These lunch bags by GreenSmart are constructed from Neogreene fabric, an ecofriendly alternative to Neoprene. They’re healthier for you and for the planet. Javan is just one of the lunch bag styles from GreenSmart, but I was taken by this style’s elastic band for securing your beverage. It’s pictured above with a plastic juice [...]
If you are going green on the go, when it’s time for lunch you need to lose the brown bag, tin foil, seran wrap and paper napkins. You could fill your pockets with potato salad or get a reusable lunch bag and a bento lunch box. Our friend and write Becky from Glue & Glitter [...]
Juja & Stone breath new life into old clothes and handbags creating these uniquely refashioned pieces. Sourceing their materials from dontaions and thrift stores, each bag is one of a kind easy on the environment.
Neoprene is everywhere these days from wetsuits to laptop sleeves. The stretchy, squishy rubber based material is useful and versatile, unfortunately it’s not very earth-friendly. Neoprene (or polychloroprene) is a petroleum based rubber that is treated and bound together with a nasty mix of chemicals & VOCs including Formaldehyde, lead, chlorine and toluene.
Interrobang collects seatbelts from junked cars at wrecking yards and from car parts recycling centers and stitches them into bags, wallets and laptop cases. Amazingly durable, but with a sleek, modern look, these accessories will last you a long time and keep your goods safe. As Interrobang puts it: "You trust your seatbelt with your life, and now you can trust it with your laptop!"
A purse of course is what you get when you turn a soccer ball inside out! Check out this clever reused ball that's being sold through Branch. It's on sale until the end of the month for $98. When the sale is over, it'll cost you $198! Each ball is used which makes each purse truly unique. This is a "must have" for all the soccer moms on the go in their hybrids!
Fellow New Englandas Ashley and Kimberly Ulmer are adding a fresh twist on the reusable bag initiative. By combining community created enviro-conscious art on the bags, they are not only providing an eco-friendly alternative to disposable bags but they are making it fun and helping spread the message. Unlike many of the reusable bags available today, [...]
Highway billboards usually end up polluting the landfill after the end of their ad cycle. Made from PVC sheeting with a long life-cycle, these discards are now being upcycled into stylish bags by the folks at Green Guru Gear. Ecologic Designs reclaims, processes and sews them into great products that would pass as pieces of [...]
Switching over to reusable bags is a necessary change that we should all be making both a habit and a rule. Unfortunately, at times many people still find themselves with some extra plastic bags on their hands when they forget their reusables or from an unplanned shopping trip. Instead of guiltily throwing them out (Yes! [...]
Here’s a fun design from the design collaborative of Lovegrove & Repucci that’s blowin’ up the reusable bag scene… GreenAid. For those of you who haven’t had your coffee yet, it’s a play on words, you know… GreenAid > Grenade. The info on their site is sparse and they are not available to buy yet, [...]
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