This week we’re speaking to the amazing Marina who founded a Boomerang Bag community on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. By way of background Boomerang Bags is not just about making actual bags as part of a borrow and bring back system, it’s about connecting communities, diverting waste (using cute-as-a-button, handmade boomerang bags rather than plastic ones), starting conversations about sustainability and most of all meeting like-minded people who enjoy having some fun.

We speak to Marina about growing up in England, and how her upbringing set her on a path of being interested in sustainability. We talk about how she came to set up a Boomerang Bag community and how together they have made more than 5,000 bags – and in doing so diverted waste from landfill … and made lots of firm friends.

Not one to rest on her laurels, Marina and her team are branching out to include a beautiful range of bunting (apologies we ran out of time to cover this in the podcast …). Marina is looking for volunteers so if you’re interested in helping out please contact her through the Boomerang Bag website https://boomerangbags.org or drop us a line at Her House.

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