Contest:

Win a Children’s Book — Think Green! Ends on June 22.

Summer Scrub Down Contest – Win Natural Body Care Products! Ends on July 14th

Niceness in June:

If you’re feeling nice, visit Random Acts of Eco-friendly Kindness.

Monthly Green Challenge:

Think you’ve got what it takes to go green? During June, we’re covering every aspect you can imagine on reusable shopping bags. We’re going to leave you with no excuse to go without them! Join the challenge to take reusable bags with you each time you go shopping, anywhere and everywhere. Reusable Bag Challenge Update – How Are You Doing?

Lifestyles Channel Events:

This month at the Lifestyles Channel, several bloggers wrote about “The view from my window” on June 11. Check out that link for all the window view goodness.

June Theme:

Our month-long June theme is reusable shopping bags. We’ll explore why to use them, where to get them and how many/what kind to buy, plus anything else you might want to know.

Need to catch up on our reusable bag series? Here’s a rundown:

Reusable bag basics and overcoming issues:

• How Many Reusable Bags Do You Need?
• Overcoming Reusable Bag Shyness
• Pros and Cons of String Market Bags
• Reusable Bags & The Self Checkout
• Reusable Bags for Bulk Food Items
• Reusable Bags & Reusable Storage Options for Bulk Food Items

Get your own bag:

• Reusable Bags with a Message
• My Dream Bag – Haiku Ultimate Messenger/Diaper Bag
• ReJAVAnate Reusable Bags
• Organic Cotton FEED 100 Bags
• The Absolute Last Word in Cute Reusable Totes
• Creative Ways to Score Your Bags
• Flip & Tumble Bag: A Bright Idea
• Make Your Own Long Shopping Bag
• Green Product Review: My New Bags
• My Reusable Bags Review: Organic Cotton Eco-Bags

The why of reusable bags vs. disposable:

• Plastic Bags – Facts & Figures
• Paper Bags Aren’t the Solution
• 17 Ways to Purge Those Plastic Bags
• Where do Unwanted, Unrecycled Plastic Bags Go?
• More Ideas On Recycling Plastic Bags

Bags for kids!:

• Craft Project: Altered Reusable Bag for Kids
• Kids, Design a Trick-or-Treat Bag for ChicoBag!

Other reusable bag ideas:

• A Different Sort of Bag — for Leaves!
• Baskets Instead of Bags?
• Eco Patches for Your Bags

Business As Usual:

Have you voted in our new poll? We want to know about your shopping bag habits. Take a peek in the sidebar and tell us more.

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Contact Us:

As always you can contact Peggy or Jennifer, with questions about living green, post ideas, or tell us about products you’d love for us to review.

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