Bag story
Published by followthethings.com (@followthethings) —
Our reusable shopping bags are now being made in China. See their design & follow their travels on http://t.co/nm9hB36 .
followthethings.com news: our shopping bags will be shipped to the UK from China next week. We will be tracking the ship online.
@followthethings 5,000 reusable shopping bags now made & being shipped to the UK. Free to our 'shoppers' when site goes live next week.
ftt shopping bags loaded onto the COSCO Pacific @ Qingdao on Sept 19. Ship now docked in Beilun. Follow it via http://t.co/R7lav0Fx
ftt shopping bags on board the COSCO Pacific: ship photos here: http://t.co/GIvOzHHQ & video here: http://t.co/0CxqGQ7c
@followthethings shopping bags on Cosco Pacific, next stop Yantian, 10km from downtown Shenzhen. Now following via MarineTraffic iPad app.
Can travels of @followthethings bags connect 'separate' stories of work & trade? Follow Cosco Pacific 9355551 with us & add your insights.
@followthethings shopping bags in a container on the Cosco Pacific arrive in Yantian port.
Lives of ships? Cosco Pacific 'teardown report' (almost) is here: http://t.co/kD66EiIS
@followthethings shopping bags: Cosco Pacific has left Yantian port, now on way to Singapore EBGA.
followthethings.com shopping bags on the Cosco Pacific, next stop Singapore. Latest port stories on http://t.co/0KOuKAyH
@followthethings shopping bags. Cosco Pacific has arrived in Singapore, via marine traffic.com & its apps.
How is marinetraffic.com tracking the Cosco Pacific? See http://t.co/0KOuKAyH
Cosco Pacific docking in Singapore. Docks next to @NUSingapore. Can anyone post 'live' photos or port stories to http://t.co/0KOuKAyH ?
Big thanks toTim Bunnell @NUSingapore. Tried to find the Cosco Pacific at dock, and sent us photos & writing. Posting later on fb.
Cosco Pacific, carrying @followthethings shopping bags, now moving up the Malacca Strait.
Cosco Pacific shipping @followthethings shopping bags to UK now passing S. Sri Lanka coast. Next stop Suez.
Cosco Pacific carrying @followthethings shopping bags has just passed through the Suez Canal and entered the Med.
Cosco Pacific carrying @followthethings shopping bags: next port is Rotterdam, docks Oct 18.
Cosco Pacific bringing @followthethings shopping bags to UK now sailing West off Algerian coast.
Cosco Pacific bringing @followthethings shopping bags from China to UK now out of the Med and traveling N off the Portuguese coast.
Cosco Pacific bringing @followthethings shopping bags to UK, entering Bay of Biscay. ETA in Rotterdam Tuesday, then Felixstowe, to Exeter..?
Cosco Pacific bringing @followthethings shopping bags to UK now passing (or on way to dock at) Cherbourg.
Cosco Pacific bringing @followthethings.com shopping bags from China to UK now docked in Rotterdam (on dry land on MarineTraffic.com map).
Cosco Pacific unloading in new Yangtzehaven dock at Rotterdam. Our bags stay on. Watching ships come & go via webcam: http://t.co/udjulC5P
4 Rotterdam 'port stories' added to the latest Cosco Pacific tweet on our facebook page: http://t.co/SRp7ydkg
@followthethings shopping bags on Cosco Pacific now in Felixstowe. 3 days to unload, then trucked to Exeter. http://t.co/VtjlC7Yr Want one?
Our shopping bags are now being unloaded from the Cosco Pacific at Felixstowe. Port stories on our facebook page:... http://t.co/sC3RY0mN
Cosco Pacific has left Felixstowe & is on its way to Hamburg. Thanks to all on board for bringing our shopping bags to the UK.
Our shopping bags arrive on Friday! Email followthethings@yahoo.com if you'd like one. Anywhere in the world. Bag project starts next week.
Thanks @AlibabaTalk_UK. You helped us find manufacturer of Tesco, etc. reusable shopping bags, and they made ours to same spec. Here Friday.
