QUEEN NEWS 프레디 머큐리 장바구니 들다. (비닐봉투 추방 캠페인)

[mari]

퀸 뮤지컬 'We Will Rock You' 가 상연중인 영국 런던 도미니언 극장에 서 있는

작고한 퀸 보컬리스트 프레디 머큐리의 동상이 초대형 장바구니를 들었습니다.

비닐봉투 사용 자제하고 장바구니 쓰자는 그런 취지의 캠페인이지요.

Freddie Joins Fight Against Plastic Bags

Freddie Mercury joins the fight against plastic bags

We Are What We Do, the global social change movement behind the best selling book Change the World for a Fiver and the Anya Hindmarch I’m Not A Plastic Bag project, is delighted to welcome Freddie Mercury as the latest supporter of its Plastic Ain’t My Bag campaign to end the use of single-use, disposable plastic bags.

Yesterday’s budget included plans to introduce legislation in 2009 imposing a charge on carrier bags if a reduction in bag use does not come about on a voluntary basis. We Are What We Do believes that small actions x lots of people = BIG change and it is pleased to see that politicians are now highlighting the importance of an issue already being supported by shoppers and retailers.

From today, Freddie’s statue outside the Dominion Theatre in London, host to the Queen-Ben Elton musical We Will Rock You, will sport a giant cotton shopping bag, proudly displaying the campaign message Plastic Ain’t My Bag.

“We think Freddie would have embraced the message, despite his passion for the art of shopping,” says We Will Rock You General Manager Peter Gibbon Hansen. “Let’s not forget that years ago Freddie was writing songs on the subject of taking stock of our environment, songs such as ‘Is This The Word We Created’ which he and Brian sang at Live Aid.” The Dominion Theatre has started charging for the carrier bags it uses and is currently developing its own re-usable shopping bag. “We Will Rock You was one of the first shows in the West End to adopt a greener operating policy, something that has already been recognised by the office of the Mayor of London,” adds Peter Gibbon Hansen.

Only 10 months ago, We Are What We Do and Anya Hindmarch sought to cast a spotlight on the issue of plastic bag usage by creating a limited edition, re-usable cotton shopper inspired by the first action in their first book ‘Decline plastic bags whenever possible’. The ￡5 designer bag sold out within hours and hit the headlines immediately, generating queues of hundreds of people desperate to own one.

David Robinson, co-founder of We Are What We Do says:

“We are so pleased that We Will Rock You and the Dominion Theatre have joined our Plastic Ain’t My Bag campaign. All too often, we forget that when we throw something away, there is no ‘away’. Currently each of us in the UK uses 167 disposable plastic bags a year*. If we’ve made people think about that, it’s a fantastic achievement.”

David continues:

“There is no doubt that the range of initiatives, of which ours is just one, are making a significant impact on the issue of plastic bag usage. M&S charging 5p per bag, Sainsbury’s trialling “no bag days”, Waitrose introducing “green tills” for people who have their own bags, paper bags in Primark, Superdrug asking customers if they really need a bag ? something that has already brought about a 20% reduction in their bag usage ? Tesco taking full page ads in the national press to promote their policies, an entire town in Devon giving up plastic bags and retailers nationally leading the charge in our ‘Plastic Ain’t My Bag’ campaign. None of these things in and of themselves will result in an end to plastic bag usage, but each makes a significant contribution. The latest discussion around the introduction of legislation, the campaign lead by the Daily Mail and the crucial vocal support of many high-profile personalities and celebrities all point towards the fact that we are at a tipping point. Things are going to be different, we are all going to have to ask ourselves whether we really need plastic bags.”

To find out more about the We Are What We Do Plastic Ain’t My Bag campaign or to order your bag, please visit www.wearewhatwedo.org/plasticaintmybag

http://www.queenonline.com

Late QUEEN Singer Joins Plastic Ain’t My Bag Campaign

Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 15:14:56 EST

QUEEN guitar legend Brian May's official here has posted the following press release:

We Are What We Do, the global social change movement behind the best selling book Change the World For A Fiver and the Anya Hindmarch I’m Not A Plastic Bag project, is delighted to welcome Freddie Mercury (QUEEN) as the latest supporter of its Plastic Ain’t My Bag campaign to end the use of single-use, disposable plastic bags.

Yesterday’s budget included plans to introduce legislation in 2009 imposing a charge on carrier bags if a reduction in bag use does not come about on a voluntary basis. We Are What We Do believes that small actions x lots of people = BIG change and it is pleased to see that politicians are now highlighting the importance of an issue already being supported by shoppers and retailers.

From today, Freddie’s statue outside the Dominion Theatre in London, host to the Queen-Ben Elton musical We Will Rock You, will sport a giant cotton shopping bag, proudly displaying the campaign message Plastic Ain’t My Bag.

