The green giveaway of the moment -- the reusable shopping bag -- is a case study in how tricky it is to make products environmentally friendly. Just as digital music downloads were the giveaway of choice last year, reusable shopping bags are the new "it" freebie. The Sundance Institute gave out 12,000 fabric bags at its annual film festival earlier this year. Elisa Camahort Page, cofounder of BlogHer, an online community for women bloggers, says she even gave away 150 reusable bags to guests at her wedding last year.
But where do these bags come from? And are they as good for us as they seem? This week, we look at reusable shopping bags.
TTFN, Fred.
Quote of the week: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo da Vinci (an Italian polymath, having been a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer, 1452 – 1519)
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