Archive for August, 2008
Friday Link Round-Up: 08/08/08
No commentsLest we forget, bags are just one battle in the war on hellish pollution. [Vice TV] Seattle will never rest again. [Seattle P-I] Meanwhile, another California city gets on board. [Morgan Hill Times] And still another California city cracks down all on its own. [Marin Independent Journal] Dudes need dude bags, apparently. [Random Rodricks] Dan [...]
Tags: California, environmental policy, fashion, reusable bags, Seattle
Shopping Bag Innovation: You’re Doing It Wrong
No commentsWhen it comes to new ideas in the world of the disposable shopping bag, innovation is crucial — that is to say, new ideas on how to reduce energy expenditure or waste is about as favorable as you can get. So can somebody please tell IBM that this is not what we had in mind? [...]
Making Camping a Little Bit Greener
No commentsYes, it’s still a slow news week — no new legislation, really. But that doesn’t mean we’ve run out of things to talk about! The weather is absolutely beautiful, with just enough sun to be warm and just enough breeze not to overheat, and today Salem News made a handy list of ways to improve [...]
Bringing Lunchbox Back
No commentsWhen did lunch boxes become so rare? Maybe it stems from my Navy brat youth in Japan, where bento boxes reign supreme, but my mother was packing my school snacks in a tupperware-filled lunch box decades before I’d ever even heard the phrase “reusable bag.” The lunch box seems to have lost its clout here [...]
You Don’t Have to Wait Until You’re Told to Recycle (Although Some People Seem to Think Otherwise)
No commentsHey, kids — it is a terribly slow news day on the reusable bag front, unfortunately. Not that there’s no news at all, but I feel bad reporting nothing but more and more opinions about the Seattle decision. That said, I do like a post I read this morning regarding California’s struggles with the reusable [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 08/01/08
No commentsColumbia, South Carolina, wants to get on board with a tax. [WIS 10] Albany, New York, wants to get on board with a ban. [Local Politics] Oh snaps, Los Angeles! [Inhabitat] Some praise for the ruling in Seattle… [Seattle Times Op-Ed] …and some criticism. [Yakima Herald] Another week, another go at a life without plastic. [...]
