well done!"
10/09/2016 at 5:22pm
10/09/2016 at 1:43pm
10/09/2016 at 1:41pm
10/09/2016 at 10:03am
10/09/2016 at 9:38am
10/09/2016 at 8:44am
09/09/2016 at 4:23pm
09/09/2016 at 2:27pm
09/09/2016 at 11:36am
"Now that I've seen how frickin awesome these bags are I need to another one. Amazing initiative by a very creative and committed community."
09/09/2016 at 11:22am
08/09/2016 at 11:21am
08/09/2016 at 10:27am
08/09/2016 at 10:25am
07/09/2016 at 8:50pm
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07/09/2016 at 7:49am
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06/09/2016 at 4:03pm
06/09/2016 at 3:51pm
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06/09/2016 at 9:27am
05/09/2016 at 2:04pm
"great initiative and happy to support "
05/09/2016 at 9:21am
05/09/2016 at 8:50am
"Awesome effort by all, another step to cleaning our oceans."
05/09/2016 at 7:53am
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THE WANAKA BAG
Project 2016-08-06 22:38:59 +1200
Situated at the base of one of New Zealand’s most beautiful lakes, Wanaka is a dynamic town full of adventurers, creatives and nature-lovers.
THE HISTORY
After the explosion of a facebook thread on the growing concerns of plastic use in our town, local musician Anna van Riel compiled the shared posts and data in a newly formed social media group ‘Plastic Bag Free Wanaka’.
Gaining 200 members overnight it became apparent that talking about solutions wasn’t enough. We needed to come up with one.
THE SOLUTION
Creating a reusable bag that people who love Wanaka, including our overseas visitors, would be proud to wear seemed the obvious place to start.
After trialling different versions, we came up with ‘The Wanaka Bag’; a trendy yet sturdy alternative to the plastic shopping bag. It is roomy enough for groceries, while also being a helpful size for use as a sport, nappy or everyday about town bag. And, of course, you can reuse it again and again.
But how would we finance a commercial print run of 1,000 Wanaka Bags? Harnessing the energy and creativity of the Wanaka community, we've created the Limited Edition Wanaka Bag which is only available through this PledgeMe campaign.
THE LIMITED EDITION WANAKA BAG
We are offering just 200 locally-made, Limited Edition 'Wanaka Bags'.
Made from quality fabrics donated by local upholsterers, interiors designers and sewers, the Limited Edition Wanaka Bag features:
· An inner pocket for your mobile phone
· A trendy logo on the front which doubles as an outer pocket for your wallet and keys
· A roomy space within for your shopping, baby gear, lunch, small dog
Each of the limited edition bags have been lovingly crafted by locals who have donated their time and skills towards supporting a Wanaka that is disposable plastic free.
Each hand-made bag is similar in design but unique in the funky combination of fabrics selected for your one-off bag.
A truly unique and “local-as” gift, the Wanaka Bag is the ideal present for a visiting friend or family member.
If you’re wondering what to post to someone abroad this Christmas, you can be sure they’ll be inspired and grateful for a hand-crafted bag that proudly sports the name of their favourite NZ town.
Wreath Logo
Mountain Logo Bag
OTHER REWARDS
For this campaign we are also offering two products which offer great alternatives to disposable containers:
- The Plastic Bag Free Wanaka Karma Cup, a barista style glass coffee cup to reduce our contribution to the one million take-away disposable cups that go into landfill each minute.
- Stainless steel Eco Safe Plastic Bag Free Wanaka reusable drink bottles.
Mock up only - logo size and position will vary with final product
Mock up only - logo size and position will vary with final product
HOW WILL WE SPEND THE MONEY
After the inevitable success of this campaign we will order 1,000 commercially made ‘Wanaka Bags’ to be sold in shops in Wanaka, offering an affordable alternative to disposable plastic bags.
