February 5, 2021
“Who’s Brad Pitt?”, E, an 11 year old who I teach on Thursdays asks me when I say that famous people are boring and if I had a choice between meeting brad Pitt and libby, his mom’s friend’s cousin? who had a rainbow unicorn themed wedding, I would pick libby. I told him that it was comforting to know that he didn’t know who brad Pitt was. That there was hope in the world. That Hollywood was dying. I didn’t say that out loud but I thought about it – I also told him that I finally understood what teachers who said stuff like “you’re too young to know” so and so – which I always felt was patronizing because who were they to comment on my cultural knowledge? maybe felt. Perhaps I am hesitant to fully grow up because there are underlying issues of commitment to being a boring adult that my child and teenage self feels compelled to reject – yet the call of maturity beckons me into the tunnel of responsibly which I gladly accept – I’m just inherently weary of anyone who is happy to live in this current system and supports its continuation in any way – not to say that one should not be happy or stay bolted down to the misery – I just want to see a lot of stuff crumble and get rebuilt – structurally and internally within the paradoxical matrix that we’re in right now, while fulfilling my duties as a productive member of society, that i want to reorganize and reconfigure – and also be a part of – paradoxical matrix… Here is a plan and strategy for Reducing Plastic on our collective earth for the festival of urgent reinvention – a call by co-founder and CEO of NOTPLA
- Create international online Titties for Change Pod Group that meet everyday, all over the world for one hour. On zoom, we will mute our mics and call the companies whose products we have used that day which are currently packaged in plastic. if there was no product used that day which was packaged in plastic that individual can flag themselves and offer their time to call on someone else’s behalf – maybe someone else has 8 plastic items and can hand that off to someone who only has 2 – the point is to call for one hour every day, putting pressure on these companies to change their packaging. This not only provides accountability, community and consistency, it also gathers energetic force behind the mission and cause, propelling the pressure towards a dynamic shift with what needs to change within companies and corporations that are still using plastic to package their products. Pod Groups are grouped according to country, city and zip code. The solution that will be shared with the companies who are contacted will be the OOHO seaweed capsules and the material that it is made from. Essentially, we become agents and allies of OOHO – offering free consultation to the companies who have agreed to change, offering our labor in exchange for the plastic to never be made again; an understanding that the daily hour – whoever can make the daily hour – will benefit from a plastic-less world in the long run. This will require training from NOTPLA, knowledge on machines and how to make the OOHO product – we will appoint titties for change pod leaders who will take charge of the translation from company to maybe a sales representative from NOTPLA – who will be better able to assist with that transition.
- While titties for change pod group grows and more calls are made, an online forum where people will be able to enter the data – their calls, which companies they spoke to and the outcome from that conversation. This data can be complied and shown to the public, the world, which companies are behind change and which are not yet ready – we will have teams that reach out to these companies to offer transitional assistance – not in a shameful way or angry blame-y way but in a “we all know that this is a serious problem, lets work together to find a solution way” – this will also give companies real time data on the number of consumers who are asking for their products to be changed packaging wise – and will push the needle in the correct direction – because now they have data to show the stakeholders and board of directors what the consumer wants, thus changing their packaging.
- We will start a global titties for change + OOHO kickstarter where this mission is shared with the world to raise funds for more precious plastics drop off units in every country to be created all over the world. here is a link to precious plastics – with their machines, start up guides and “how to set up a collection unit” is shared. alternatively, empty retail stores owned by banks could be donated (this requires more research into each countries policies regarding real estate) but for now, I will speak about New York because that is where we’re at – and have experience as a PopUp coordinator for the city of Worcester – to speak with government officials and banks to see how spaces can be donated for precious plastic drop off units – in the long run – more empty retail stores will be converted into titties for change “healing hubs” where free kitchens (vegan food collected from kitchens that are throwing their excess food away will be reorganized to feed people, mediation and yoga stations will be built out, reading corners, and safe zones will be created for people.) but for now we focus on the plastic collection units and creating as many of them as we can all over the world.
- Once there is a physical location and the machines that have been bought and/or made, similarly arranged pod groups will then become the “walkers and collectors” – collecting plastic from business, grocery stores, homes, and institutions and brought to the precious plastics facilities to be sorted, shredded and made into art – the art can be sold or exchanged for services and labor – ultimately, the money will go back into the maintenance and buying or making of more machines, opening up more precious plastics facilities and making sure that people have what they need.
