Hemp bags a design of the timesBY TINA LIPTAI
29/10/2008 1:00:00 AM
Port Fairy primary school pupils display their new bags.HEMP bags featuring artwork by Port Fairy pupils will hit the streets next week after the designs were unveiled yesterday.
The See Change In Port Fairy Project is a community initiative which aims to eradicate plastic bags from the town by offering a unique reuseable alternative. The bags were launched at the opening of the four-day Victorian Landcare Network Forum and community expo at Port Fairy's Victoria Hotel.
Every pupil from Port Fairy Consolidated and St Patrick's primary schools submitted artwork with an environmental theme as part of the project.
Project co-ordinator Genevieve Grant said the designs on the bags were chosen at random.
"I just picked up where the children from both schools were heading with their studies," Ms Grant said.
"It really is about the children passing on their knowledge to the community about sustainability and promoting a better understanding of how we should protect and look after our home, where ever we live."
The bag also features the See Change logo, designed by Port Fairy artist Ess Warmuth.
The bags will be officially launched when pupils from both schools march down the town's main street with banners and the bags on Monday from 11.45am.
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