“We think Freddie would have embraced the message, despite his passion for the art of shopping,” says We Will Rock You General Manager Peter Gibbon Hansen. “Let’s not forget that years ago Freddie was writing songs on the subject of taking stock of our environment, songs such as ‘Is This The World We Created’ which he and Brian sang at Live Aid.” The Dominion Theatre has started charging for the carrier bags it uses and is currently developing its own re-usable shopping bag. “We Will Rock You was one of the first shows in the West End to adopt a greener operating policy, something that has already been recognised by the office of the Mayor of London,” adds Peter Gibbon Hansen.

http://www.bravewords.com/news/85467

http://www.wearewhatwedo.org/plasticaintmybag/

http://www.wearewhatwedo.org/online-shop/?action=catalogue&category=memorabilia&sub_category=other

Posted on Thu, Mar. 13, 2008 05:47 PM

Britons hit by new 'sin taxes'

By JANE WARDELL

AP Business Writer

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Lefteris Pitarakis

A huge shopping bag is placed on the statue of late rock legend Freddie Mercury, outside central London's Dominion Theatre, Thursday March 13, 2008. The statue decorating the theatre which plays host to the Queen-Ben Elton musical 'We Will Rock You', will sport a giant sized shopping bag to deliver a message against the use of plastic bags. Britons were up in arms on Thursday about the imposition of "sin taxes" that will increase the cost of alcohol, cigarettes, gas-guzzling cars and, potentially, plastic bags.

Many Britons were resigning themselves to more puritanical lifestyles Thursday as they faced the prospect of "sin taxes" that will increase the cost of alcohol, cigarettes, gas-guzzling cars and, potentially, plastic bags.

"Don't Drink or Drive" trumpeted the Sun newspaper after Treasury chief Alistair Darling unveiled the measures on Wednesday in the government's annual spending plan.

The Labour Party government is hoping that hiking taxes on booze will help curb Britain's binge-drinking culture.

But breakfast talk radio was abuzz with callers lamenting the potential death of Britain's pub scene, with the tax hike coming less than a year after the government imposed a smoking ban in all public buildings.

"They put more on alcohol because they think there's going to be binge-drinking, but it won't stop. It just stops people going in pubs," said Sarah Thomas, 33, a teacher trainer smoking a rolled tobacco cigarette outside The Goose pub in central London.

From this weekend, alcohol duties will rise by 6 percent above inflation - meaning an extra 8 cents for a pint of beer, which already costs about $6 in an average London pub.

They will go up around 26 cents for a bottle of wine and a whopping $1.10 a bottle for spirits such as whisky.

The duties will then rise by another 2 percent above inflation in each of the next four years, reversing a trend in previous budgets to keep increases low for most alcohol products. Duties on spirits were frozen for the past 10 years to boost British spirit makers' competitiveness, accounting for the large jump this year.

A packet of cigarettes, already a steep $11.20, will rise by 22 cents.

The first budget under Prime Minister Gordon Brown also planned to reward ecologically minded voters by imposing higher taxes on heavier polluting cars from 2010.

The increases - to be charged at the point of sale and in higher road taxes - mean that many family cars, along with gas-guzzling vehicles and sports cars will come with larger price tags and be more expensive to drive.

George Osborne, the opposition Conservative Party spokesman said the plans would unfairly target hardworking families who need large vehicles like SUVs.

"Labour's economic incompetence means a rising cost of living for the very people they said they would help," said Osborne.

The government will also begin imposing a charge on single-use plastic bags next year - a measure already in place in Ireland - if supermarkets and other stores don't make "sufficient progress" to voluntarily reduce their use by the end of this year.

The government said money raised by a plastic bag levy would go to environmental charities, while that from alcohol and cigarette taxes would help fund a $2 billion package to tackle child poverty.

But Steve Thompson, 39, an air conditioning engineer enjoying a lunch break with a cigarette and a half-pint of beer outside the Melton Mowbray pub in central London, wasn't buying the government's social plan.

"They know that people who are addicted can't quit smoking but they still tax it and get their revenue for it," said Thompson. "They're crooks. They waste taxpayers' money terribly."

Rob Hayward, chief executive of the British Beer & Pub Association, said the government was "shooting itself in the foot" because it would lose revenue if pubs are forced to close.

"The government is punishing all beer drinkers rather than tackling the minority of drunken hooligans," Hayward said.

The Wine and Spirit Trade Association said that as British costs rises faster than in continental Europe, more people will simply go abroad for the cheaper prices, particularly on wine. The new charges will tax wine at nearly $3 a bottle - the highest in the European Union and well above the 4 cents charged in France.

With Britons already facing rising prices for food and other basic amid the gloom caused by the global credit crunch, the Wine and Spirit Trade Association said the new taxes were a form of punishment.

"It is bizarre at a time when the economy is slowing, prices are rising and many families are feeling the pinch, that the government should choose to add to their burden by making the simple pleasure of a glass of wine or spirits considerably more expensive," said the association's chief executive Jeremy Beadles.

AP Reporter Regan McTarsney in London contributed to this story.

  http://www.kansascity.com/449/story/529956.html

[Pearl]

프레디가 죽어서도 캠페인 참가를 하네요.

[눈의여왕]

저 사진보니 비닐봉지안에 사람도 들어가겠네요.

[산호]

실제로 프레디가 살아 있었다면... 장바구니 들자는 캠페인 같은 것에는 별로 신경 안 썼을거 같아요. ^^

[Unforgiven]

프레디가 살아 있었다면 위 윌 록 유 같은 뮤지컬도 없었을듯.

[justnow]

그래두 어떻게 저기다 장바구니를 걸 생각을 했을까......ㅋㅋㅋ

[Hermes]

대충 읽어보니 프레디 머큐리가 생전에 쇼핑광이었나봐요.

[보헤미안PJ]

취지는 좋은데 장바구니가 걸린 프레디의 모습은.^^;

[프레디짱]

장바구니가 걸린 프레디의 모습은 쇼핑해서 비닐봉투를 쓰면 환경오염이나 비닐봉투를 불태우면 다이옥신성분이 있고 암이생깁니다.

[Pearl]

http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/specialsection/esc_section/276729.html 이글하고도 관계있어보임