- the companies who have decided to work to change their packaging to OOHO material can offer their newly packaged produce as a food source to the titties for change anti-war, anti-plastic, vegan festival where we come together to celebrate the ending of all war, plastic, poverty, homelessness and slaughterhouses, teaching people how to shuffle, dance, yoga, meditate, cook vegan food, read and make music. this is another long term goal – giving people a celebration to work towards –
- keep meeting everyday for one hour until all companies have switched to OOHO or another organic material. – no profit before people business model – might not even be about business anymore – more about the transition than names or recognition –
- Create a “defiance and solutions unicorn” titties for change Youtube channel – where specific issues ranging from The plastic The slaughterhouses The poverty The homeless situation The war The racism The slavery The prisons The child prostitution Capitalism will be research and investigated – we will travel to factories to speak to owners about how we can be of service to help them transition away from plastic to OOHO and other organic materials. Here is the script for the opening segment of the Defiance and Solutions Unicorn Youtube Show – Coming in March! So these videos will circulate around these 10 issues. I’ve been having a hard time decoding which aspect to tackle first because they are all just as important and they all intersect – but a film director, holly tuckett who I met on clubhouse – shout out clubhouse!!! Gave me some advice on how I should configure these video ideas – she told me to think about the flow – and how I want to introduce each of these ideas – and how they connect to each other – Backstory – I’ve been meaning to get to these videos for 2 years – but I just didn’t ever get around to doing it because self sabotage is real and so are unhealed childhood trauma – I learned that my root, solar plexus and heart chakra had not been inaliagnment with my higher self – my third eye and crown chakra on the other hand, have been overly active which has been great for downloads and ideas about a new future but manifesting this in the material world has been difficult – I will get to chakra work and healing tactics that ive learned along the way in later videos – maybe I’ll do it so that they come hand in hand with these issues that keep me up at night – My friends have been asking me why I put all this labor on myself but I don’t see it that way – I feel like we’re all here to do something, create something – change, disrupt, add, shift, morph – something – I feel like I was meant to create and be part of a team who believes in another world, I have been put here to be part of making that new world more and more possible every day. I have chosen to start with the plastic because as it has been calling me to research and the more I research, the more I see and understand how it affects and contributes to poverty, homelessness, slaughterhouses, slavery and the war – basically all the things that I have mentioned above in the list – it can seem overwhelming and the connections might not be so clear – but water connects to water everywhere – as Alexis Pauline Gumbs has written – and plastic is the manifested material of oppression – the process of dismantling plastic will dismantle the rest of the embedded nonsense. plastic carries a specific type of historical density that will unravel systemic structures of oppression. therefore, we start with the plastic first. There is a trifecta effect with plastic production, slaughterhouses and the war – the root is capitalism – If I had been listening to myself for the last 2 years and writing an essay about capitalism every Friday like i had been wanting to, I would be able to point you to a blog where you would be able to read about these essays – but again, self sabotage is real – almost as real as covid – I am the virus to myself – haha – but I have been writing some and do have a blog which you can visit here – (insert tittiesforchange) where you can sign the petition to end plastic production – These videos won’t be more than 10 minutes long because I understand attention span but also I can’t promise that I will cater to ADHD all the time, or this other new name that they are calling it now – something trait – This is an introduction to the journey that I am committing to because im gonna turn 30 in a month and I need to get my life together – which means listening to myself and my younger brother who has been telling me to volg 15 years ago – Thank you Aaron, maybe now that im finally listening to you, you will listen to me and stop getting into trouble – he’s in the boys home in Singapore now and really needs a better role model that can be in his life – I feel responsible but only a little because ive also told my parents that I can’t stay in singapore and to send him to me in America but did they listen to me? Nooooo – only because I said that I would kick him out of the house if he didn’t listen to me – but I said that in haste and I would never kick my brother out of the house – anyway – like I said, this is me getting my life together, making the videos I want, the music I want, the food I want, and being with the people I want – that last part has been difficult because of – sketchy government things – but the government has always been sketchy so that’s not really a surprise here – more on that in other videos – for now, here’s a lowdown of what to expect – (refer to the list above) We’ll weave through these 10 topics entering them like chapters to revisit – the number after the chapter will indicate the first video of it so tomorrows video will be about plastic. It will be about plastic 1.1 and then we’ll circle through the list and when we revisit plastic again it will be plastic 2.1 and when we’ve done 10 of these it’l be plastic 10. 1 ive also made a patron account where I’ll be sharing music, music videos, recipes and a game show called “who the fuck is cho change” as well as private links to dinner nights where I’ll make a meal based off the ingredients that members have suggested, private shows, and excursions where I take you out for wherever you want to go around New York City – i’ll visit people you want to visit but can’t because you’re not here – I’ll make them a meal and bring it to them or hang out with someone who you think is lonely – whatever you want! PG13 friendly!” —
- Partner with other organizations like world beyond war, dispatch goods, bye bye plastic bags, the plastic pollution coalition and sunrise movement who understand this work and collaborate on spreading awareness, raising funds, creating more healing hubs and precious plastics, finding homes for the homeless, and ending plastic production forever.
- keep the daily one hour phone calls until plastic production has ended, continue to grow the network, continue to celebrate like it has already been accomplished, and share resources so more people and families have access to what they need.
- take care of ourselves while we do this work by supporting each other through our accountability groups. Reach out to prisons and make sure inmates have non plastic items as well – including plastic less shampoo by vurnella –
- transition to non-plastic products like diva cup, reusable cotton swabs, edible cutlery, reusable grocery store bags, reusable zip lock bags, and learn how to make your home plastic free, ultimately transition to a plastic-free life – promote and support these products in our individual lives and buy them as gifts for our friends.
- teach people how to make non-plastic water bottles from OOHO material.
- Give away free non plastic kits to underserved communities so they do not bare the burden of buying these products that can be very expensive to transition to.
- Offer and create new jobs to those working at facilities that currently make plastic products so that they are not left jobless until we figure out a way to live without serving capitalism.
I will report back with more information about the proposal tomorrow – it’s due feb 6, 1159pm PDT – sleep time. for the weekend: Vegan condensed milk