Our shopping bags arrive in Exeter 12-1pm today. Will tweet later with photos. If we have your address, you will get your bag next week.
Our shopping bags have arrived. 1st pic in box. http://t.co/3IIync5v
Our shopping bags, pic 2. The bag you could have to shop with. http://t.co/n75395FG
Our shopping bags. Pic 3, with its paper prototype. http://t.co/LnZPqtce
Our shopping bags, pic 4. With its close Tesco relative, made in the same factory? http://t.co/EdvXaqOk
Took 2 @followthethings.com shopping bags to Lidl in Sidmouth today. Photo, contents and 'made in..' info now on flickr http://t.co/tQBZvXPk
We have shopping bags. But what can we make with them? Watch this space for 'Craft Geogs' experiments @ExeterGeography: http://t.co/d3WCb6Ac
We have Ladybirds on our shopping bags. Why do you think they are there? What might they symbolise? Info needed for yarnbomb brainstorm...
Good news. DHL/Yodel delivered 1,000 ftt shopping bags to @The_GA that myseriously vanished from a stairwell @exetergeography on Thursday.
@craftgeographies Today's work at HQ. Repairing an ftt bag with a pic from the audit of the factory where it was made. http://t.co/rU0xvBhg
@craftgeographies Our 1st publication 'Craft work with @followthethings.com shopping bags' can be downloaded free from: http://t.co/hMow9054
Why cut up and patch only our shopping bags? Cut up & patch those from other stores too. http://t.co/hMow9054
The first photo of our ftt shopping bags as conference bags. From Dydia DeLyser at the NYC #AAG2012. Thanks! http://t.co/TUfXE9ci
Check our new-template fb page. Header = Tim Bunnell's pic of a Cosco container @ Singapore docks + an escaped ladybird http://t.co/kBO65DS6
Where can escaped ladybirds from http://t.co/WXy096fO shopping bags end up? New York. #AAG2012 Thanks @craftgeography! http://t.co/8Qm9Nk7I
Ah!! Sketches from @craftgeography session at #AAG2012: yarnbombing & upcycling http://t.co/WXy096fO shopping bags.... http://t.co/4KxT6rQR
Ian's "Making is connecting: http://t.co/WXy096fO's shopping bags" paper accepted for @SCGRG_RGS's 'impact' session in Edinburgh in July.
If you have one of our shopping bags, here is some info about the factory where they were made...
- our shopping... http://t.co/bXvYKc5W
Lifelong knitter Enid has made 30 ladybirds for our @craftgeography @followthethings yarnbombing project. We love Enid! http://t.co/eDM6i3XJ
We are fond of this! “@feralgeographer: Note book prototype fashioned from @followthethings bag... http://t.co/hNBM1OKL” What next??
Our shopping bags were shipped from China to the UK on the Cosco Pacific container ship. Watch this spotter's... http://t.co/SqZjROWx
Our shopping bag container ship, the Cosco Pacific, also appears in this spotter video of the port of Hamburg:... http://t.co/IbpEYNA2
1st day of Spring. Ladybirds are out. Wildlife survey locates 1 on the security fence around the ex @OccupyExeter site http://t.co/K03i09WK
@HubOnTheGreen A ladybird escaped from 1 of our shopping bags & ended up on the fence on Cathedral Green today. Spring! http://t.co/h7OgU80c
@followthethings One of yours? http://t.co/M79eeGky
@craftgeography @followthethings greetings from geographers and ladybirds in Seville! #exegeogseville2012 http://t.co/CpMNHiHr
Ladybird crafting this morning in Paris, this time attaching loyalty card QR codes to our escaping mini-beasts. http://t.co/dDTP5P2G
Cinq suivreleschoses coccinelles sont pret a voler. http://t.co/qNfHAWA4
@followthethings think the ladybirds are moving into the rundown areas of the 18th ar. due to low prices #gentrify http://t.co/0WRh5cfs
RT@ExeterGeography: MT@tarawoodyer: @followthethings Labybird joins in the strike http://t.co/Uhf8eWZm
