Posted December 1st, 2010 by admin
With the high cost of everything these days, people are learning to be more frugal. In being frugal, you are also very often helping the environment. This is never more evident than when you do your grocery shopping. Here are a few frugal and simple things you can do to save money and the environment: [...]
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Posted August 2nd, 2010 by admin
While the movement to go green promotes an eco-consciousness that will create a sustainable environment, many champions of the new ecology toting reusable shopping bags, appear to miss a salient point: stay clean when you go green. According to a recent study at the University of Arizona and Loma Linda University, researchers found 97 percent [...]
Tags: eco-consciousness, Loma Linda University, new ecology, Reusable Bags, Reusable Shopping Bags, sustainable environment, University of Arizona, woven polypropylene bags
Posted June 9th, 2010 by admin
The city of Edmonton is taking the lead to curtail the use of plastic bags by 50% within the next 5 years. In 2008, it was estimated that Albertan’s used about 5 plastic bags each, which cumulatively added up to a total of 900 million bags. The Minister of Environment, Robert Renner, said in a [...]
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Posted May 21st, 2010 by admin
You’ve been here before. You are standing in the checkout line with a cart loaded with groceries, absentmindedly eyeing the magazines on display and wondering who actually believes that a half man half alligator lives in Florida, when suddenly you glance down at the reusable bags for sale at the end of the aisle. Your [...]
Tags: eco-friendly bags, green recyclable bags, Hot Cold Bag, Planet Earth Bag, Plastic Bags, reusable bag, reusable grocery bag, Reusable Shopping Bags
Posted April 21st, 2010 by admin
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and millions of people in countries all over the world will be celebrating and renewing their commitment to protecting the planet’s environment. Earth Day was founded by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970 and evolved from the political activism of the 1960′s. It is a reminder [...]
Tags: Earth Day, Eco-Friendly, environment, Plastic Bags, Reusable Bags, Reusable Shopping Bags
