monpopSep 7, 2023
Dr. Farhana Sultana
This is an ancient tradition in many Asian countries, it’s not new. Jute, hemp, other natural materials used widely. Bamboos still make furnitures.
But the quick-fix climate solution-givers from capitalists present it as ‘novel’. What’d they think people used before plastics?🤔
#climatechange #climatesolutions #plasticpollution
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Show threadAlx 🐈Sep 6, 2023
@farhanasultana Wait, was there a life without plastics?
*shock*
Show threadAviva GarySep 6, 2023
@farhanasultana so cool
Show threadAlex UsedToGoToVeniceSep 6, 2023
@farhanasultana show one a wicker basket and watch their mind fucking explode before your eyes
Show threadPatricia KaydenSep 7, 2023
@farhanasultana This is new to me as well.
Show threadDave IrvingSep 7, 2023
@farhanasultana
You can also cook stuff in banana leaves. I'd like to see someone try that with a plastic bag.
Show threadDr. Farhana SultanaSep 7, 2023
@daveirving yes, cooking with banana leaves is something do that all the time.
Show threadAngieSep 7, 2023
@daveirving @farhanasultana have done that for making carnitas... yum!
Show threadOldGreyTrollSep 7, 2023

@daveirving Challenge accepted! I give you the Backpacker!

Although you are probably correct about shopping bags.

@farhanasultana

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Show threadDave IrvingSep 8, 2023

@OldGreyTroll @farhanasultana
Yeah, I've eaten boil-in-a-bag military rations.

You couldn't bake something, though.

Show threadyuvipandaSep 7, 2023
@farhanasultana "americans discover you can wash your hands with water instead of napkins" energy haha
Show threadMichiel CornelissenSep 7, 2023
@farhanasultana bit of a negative frame imho. It's great if people are made aware of the alternatives, no?
Show threadFerrichromeSep 7, 2023

@climatedesigner @farhanasultana Yeah, they’re being pretty negative for no reason. The caption is literally just saying “hey we could do this instead of plastic”

Don’t get me wrong, fuck the capitalist class and fuck greenwashing, but letting people know about alternatives is a good thing

Show threadex or current IDF unwelcomeSep 7, 2023
@farhanasultana I used to love the bamboo scaffolding in Hong Kong. Shame that place is off limits to people who speak their minds
Show threadLooking for explanations…Sep 7, 2023
@farhanasultana I remember hearing that Cambodians would buy rice noodles at the market, take them home, throw the noodles in the pot & chuck the banana leaf outside. But when I heard this story, plastic bags had come in & guess what was being chucked outside?
Show threadartisanroxSep 7, 2023

@farhanasultana

the baskets are actually very beautiful, too.

Show threadDmitri ☕️Sep 7, 2023

@farhanasultana I lived in Thailand for a few years and visited a few countries in Asia before COVID-19. While banana leaves are one of the methods people used to pack their food, it is certainly not the case now (unless it's a decorative statement). I think it's important to make that clear.

I really hope things have changed since for the better, but that's unlikely, given how dependent on disposable plastic the street vendors and grocery stores are: https://www.analog.cafe/r/plastic-thailand-2o1q

Plastic Thailand

Thailand’s product packaging is uniquely dense. Vendors provide more plastic utensils, bags and seals than in any of the sixteen countries I’ve been to during the past seven years. Even China. Market food is often given in small plastic sleeves which are skillfully wrapped with rubber bands and placed inside another small bag with handles.

Show threadDr. Farhana SultanaSep 7, 2023
@analog_cafe Make what clear? That plastics have replaced ancient methods that still persist but are crowded out by plastics? And that these ancient methods are now being ‘discovered’ as novel when they are not entirely new. I think the rest of the viewers got both my points, so I’m not sure what you’d like me to make clear.
Show threadDmitri ☕️Sep 7, 2023
@farhanasultana @analog_cafe I agree with you. I missed the context of the quick fix solution givers.
Show threadDr. Farhana SultanaSep 7, 2023
@analog_cafe @analog_cafe gotcha
Show threadJenSep 7, 2023

@farhanasultana

#alt4u

"Vendors in Asia are using banana leaves and coconut fronds instead of plastic packaging."

Below this caption are images of Asian market stalls displaying fresh produce bound with broad, strong leaves and in baskets woven from palm fronds.

Show threadErgonWolfSep 7, 2023
@farhanasultana Wait until they hear that a "shopping basket" was made of woven reeds and didn't have wheels and you carried it to and from home.
Show threadNellyLoreySep 8, 2023
@farhanasultana are using????? Don't you mean HAVE BEEN USING???
Novel concept: dutch people are making SHOES out of WOOD instead of plastic
Show threadWarmasterPalakSep 8, 2023

@farhanasultana

They also don't keep out bacteria or insects, so... yum?