RT@ExeterGeography: MT@tarawoodyer: @followthethings Labybird swots up on strike literature http://t.co/e75Ct12Z
@ExeterGeography: On her way to #gaconf2012, a followthethings ladybird reads more about her mission in life. http://t.co/fiVAGFvv
A followthethings ladybird charges her lithium ion battery in preparation for #gaconf2012. http://t.co/XC5BbBp6
Travelling in style. followthethings ladybirds spotted on a train to Manchester for tomorrow's #gaconf12 http://t.co/k0dVcAPL
A followthethings ladybird arrives early & thirsty at #gaconf12 http://t.co/AaYoYBKu
Early for #gaconf12, the followthethings ladybird visits the Arndale Centre in Manchester to do some 'shopping'. http://t.co/ZfJcarH1
The followthethings ladybird watches. She knows about working conditions where Apple (and other) products are made. http://t.co/aBeB2tGX
The followthethings ladybird empathises with Apple iPads. She too was made in China & arrived in the UK in a container. http://t.co/OVL29v10
The followthethings ladybird wants to find out where things go. She's latched onto this abandoned bike to find out. http://t.co/Kf3giDr3
#gaconf12 delegates! Along with your shopping bag, please make sure you pick up one of our loyalty cards. Thankyou... http://t.co/MphdOEpM
#gaconf12 You've seen the photos. Have a go! "Ladybugging" advice now added to "What to do with your conference bag" http://t.co/vTs76xDb
#gaconf12 There are lots of ladybugging photos on Flickr http://t.co/U4fVUPIb The ladybird knows about global trade. She sees everything.
A followthethings ladybird waits for her friends @MissionExplore to arrive at #gaconf12 http://t.co/m4oEEWYT
A followthethings ladybird is attracted to the warmth promised by hotel chain logos. She looks radiant here. #gaconf12 http://t.co/V60at75P
Our shopping bags came from China to UK on the container ship COSCO Pacific. COSCO reported big losses in 2011 http://t.co/Kw6VsccZ
"I am your father": a followthethings ladybird wakes up after a strange dream about the GA logo. #gaconf12 http://t.co/CdFyq6Ye
900 of the 1,000 @followthethings shopping bags at #gaconf12 are with new owners. If you want one, run (or email followthethings@yahoo.com)!
The folowthethings ladybird ponders today's Olympic kit revelations outside an (in)appropriately named shop. http://t.co/IwyTTsiW
After her trip to the Arnale Centre this morning, the followthethings ladybird reads the Independent's Olympics exposé. http://t.co/upt58gS2
@craftgeography New Manchester 'ladybugging' pics just added + mapped on our flickr page.The start/end of a craze? http://t.co/7YzgL9k5
Ever wondered where reusable shopping bags are made, by whom, how & at what rates of pay? Here's how you can find out http://t.co/hupIBPDT
iPhone Girl? AK47s? ladybugging? Ideas for Ian's @followthethings Political Geogs workshop next Tues @exetergeography http://t.co/6wuBpG3G
Ladybugging online? A @followthethings ladybird photo appears on a Kanye West photo page http://t.co/ctA2eWZN
We heard ladybirds jumped ship from the Cosco Pacific last summer. This one came ashore on a Dorset beach today http://t.co/gLuPXgTA
followthethings ladybirds on the fence @OccupyExeter http://t.co/LZCQOfzu #ladybugging
The followthethings ladybird knows the political lives of things. She"s at a #polgeog workshop @ExeterGeography today. http://t.co/zrWKfKeU
ftt ladybirds will escape from ian's #polgeog workshop @ExeterGeography tomorrow. Inspired by PLOT http://t.co/UkYj2w1t http://t.co/taCKtwJ9
Velcro dots, scissors & a @followthethings shopping bag: all you need for ladybugging @ExeterGeography #polgeog today. http://t.co/hKtZGAw4
