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My absolute favorite products have to be those that serve a real purpose, help the environment and also contribute to a cause… today I want to give you a chance to learn about and win one of “those”…
Let me introduce Bazura Bags! These bags are created by a co-operative of women in the Philippines desperately working to put their lives back together after a devastating typhoon last fall. Made from otherwise unusable drink containers collected by local schoolchildren (who are paid for their “supplies”), the women of the co-op create and sell these unique, fair trade bags to support themselves and recover from this disaster.
It should come as no surprise that Bazura is actually a Filipino word for “trash”!… well, not anymore! They are creating these bright and cheery bags that can be used again and again for any shopping trip or occasion when you need a simple tote. Just yesterday, I saw them for sale in the shop of Cleveland’s Museum of Contemporary Art, so they are truly considered little works of art!
I have a market bag* to share too! Would you like to win it? Well, just leave a comment here saying you’d like to win and tell me how you’d like to use your bag, or send a Twitter message that includes a reply to @momgoesgreen and a link to this blog. F
acebook friends can also leave a comment to be entered. The winner will be randomly selected on May 24! (U.S. entries only… sorry!)
Even if you don’t win, consider buying one of your own or take a look at their site for a whole variety of products the next time you have a gift to give… and then smile when you realize all of the ways these bags are making a big difference in the lives of these women and for the sake of the environment!
(*Please note: because all bags are unique, the bag will not look exactly like the one shown above, but it will be very similar!)



Each year over THREE BILLION dry cell batteries are sold in the U.S. alone. That’s a lot of trash that will eventually end up in a landfill, adding toxic chemicals and metals to our ground, air and water.
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ACT: Each year, in the United States alone, we discard and send 1.6 BILLION plastic disposable pens to landfills. Take a look at what that number actually looks like: 1,600,000,000
I hardly blinked and my kids’ birthdays were staring me in the face again! Besides the celebration of the two amazing days that they arrived, I knew it also meant lots of planning… for parties, presents, treats, favors and everything that goes with their big days.
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lead, PVC and melamine… those scary contents we’re all trying to avoid! The set contains two sizes of bowls with lids, a bentos box, a cup and a spoon & fork set. The interiors are food-grade stainless steel so you don’t have to worry a single second about hormone disrupting chemicals leaching into the food (just the sound of that makes me shudder!) Add to that the cuteness-factor, because they come with a fabulously-screamin’ bright orange exterior.
By now, the gifts should be purchased and the wrapping is underway! So, while you’ve certainly paid special attention to what you’ve selected, how you “present the present” also needs special attention too.
d make sure they go in the bin, not the trash can.
So today, instead of a mind boggling post, I’m just going to help a reader get one item out of the way so I can get to some holiday “business”!
food containers and five cotton napkins.
This past weekend I actually recognized how far I’ve come in my pursuit of greening my daily life. Without even realizing it, I made decisions that I recognized have become automatic rather than a conscious decision. I’m not sure what made me take special notice of how far I’ve come in the past few years, but I realized “you’ve come a long way, baby!”…
