Articles tagged “Reusable Bags”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

How to Support Your Presidential Candidate the Green Way By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 30 2008 Coming into the last weeks of the presidential race, most of us have decided which candidate we'll be voting for on November 4th. The question is now, how do we support our candidate while staying as environmentally friendly as possible? + READ MORE

Green City Guide: Buenos Aires By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 21 2008 Seems everybody is talking about the capital of Argentina these days. And why not: Buenos Aires is one of the 20 largest cities in the world -- surpassing London and Beijing -- and the third largest city in Latin America, after Mexico City and Sao Paulo. Often referred to as the Paris of South America, it's also a cultural hot seat, boasting a design, art, architecture, and music scene that buzzes with life. + READ MORE

China Banned Plastic Bags - We Can Too! By Josh Peterson IN Work & Connect Oct 15 2008 Plastic bags are just awful. They are laziness and wastefulness made manifest. Disposable plastic bags pollute our oceans, kill marine life, waste our resources and clutter our landfills. Nearly one trillion bags are used annually worldwide. They also keep us dependent on foreign oil. + READ MORE

How You Can Eliminate a Floating Trash Mass Twice the Size of Texas! By Leslie Billera IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 3 2008 there's a floating pile of trash twice the size of the state of Texas in the Pacific, the concept of ugly took on colossal new proportions. This giant floating landfill even has its own name: the North Pacific gyre. What's the top dog in this waterlogged garbage disaster? + READ MORE

4 Easy Eco Friendly Halloween Tips By Josh Peterson IN Food & Health Sep 15 2008 Halloween is all about conspicuous consumption, and unlike Christmas, it does nothing to hide this fact. On October 31st, children and child-like adults dress up in costumes and wander the streets begging for candy. Remember those old vinyl costumes with the one-size-fits-all mask that held to your face by a thin piece of unprotected elastic? First of all, vinyl is a problematic material and probably shouldn't be worn as clothing. Secondly, have you ever seen anyone reuse one of those costumes? By the end of Halloween night, those flimsy suits were most likely in tatters. Those costumes might actually be the least sustainable product on the planet. + READ MORE

3 Easy Ways to Spread Your Eco Passion By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Aug 21 2008 One of the eco-friendliest things that you can do is to share your green knowledge and habits with friends. If you're cool about it, you can get a lot of info out there without feeling like a human encyclopedia, or an obsessive crusader. Try some of these friendly, positive ways to pursue fruitful green sharing with the people in your life who might not know or care as much about this stuff as you, a savvy Planet Green fan, do. + READ MORE

Ready, Set, Green, Week Eight: Spreading the Word By Blythe Copeland IN Work & Connect Aug 5 2008 After seven weeks of trying to live a more green lifestyle, some things come naturally: I remember to take reusable bags to the grocery store; I check the origins of fruits and veggies and try to stay local; and I instinctively group my errands so that I use as little gas as possible. But just as I thought at the beginning that one person couldn't have too much of a negative influence, I realize now that just one person can't do enough to make things better. + READ MORE

Better than Brown Bags... By Jeannine Ouellette IN Work & Connect Jul 29 2008 You can save big bucks by bringing your own lunch, but the days of the brown bag are over. Disposable bag waste is such an easy problem to solve! It's absolutely no more work (and less expense) to carry something re-usable. The only hurdle is habit. + READ MORE

Get Green in a Month : Week 1 By Natalie Cook IN Home & Garden Jul 29 2008 On Greenovate, Emily Johnson embarks on a renovation plan to green up a 2,650 square foot home in one month. While a month doesn?t seem like much time to tackle a major project, read how you can go green by just making one simple change each day. Dine in. If you frequently call upon the services of your local restaurant... + READ MORE

BYOB - Bring Your Own Bag By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 3 2008 Bringing your own bag to the supermarket is a great way to take back your closet space and be a friend to the environment. + READ MORE

Ready, Set, Green, Week Two: Bag It By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jun 25 2008 I am so over plastic bags. Ever since the day the cashier used four bags to pack three items, I've been trying to avoid using them whenever possible. The only problem is, I can never remember to take my own bag along with me. So this week I've been working on carrying a medium sized canvas tote: big enough for a few groceries, a stop at the library, and a run to the drugstore, but not ridiculously oversized. + READ MORE

My Eco-Crush of the Week By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 20 2008 When he started the company, he had no money to package his worm poo, so he went around collecting soda bottles and realized that they're uniform and have basically the same size caps, so refilling these containers was totally doable! Now, companies come to him to help them figure out what to do with their waste. + READ MORE

Greening the Neighbourhood By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Apr 21 2008 I held a large family dinner last Saturday so I did a lot of shopping during the week and I had the opportunity to make a few observations about the greening of my neighborhood... + READ MORE

Profile of Two Eco Criminals By Team Planet Green IN Wasted Apr 7 2008 In one episode of Wa$ted!, we meet the Hutchinsons. Glynis has good intentions to make her household eco-friendly but doesn't know where to start. Howie, on the other hand, is not so concerned and would rather take convenience over conservation.... + READ MORE

Save Our Oceans for World Water Day: 10 Ways By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 20 2008 When surrounded by concrete and brick, it's easy for a city girl like me to forget that it's our world's oceans, not the corner bodega, that provides some of life's essentials, like oxygen, protein, and a regulated climate. Releasing untreated sewage from a 20-gallon holding tank has the same impact as discharging... + READ MORE

Buy From Bulk Bins By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 18 2008 Maybe it's because my husband and I are just overgrown children, but we get a kick out of pulling levers at the bulk-bin section of our organic supermarket to fill our cotton sacks with brown rice, granola, oats, flour, and flaxseed. Nearly 80 million tons of waste is generated from packaging and containers annually,... + READ MORE

Encourage Your Sweetheart to Bag the Plastic Habit By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 6 2008 Blow the planet a kiss on the 14th: Get your main squeeze to go green-by thinking pink. Available for .50 each at the reusable-tote company's Web site, the 100 percent polyester bags are lightweight, waterproof, and extra-sturdy for grocery shopping. + READ MORE

Write a Grocery List Before You Shop (and Follow It!) By Collin Dunn IN Food & Health Jan 8 2008 For even the most mindful eater, food shopping presents a plethora of temptations and tasty-looking treats. To save time, money, and the labor required to lug extra bags full of food home on your cart bike or other preferred transportation, make a list of what you know you need-and you know you'll eat-and stick to it. + READ MORE

Bring Your Own Bag By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Oct 23 2007 This tip is an oldie but goodie: bring your own bag, whether you're making a last-minute dash to the grocery store or you're off on a leisurely afternoon jaunt in the city. Our favorite one-stop shop for reusable totes is the aptly named ReusableBags.com, where you can order heavy-duty grocery bags that fold up just... + READ MORE