"It means a lot that someone took time to care." Retirees make incredible new creations using hundreds of old plastic bags: 'It's just something I feel I should do' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Knitters have long known about the health benefits of their hobby: reduced depression, anxiety and blood pressure and an increased sense of wellbeing, to name a few. But now, more and more knitters ...

Sharing their time-consuming crocheted ‘plarn’ mat creations at the Senior LIFT Center are Mavis (Dols) Williams, Lindy Leftwich, and Sarah Francis. Contributing crafter not pictured is Estella ...

Sophan Buffa is always ready for a plarn party. It’s BYOB — Bring your own bags. Collect plastic bags, get your friends together, cut the bags into strips and roll them up like a ball of yarn. Once ...

A “sustainable lifestyle” may sound like marketing buzzwords, but the idea of zero-waste living is increasingly important. No wonder low-waste holiday decor currently trending on social media. On ...

Hannah Gray remembers, as a 6-year-old Girl Scout, watching videos of sea turtles getting stuck in plastic. It was an image that has remained with her, even now as a first-year art teacher at The ...

Art comes in many forms. And it makes us all better, whether we are creating it or viewing pieces in a museum. One medium I recently learned about is “plarn,” made from plastic shopping bags that are ...