Archive for June, 2008
Five Ways to Remember Your Reusables
No commentsThis one is a couple of months old — so sue us, the week of lists must continue! Today’s list comes from fun and lady-friendly blog EcoChick and highlights five ways for even the spaciest cases to keep a handle on their reusable bags.
Given that plastic bags are particularly bad for the environment, there is […]
Environmentalism in the Real World is a Touchy Subject
No commentsDavid Rogers, of Massachusetts’ Wicked Local news blog, touched upon a pretty interesting and multifaceted issue in his column yesterday: since even the best-intentioned movements can be co-opted for fashion and profit, how should we react when we see this happen with environmentalism? Should companies be called out for using such a hot-topic issue as […]
Ten Tips for Overcoming Reusable Bag Shyness
1 comment so farThere must be something in the air this week, compelling us all to make lists. Not that it’s a bad thing. Today, Peggy over at eco-blog Tree Hugging Family has compiled a Top Ten list of reasons to get over one’s timidness in the name of actually getting some use out of your reusable bags. […]
Next Stop on the Reusable Bagwagon: Brunei
No commentsThe list of countries taking a stand against shopping-related waste seems to grow exponentially by the day, and now yet another has joined the list: the tiny, tiny South East Asian state of Brunei. Though small (just a little bit bigger than Delaware), the nation is not to be underestimated — what it lacks in […]
Twenty-Five Reasons to Go Reusable!
No commentsThis afternoon, Reuse This Bag unveiled Twenty-Five Reasons to Go Reusable, your one-stop information shop for why plastic shopping bags are such a disaster, why paper bags aren’t much better (if at all), and what the benefits are of making the switch to reusable bags.
1. A plastic shopping bag can take anywhere from 15 to […]
Ottawa’s Liquor Board Goes BYOB (Bags, That Is)
No commentsAs the temperature starts rising and margarita levels start dropping, plastic shopping bags for the Liquor Control Board of Ottawa are due to be in short supply this summer. Not that they plan on ordering more — the LCBO has just announced that when their branded plastic bags run out, they’re gone forever, forcing imbibers […]
Bag the Bag with Edward Norton
No commentsHow dreamy is that? Any time celebrities cast in their lot with an environmental cause, people listen, and to have such a heavyweight as Edward Norton cast in with ours in this National Geographic PSA slot is pretty magical. All I can say is that if Norton says to pick up some reusable bags, it’s […]
News Item: Reusable Bags Don’t Work If You Don’t Bring Them With You
No commentsJust a friendly helpful reminder for us all, courtesy of The Sacramento Bee: reusable bags are only good if you use them. It would seem so obvious that it wouldn’t bear repeating, but sometimes it’s the most obvious things in the world that slip right on by undetected until it’s too late.
Linda Waits wants to […]
Friday Link Round-Up: 06/06/08
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Seven artists give a new meaning to the word “recycling.” [WebUrbanist]
Toronto wants you to design their reusable bags! [I Want - I Got]
A harrowing personal account from the frontlines of the reusable bag war. [Cheesy Kitty]
Get with the program, California! [Bamboo Geek]
Reusable bags = Profit?!?! [The Happy Rock]
The OC keeps on keepin’ on in the […]
Tags: art, blogs, opinions, plastic bags, profit, reusable bags, trash
Yes, Poland Has No Plastic Bags (Poland Has No Plastic Bags Today)
No commentsAs regional blog Uzar News reports, a large collective of cities in Poland are taking advantage of World Environment Day and making today A Day Without a Plastic Bag:
On the 5th of June on World Environment Day, volunteers on the streets of about fifty cities involved in the project will collect signatures to force through […]
