Tag: Environmentally friendly

Protecting the environment has never been so stylish – at least in the grocery store. Check out Envirosax. You may have heard of them before as they have been around awhile, but they are new to me.

I have a number of cloth grocery bags that I try to use and pretty much do 90% of the time. There are those times, though, when I forget my cloth bags and have to rely on the grocery store bags. I could carry the cloth Whole Foods bag I have around with me but it doesn’t fold up and it is kind of a hassle to throw in to my purse or diaper bag. And, I don’t necessarily like promoting Whole Foods when I’m not shopping at Whole Foods…I mean, it’s free advertising for them.

That’s why I like these Envirosax: they fold up small and they are free of logos. I’m not a walking billboard when I carry it. Plus, using a non-plastic bag appeals to my greener side. It’s such a small thing that I can do but if it reduces waste, them I’m all for it. Since I live in a city that banned plastic bags I can’t go off on my high horse about saving the environment from all that plastic, but still, it feels good to do even the smallest of things sometimes.

Oh, and they have a kids line, too. Never too early to start teaching the kiddos about environmental awareness!

Do all those little plastic baggies floating around in your kid’s lunch box make you cringe? Want to have a more eco-friendly solution? I found this really cool lunch box called The Soup to Nuts Kit and it includes an insulated lunch bag, a stainless steel water bottle, an insulated stainless food jar, 4 BPA free airtight food containers that little hands can open, a stainless steel fork and spoon set and 5 washable cotton napkins. Can’t you just see sending your little one off with lots of yummy treats packed away in good quality “green” containers?

My only reservation: what’s the likelihood that all those little containers come back to be washed?