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Cristen Andrews
backed a project
Music Alive: Discovering the Sounds of Jacmel, Haiti by Alex Ballentine
I'm volunteering at the Dessaix Music School in Jacmel, Haiti. The plan is to write and record original songs with help from students.
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6% funded $200 pledged
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on December 14
Cristen Andrews
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2012 HONK!TX - Festival of Community Street Band by HONK!TX
A 3-day Community Street Band Festival featuring 20 community street bands playing free in Austin returns in March of 2012.
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103% funded $10,325 pledged
- 222 backers
- Funded Dec 16, 2011
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on January 10, 2011
Cristen Andrews
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The Intrepid Herbivores by Sadie Bowman and Joe Bourguignon
"The Intrepid Herbivores" is a travel/cooking show that seeks out and celebrates the world of vegan cuisine. First stop: Thailand
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105% funded $3,168 pledged
- 53 backers
- Funded Jan 22, 2011
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on December 14, 2010
Cristen Andrews
backed a project
Yoho's - A Pirate-themed Vegan Seafood Cart by Lisa Ward
Aaarrgh! This here be the idea for a Pirate-themed Vegan Seafood Cart in Austin, Texas. Embracin' pirate culture and tasty vegan grub!
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on September 13, 2010
Cristen Andrews
Posted project update #6Final Updates
Post CommentThis will be my final update on Kickstarter and I have two important things to mention:
For those of you in Austin, Texas… I will be giving a short presentation about my trip to India on October 6th.
Details here:
http://bagsbegone.com/2010/09/13/upcoming-presentation-at-hostelling-international-austin/I recently received an email saying that Fatima, one of the women who learned crochet at the Dharavi workshop, has made her first full sized bag! Here's more about that:
http://bagsbegone.com/2010/09/12/fatimas-bag/For continued project updates, you can always follow my blog, BagsBeGone.com. And if you want to ensure that you don't miss a post, just scroll to the bottom of the blog, find the email subscription section at the bottom of the blog, enter your email address, and hit "sign me up!"
-Cristen
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on September 12, 2010
Cristen Andrews
Posted project update #5Back from India!
Post CommentMiguel and I just returned from our 2-month trip to India!
Thanks to all the wonderful people and organizations we met met along the way (and of course all you great folks who helped kickstart our trip), we managed to teach 13 formal workshops, several more informal ones, and I estimate that 600-700 people learned the basics of plastic bag crochet.
For a more detailed update, check this link:
http://bagsbegone.com/2010/09/12/back-from-india/*Also...for those backers who we owe rewards, you'll be receiving them shortly!
Thanks!
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on September 7, 2010Funded!
Freeform Plastic Bag Crochet In India by Cristen Andrews
To initiate a dialogue about the world's over-consumption of plastic, I'm traveling around India to teach classes on crocheting with plastic bags.
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133% funded $1,335 pledged
- 14 backers
- Funded Sep 07, 2010
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on July 20, 2010
Cristen Andrews
Posted project update #4Recent Events
Post CommentIt's been a busy week. Check out my blog post below to see what I've been up to:
http://bagsbegone.com/2010/07/20/plastic-bag-crochet-in-india-events-this-past-week/
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on July 10, 2010
Cristen Andrews
Posted project update #3Made it to Mumbai!
Post CommentWe made it safely to India a few days ago!
Here's my blog post about the plastic bag workshop we taught today at an elementary school in Mumbai:
http://bagsbegone.com/2010/07/10/plastic-bag-crochet-workshop-at-met-rishikul-vidyalaya/And here's the flyer we made:
http://bagsbegone.com/2010/07/05/plastic-bag-recycling-flyer/-Cristen
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on July 3, 2010
Cristen Andrews
Posted project update #2Thanks!
Post CommentThanks to you guys, I have surpassed my funding goal!
And I'll be in India next week.
:)I have workshops in Mumbai already scheduled every day from July 10-14 and I'm waiting to finalize the dates on a few more.
In preparation for the trip, I have also accumulated more than 200 crochet hooks.
For more updates, you can always check out my site (BagsBeGone.com), where I will be posting details as the trip progresses.
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Cristen Andrews
Austin, TX
I am a strong proponent of plastic bag recycling, reuse, and conservation. And of course I love to crochet. My plastic bag crochet work has been displayed at various festivals and events, and I have taught free community workshops at numerous local and International locations.