Results are in from the 'Political lives of things / ladybugging' session @ExeterGeography's #polgeog workshop today http://t.co/xLI6xmOU
@andyddavies Your ladybugging photos are now added to our Flickr group pool. Great pictures & captions. Thanks! http://t.co/2YoD3b6F
After reading that Charles Taylor is guilty, an ftt ladybird visits a jewelers & wonders who else might be responsible. http://t.co/pCLPhSmK
After reading about Co-op policy change, a followthethings ladybirds grills some avocados about their legal status. http://t.co/nvNN1MQP
After the avocados finish their story, the bananas tell the ftt ladybird that change is possible http://t.co/g5WFaHi5 http://t.co/Y6Hz4c0h
New visitors / followers: expect reporting by ladybirds who have escaped from our shopping bags. They know... http://t.co/U4fVUPIb
ftt ladybird talks to a flag waved at a Queen. He won't say where he comes from. She can find out http://t.co/j9Hj682C http://t.co/hoohWopB
ftt ladybird finds Jubilee the Atlantic working class used against capitalism with some success http://t.co/X1aJcSSw http://t.co/uTz6qmE0
An ftt ladybird enters the UK from Thailand under the tongue of a boxed & wrapped Doc Martin shoe. http://t.co/BTdxjEG4
Thanks @RavenEllison: "when passing through the Maui airport I met this chicken & took this picture". ftt bags travel. http://t.co/ruNLyRNR
Ladybugging produces this http://t.co/Ju1Xtisu Release a bug from your fit shopping bag, ladybug & send us your pictures & captions!
An ftt ladybird struggles to understand the difference between plagiarism & coincidence. 1 of 2. http://t.co/xPgDJ6Kq
Eyes peeled for @followthethings ladybirds. Escaped from shopping bags. In the wild. Noticing, thinking, questioning, following...
An ftt ladybird is spotted shoe shopping (NB the 1st photo of in-store ladybugging) http://t.co/WvMhGEpY Thanks to Finn Woodhill.
followthethings ladybirds are not the only ladybirds. Others begin to be released from other shopping bags. #outbreak http://t.co/AgvdNLK8
The Tesco ladybird is a darker, angrier red. A new wave of ladybugging begins http://t.co/kpcbtaO0
News: a) phew, neither Tesco nor ftt ladybirds have bad lead poisoning; b) new ladybugging photos are coming in from Tanzania. More next wk.
Yes. The big ftt push starts on Monday. A bigger/better site, more ladybugging, more @MissionExplore missions + the unexpected. Expect all!
Knitted ladybirds, yarn bombing, aag crafting, @followthethings shopping bags, waiting for a train http://t.co/NamCZAlz http://t.co/NamCZAlz
Behold these 500 boxed shopping bags ready for pickup for @RGS_IBG #ac2012 in Edinburgh next week. Help yourselves....! http://t.co/7RMi2Scj
Ladybugging @RGS_IBG #ac2012. Ladybirds begin to escape from @followthethings bags & look for 'impact'. Spot them... http://t.co/CwJgD4bi
Ladybugging @RGS_IBG #ac2012. 6 @followthethings ladybirds are ready to fly. Spot, photo, caption, steal, place, then? http://t.co/eERwjBWa
Ladybugging @RGS_IBG #AC2012. See where our ladybirds have been spotted & what they they thinking about http://t.co/U4fRnfz1
@followthethings at work - she’s the one on the window #AC2012 @RGS_IBG http://t.co/4TVMbzwz
The ftt ladybird is curious about political borders & paperwork. She stows away on a passport to find out more. http://t.co/pDYjJ2k4
This ladybird wonders if the people who made this shirt will be among the international attendees of the Olympics... http://t.co/mSOyOPnX
Our 1st ladybugging caption competition. Look through our flickr set http://t.co/Si0xLmHH add different / better captions, win a unique bag!
The deadline for ladybugging captions is Friday 13th July, 12noon (UK time). @TeamFTT will judge then customise the winner's prize ftt bag.