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GREEN SHOPPING BAG IN THE NEWS HONG KONG WILLIE Oct 8, '07 12:02 PM
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HONG KONG WILLIE IN THE NEWS GREEN SHOPPING BAG







GREEN BAG MADE FROM 99.9% REUSED MATERIAL. TODAY HONG KONG WILLIE SHOWED THE GREEN BAG. AT THE STARBUCKS, IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. 33637 ON FLETCHER. TALKING TO SUSAN, THE MANAGER, IT WAS DIFFERENT. STARBUCKS, WHAT A COMPANY, TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IN THIS TIME TO SEE A LOOK LIKE I SAW FROM SUSAN, PEOPLE AND COMPANY'S LIKE STARBUCKS, HAVE A DREAM AND PUT ACTION BEHIND IT. IT WAS NEAT TO SEE THEM EXCEPT THE GREEN BAG MADE MOSTLY FRON COFFEE BAGS. COFFEE BEANS GOING TO THE ROASTER, CARING A OBJECT TO ANOTHER USE AND THE BAGS CARING OBJECT FROM A STORE SAVING PLASTIC BAGS FROM OUR LANDFILL. WE ARE MADE FOR A REASON, EVERYONE OF US CAN LEAVE LESS OF A FOOT PRINT ON THIS EARTH.


THE NAME HONG KONG WILLIE SINCE 1958

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HONG KONG WILLIE THE NAME OF THE ARTIST. IN 1958 HIS MOTHER TOOK HONG KONG WILLIE TO AN ART CLASS. THE NAME STARTED THEN. AN ART TEACHER WHEN DOING CRAFTS OUT OF GERBER BABY BOTTLES, MADE A STATEMENT, IN HONG KONG REUSE WAS COMMON. AT THAT TIME HE THOUGHT THIS WAS VERY INTERESTING. HIS FATHER HAD LOW LAND, AT THAT TIME LANDFILLS WERE COMMON ALSO. THE COUNTY HAD TOLD HONG KONG WILLIE'S FATHER, IT WAS SAFE, BUT AS WE KNOW NOW THIS WAS NOT SO. SOMETHING CAN COME FROM BAD TO BE GOOD. HONG KONG WILLIE THE NAME CAME FROM THAT ART TEACHER IMPRESSING ON THAT YOUNG MIND THAT OBJECTS MADE FOR ONE USE COULD BE FOR MANY OTHER USES. HONG KONG FOR THE NEAT CONCEPT. WILLIE FOR AN AMERICAN NAME. SO FOR MANY YEARS HONG KONG WILLIE HAD A LIFE OF REUSE. HONG KONG WILLIE SAW FORMS IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT. HIS LIFE NOW WAS MEANINGFUL, KNOWING THIS WAS AND WOULD BE HIS LIFE. ART MADE FROM FOUND OBJECTS, MAKING LESS OF A FOOT PRINT ON THIS WORLD. ART AND ART TEACHERS, HOW IMPORTANT. FOR THE ONES THAT HAVE, AND THE ONES THAT HAVE NOT. MEDIA CAN BE FOUND. NOW 49 YEARS LATER, WE KNOW BEING GREEN IS IMPORTANT. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS VERY CAREFULLY. OUR CHILDREN AND OUR WORLD NEED A DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING. OBJECTS CAN BE USED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. HONG KONG WILLIE THE TONS OF OBJECTS IN HIS LIFE THAT HAVE BEEN USED, WITH OUT MUCH CHANGE. SO FOR THAT ART TEACHER WHAT SHE DID FOR MY LIFE THANK YOU, FOR HONG KONG THANK YOU, FOR AMERICA, THANK YOU, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HELPED, THANK YOU FOR THE 76,266 VIEWS OF OUR BLOGS SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2006. I STILL HAVE THE GERBER BABY BOTTLE TILL THIS DAY. HONG KONG WILLIE





THIS IS GREEN. HONG KONG WILLIE LIVES GREEN. SINCE 1958, HONG KONG WILLIE HAS BEEN GREEN. HONG KONG WILLIE LIVED ON A LANDFILL. WHAT A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. BEING GREEN IS LEARNING TO USE AN OBJECT FOR MANY PURPOSES. THIS BAG WAS A COFFEE BAG THE BEANS CAME TO THE ROASTER. NOW IS A SHOPPING BAG. HONG KONG WILLIE A KEY WEST ARTIST AND TAMPA TOURIST ATTRACTION, HAS USED MANY OBJECTS FOR MANY USES. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TRULY GREEN SHOPPING BAG. THE BUOYS, THE CRAB TRAP FLOATS, THE BOTTLES, AMERICA NEEDS TO COPY OTHER COUNTRY'S LESS FORTUNATE THAN US. HONG KONG WILLIE TRIES TO BE GREEN IN EVERY WAY. LET EVERYONE TRY, AND LEAVE LESS OF A FOOT PRINT ON THIS WORLD. GOOGLE HONG KONG WILLIE.