I recently read Colin Beavan‘s No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process. The title’s a little long, but the book is packed full of the Beavan family’s interesting adventures as they grapple with the concepts of ‘no-impact’ and ‘sustainability‘ for a year of their lives while living in New York City. This book won’t save the planet, but it is a thoughtful and well researched read. Recommended.

And, I have to admit, I found something in Colin’s book that I hadn’t already heard of – reusable produce bags. I’ve been using reusable bags for years, but have always had the problem of taking the thin plastic bags for the produce from the organic market. I reused the bags as much as I could, but in the end, I was still stuck with these flimsy throw-away bags.

After reading about reusable produce bags in this book, I purchased some.

The first week, they were the hit of the organic market. Everyone asked me where they could purchase them. Some sources are ReusableBags.com, Ebay and Amazon.com.

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