Like it's glamorous sister the Limited Edition bag, the more down-to-earth cotton Wanaka bag will sport the same trendy logo; be roomy, sturdy and washable and make an exceptional alternative to anything plastic.
OUR GOAL
Our goal is to guide Wanaka towards being single-use plastic bag free by 2019.
This means that collectively, our town works together to eliminate our instinct to grab for a drink, meal, coffee or product that is sold in something we immediately throw away after consuming.
Did you know that we are each responsible for 350 plastic bags on average per year, which we use for 12 minutes before it ends up in a land-fill. Times this by the population of Wanaka, then NZ, and even the planet! If we don’t do something to change, statistics show that by 2050 there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish L
So get on board Wanaka and everyone who wants a world without plastic pollution!
Get yourself a Limited Edition ‘Wanaka Bag’ and know that you’ll be one of just 200 folks who will be rocking these beauties.
OTHER WAYS TO HELP
· DONATE - we have a virtual high $5, and ‘Slap on the back’ for $10. Every little bit counts.
· GIVE - Purchase a Limited Edition Wanaka bag, a steel drink bottle or a glass reusable coffee cup for family or friends. All our products make excellent birthday and Christmas pressies.
· SPREAD THE WORD- share our link (https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/4758-the-wanaka-bag) to friends and family via email, facebook, twitter and the good old fashioned bush telegraph.
· FIND US ON FACEBOOK and give us a like- PLASTIC BAG FREE WANAKA
OUR TEAM (L to R)
Florence Micoud- committed environmentalist and wordpress superstar
Sophie Ward- project manager and long time plastic free Wanaka campaigner
Tina Nyfors – visiting environmentalist, keeps us real
Anna van Riel- initiator, singer/songwriter/doer of local stuff
Beth Jenkin- doer/thinker/awesome committee member
Gina Dempster- Wanaka Wastebusters Communications Manager
Rebecca Simpson – chief sewer and pattern maker
Leigh Cooper (not in photo) – graphic designer extraodinaire, winner of our logo competition
Comments
An update for our supporters & sewing team
21/09/2016 at 10:25 PM
Hello to all our fantastic supporters.
BUT WAIT....there's more
19/09/2016 at 11:57 AM
CONGRATULATIONS WANAKA!!!
We've reached beyond out funding goal of $5,500 and we still have 3 weeks to go.
If you missed out on a Wanaka Bag or had hoped to gain another never fear!!! There's still a chance to grab yourself the coolest bag in town.
NEW REWARDS
We have just released 3 new rewards into the campaign:
- The 'Sew your own kit- one bag'
- Sew your own kit- two bags
- SUPER SORTED SEWER- one bag sewing kit, one karma cup and a stainless steel drink bottle.
As many of you know we are counting on our crafty community to help us sew up our bags. We're well on our way to our goal of 200 bags, but if we can achieve this we'll look at releasing a small number of extra bags. In the meantime please encourage your friends and family to pick up a sewing kit from Wastebusters and help us nail our goal.
SEWING DRIVES
We have just two sewing drives left now, and with all our bags cut and ready to go these next two drives will focus solely on sew, sewing, sewing!!!
THURSDAY SEPT 22nd & SATURDAY OCT 8th
Mt Aspiring College- Rms 24
You can drive right into the inner courtyard with your car and unload. We're ok to park there.
Thank you somuch agian to everyone who has participated in drives and taken kits so far. We're charging!!!
Check out this amazing shot of the Queenstown Stitch 'n Bitch team who have already sewn us EIGHT bags. Amazing ladies!!!
Remember! Keep your eyes on the campaign as we hope to release a few more special rewards.
Also, with 1 million takeaway cups going into landfill PER MINUTE, scoring one of our Karma cups is a smart more.
Same goes for plastic drink bottles, which are so sturdy yet get used just once before they get turfed. Grab yourself one of our stainless steel drink bottles and be part of the change.
Big love
Youe Plastic Bag Free Wanaka committee xoxo
The wreath bag & Upcoming Drives
11/09/2016 at 12:13 PM
Bags are pouring in from our local sewers in the community who have taken home sewing kits.
