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Tree Hugging Family - Living Green

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 […]

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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 […]

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June 2nd, 2008

17 Ways to Purge Those Plastic Bags

Part of this month’s BYOB challenge is to put the plastic bags you already have to good use. No sense in waisting them. Here are some ideas…

Dog poop holders (yuck, but hey, you’re using them up).
Grocery Sacks household helpers
Painting something - a house, a chair, your kid’s treehouse? Need a painting break? Wrap your still […]

By Jennifer -- 6 comments

June 2nd, 2008

My Dream Bag - Haiku Ultimate Messenger/Diaper Bag

I have a lot of dream bags. You know how some people like purses or shoes? Well, I like messenger bags, cool hippie bags, and other amazing bags. Usually (and sadly) bags that cost more than I’m willing to pay. However, this being reusable bag month, I’m going to indulge and share some of the […]

By Jennifer -- 6 comments

June 1st, 2008

Bring Your Own Bag Challenge

Last month’s paper towel challenge was a little quiet. Still, we’re happy that some of you did participate and cut your paper towel use, and hopefully more of you will participate in this month’s challenge.
This month’s challenge is BYOB - or the Bring Your Own Bag challenge.
Peggy made a nice little chart for […]

By Jennifer -- 30 comments

June 1st, 2008

New Poll & Blog Features for June

This June, we’ve got a new feature planned. Last month we featured green weddings, and this month we thought it might be nice to cover reusable bags. We actually discuss reusable bags often here, but more in a round about, recommendation way. This month we’ll be digging deep in to the world of reusable bags, […]

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