PLASTIC STATE OF MIND (Empire State of Mind Parody)

Made by passionate volunteers on a super tiny budget, on the behalf of Green Sangha! Thanks folks! www.GreenSangha.org/​plastics-campaign/​
and www.NewMessageMedia.com/​contact/​

Share this comedy musical w/ the family
from Green Sangha: http://bit.ly/greensanghaplastics
NEWS FLASH: Congrats to ITALY going Single-Use-Bag Free On New Year's Day!

Ben Zolno - Writer/Lyricist/Director/Bag Boy/Editor
Glenn Sauber - Shopper
AshEl Eldridge - Rapper http://seasunz-and-jbless.bandcamp.com/
Jenni Perez - Singer
Bex Kanengiser - Cashier
Many awesome Green Sangha volunteers - Shoppers

Amy English - Production Coordinator, AD
David Nakabayashi - DP
Harrison Pierce - Consultant, Animatic, AC
Bo Cox - Camera Op
Seneca - Rap Recording Engineer
Colin Menzies - Working Music Track
Amurai http://bit.ly/amuraipsm - Final Music Track and Mastering

Sponsored by
Good Earth Organic - http://bit.ly/goodearthorganicpsm
To-Go Ware - http://bit.ly/togowarepsm
Chico Bag - http://bit.ly/chicobagplastic
People Towels - http://bit.ly/peopletowelspsm
Sponsorship Coordinator - Carrie Staller sustainablesales at g mail dot com

LYRICS
Shoulda brought your own bag
Yeah but you forgot it though
You were busy dreamin of ice cream and
all that cookie dough

Your life is wrapped in plastic
Convenience is your motto
But plastic addiction's worse
than they want you to know

BP's oil spill
Almost like we did it -
We use one million grocery-bags
every single minute

Recycling them's a joke yo
That baggie don't go anywhere
It turns to little pieces
and then it spreads over everywhere

Into your food supply
Into your blood supply
Not to mention birds and fish and
Cuties you don't wanna die

Just look at baby Sammy
Dioxins in its milky way,
cuz even her breast milk it's got
PCB and BPA

OK now you get it
How you gonna stop it though
Banning Single Use Plastic Bags
is the way to go!

Join other states and cities
Kick the nasty habit
Tell your representatives
Ban single-use bags made from

Chorus:
Plastic
Fossil product all your crap's made of
There's one thing we can do
Ban bags made of plastic
Skip the bag, the cup and spork dude
Convenience will kill you
Ban single use plastic toxic bags


Bridge:
Sustainably we go forth and save our cities
Bringing your own bag and forks and bottles should be easy
But corporations selling toxins bought the government
Stand together for yourself, your kids, the planet sayin'

Yeah, yeah,
Ban single-use bags made of

Chorus:
PLASTIC
Fossil product all your crap's made of
There's one thing we can do
Ban bags made of plastic

Bring your own don't you forget dude
And let your reps know too
Ban single use plastic toxic bags!

FAQ
Q: How many plastic bags were used in this video, eh? Mm? Eh?
A: We asked volunteers to bring in only used bags they found lying around outside, and other plastic bags were part of the bag monster costumes. After the shoot, the bags went back to the homes or put back onto the costume.

Sometimes we have to do environmental harm to have a larger benefit, e.g take an airplane to Washington DC to help pass effective pollution emissions policy, but in the case of this plastic bag video, we didn't have to do so.

• Category

  Education

[Popcornsweetiepie]

That woman's a good singer!

[BenZolno]

She's an excellent vocal coach - look up Jennifer Perez Vocal Studio online and twitter under jpvocalstudio

[אור הלפרן]

AWESOME VID! U KNOW THEY SHOW THIS VID IN MILLIONS OF SCHOOLS! I KNOW THIS SONG BECAUSE OF MA SCHOOL!

[BenZolno]

that's really great to hear! How'd your school like it?

[thrasher1100]

go to smart waters youtube channel and leave some hate mail!

[BenZolno]

was all lined up to make a parody of the revolting jen aniston "sex tape" but i think we missed the boat on that one

[DOM VeganWarrior]

ban dat fuckin plastic!!!! go vegan go green for life

[TheFlyer716]

0:49 SIDEBOOB ALERT!!

[shannadotcom]

No one can do everything. But everyone can do something!

[shannadotcom]

Didn't you watch the video??? They said that recycling is a joke. Those bags don't really go anywhere!!!

[CrimsinAngel]

I subscribed...Get Big

[John Griffith]

I love this. I show it in the conservation awareness classes that I teach. Thank you for your talent, creativity, and consciousness. They are a wonderful combination. Oh... and I LOVE Food Fight too.

[The Anti - Malthusian]

Or we could, ya know, recycle it better???

[yoshia arjona]

people keep making stuff like this that are never given any importance...just an observation

[yoshia arjona]

awesome