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Tree Hugging Family - Living Green

June 17th, 2008

Need to catch up on our reusable bag series?

This month we’ve been looking at all things reusable bags. Now is your chance to catch up, because I gathered everything up and made a little list. If we’ve missed a key point that you’d love covered, please let us know. The month isn’t over, and we have plenty of reusable bag goodness plans left; […]

By Jennifer -- 1 comment

June 10th, 2008

The Absolute Last Word in Cute Reusable Totes

We’ve been showing a lot of bags this month, being that it’s reusable bag month. Good old basic plain bags is all you need to make a difference to the environment, but sometimes, a totally cute tote is still a good time.
Check out these bags from three beans & co - I know, from the […]

By Jennifer -- 3 comments

June 10th, 2008

How Many Reusable Bags Do You Need?

This is a tough question to crack, but one you may be wondering about if you’re considering buying some reusable bags for grocery and other shopping trips.
How many grocery bags?:
I used to have a bunch of odd shaped bags. Now I have eight that are exactly the same size; 12″ wide x 12.25″ tall […]

By Jennifer -- 2 comments

June 10th, 2008

Reusable Bag Challenge Update - How Are You Doing?

Just checking in to see how everyone is doing with their reusable bag challenge this month.
How I’m doing:
My grand total count of plastic bags in the house this month - counting all produce bags, basic grocery bags, and bags from other stores is - 1.
I got one plastic bag. AND you won’t believe how stupid […]

By Jennifer -- 13 comments

June 5th, 2008

Plastic Bags - Facts & Figures

There are oodles of icky plastic bag statistics out there. This month at Tree Hugging Family, our focus is reusable bags and our June challenge is to reduce plastic bag consumption. There are plenty of good reasons to do so.
Reusable Bags offers these (and other) facts related to plastic bags:

500 billion to 1 trillion plastic […]

By Jennifer -- 0 comments

June 4th, 2008

Green Product Review: My New Bags

I previously posted about my reusable bag decision but didn’t do a review yet, because I wanted to use them for a bit first.
I ended up getting eight of the ACME Bags - Lightweight Recycled Cotton Tote with Dual Handles from reusable bags. Using one of the discount codes I posted about here, I got […]

By Jennifer -- 5 comments