We also had a hugely successful 2nd sewing drive and managed to prepare a stack of bags, ready to put together at our 3rd drive at the college on Thursday 15th (Rm 23 at Mt Aspiring College)
We just wanted to take the opportunity to introduce the 'Wreath Bag' which has our other PBFW logo on it to appeal to those with more of a floral inclination.
Thank you all so much for all the support. We're $2,000 out from our goal and unblievably only a week and half into our campaign. Woohoo!
If you can join us at our next sewing drive or one of the other 3 to follow we would be so grateful for your skills and support. (No sewing experience necessary)
Here are the details to our upcoming sewing drives
Thur 15th September 6-9pm Mt Aspiring College, Rm 23 and 24
Sun 18th September 1-4pm Hawea Flat Hall
Thur 22nd September 6-9pm Mt Aspiring College, Rm 23 and 24
Sat 8th October 9:30am-12:30pm Mt Aspiring College, Rm 23 and 24
Volunteers are making stunning bags!!!
07/09/2016 at 5:07 PM
Today we ran into Pam, a local Wanaka volunteer from our first sewing bee. She showed us THREE beautiful Wanaka Bags she's whipped up at home. They look fantastic! Thanks Pam! We love your work and are exceptionally grateful for the support. That's 3 down and 197 to go! We can do it!
Loads of sewing kits have gone out to folks in the community. If you'd like to help by making a couple of Limited Edition Wanaka Bags you can register and collect you kit from Gina in the portacom at Wanaka Wastebusters. Each kit contains two pre-cut bags.
Tomorrow is our next sewing drive:
WHEN: 6-9pm
WHERE: Adam & Eve's Bakery (opposite selctrix)
No sewing experience necessary
Bring a plate to share.
Scissors, irons, pins and other implements of sewingness also appreciated
Thanks again everyone. We're half way to our financial goal and the sewing has begun.
:)
We're almost half way!!!
06/09/2016 at 12:49 PM
We're so blown away with the incredible support we've received so far. Not just with our pledgeme campaign, but also with our sewing bees for the making of our bags.
Folks across the region have been taking home our sewing kits which each have 2 bags enclosed to sew up.
Thank you all so much for your outstanding support so far. We're all doing this for the love of it and in the hope that we can try and prevent more damage being done from plastic waste. Shame on our Kiwi environmental minister for stating we don't need to address this issue.
We're pleased that you're all crystal clear.
Keep spreading the word, sharing this up and doing your best to go plastic bag free.
We can't wait to hook you up with your limited edition bags.
:)
10/09/2016 at 7:44pm
10/09/2016 at 7:38pm
10/09/2016 at 7:33pm
"Great initiative, well done!"
10/09/2016 at 5:22pm
10/09/2016 at 1:43pm
10/09/2016 at 1:41pm
10/09/2016 at 10:03am
10/09/2016 at 9:38am
10/09/2016 at 8:44am
09/09/2016 at 4:23pm
09/09/2016 at 2:27pm
09/09/2016 at 11:36am
"Now that I've seen how frickin awesome these bags are I need to another one. Amazing initiative by a very creative and committed community."
09/09/2016 at 11:22am
08/09/2016 at 11:21am
08/09/2016 at 10:27am
08/09/2016 at 10:25am
07/09/2016 at 8:50pm
07/09/2016 at 2:29pm
07/09/2016 at 7:56am
07/09/2016 at 7:49am
06/09/2016 at 8:03pm
06/09/2016 at 6:09pm
06/09/2016 at 4:03pm
06/09/2016 at 3:51pm
06/09/2016 at 2:06pm
06/09/2016 at 9:27am
05/09/2016 at 2:04pm
"great initiative and happy to support "
05/09/2016 at 9:21am
05/09/2016 at 8:50am
"Awesome effort by all, another step to cleaning our oceans."