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June 30th, 2008

Reusable Bag Feature Round Up

Our month-long June theme was the hefty topic of reusable shopping bags. We blogged and blogged bags, and yet there’s so much more we could have blogged. Bags are a big deal. We’ll likely revisit this feature at some point. If you missed any bag goodness, here’s a round-up of all things reusable bags…
The BYOB […]

By Jennifer -- 0 comments

June 30th, 2008

Reusable Bag Challenge Update - How Did Your Entire Month Go?

This month we’ve all been working hard on the reusable bag challenge. Now is your chance to tell us how you did.
Myself: I did pretty good. I only ended up with the one lame video store bag. Thankfully, I averted some clerks during the month, who were trying little sneaks, like re bagging my fruit […]

By Jennifer -- 5 comments

June 30th, 2008

Polite Ways to Suggest Reusable Bag Use

If you weren’t already using your own shopping totes before, I hope reusable bag month has helped to convert you. Now, how do you go about spreading the reusable bag love?
Try these simple ways to help your friend get the reusable bag habit on:

• Show your bags. Brag on them. Talk about how much […]

By Peggy -- 2 comments

June 29th, 2008

Olive Smart Reusable Grocery Bags

Bag month has been a little hectic. Too bad, because there’s just oh so many bags to see. In any case, I’m going to try and fit in a few more bags before we kick off out cool July theme.
I saw these bags originally at Eco Friendly Driver, and fell in love, because Hil had […]

By Jennifer -- 0 comments

June 27th, 2008

Inexpensive Reusable Grocery Bags

Inexpensive is relative; one person’s inexpensive is another person’s not so much. However, for the sake of this post, I’m naming right around $10 and under as a decent inexpensive bag. Yeah you can get store brand non-washable bags for 99 cents, but I’m more on the fence of folks buying a decent washable set. […]

By Jennifer -- 10 comments

June 25th, 2008

Make Your Own Oilcloth Bags

Check out these adorable reusable lunch sacks - just one more option for cutting your bag use. I’m thinking you could even make these bigger and work out some sort of handle. A crafty sewer (read not me) could do that. The only downside is that you can’t machine wash these, but wiping down is […]

By Jennifer -- 0 comments