Ten things you can make from old plastic bags. Even though we always bring reusable shopping bags to the store, somehow …
Plastic Bags
Banning Plastic Bags: It Works
Finally, plastic bags are so over. Residents all over the San Francisco Bay area are stepping up and bringing their own …
The Friday 5: Got a Head Full of Thoughts Edition
The best of EcoSalon’s stories this week. French writer Albert Camus was a thoughtful man, and pondered many of th…
The Zero Waste Trash Challenge: Just Say No (To Plastic Bags)
The hardest part of the Zero Waste Challenge is making a conscious decision and sticking to it. Assuming you persevered …
Friday Five, Vol. 8
A weekly roundup of EcoSalon’s top stories. For some women, skirts inspire feelings of love mixed with hate. EcoSalon We…
The Insider’s Guide to Life: The Revolution Will Not Be Bagged
ColumnThanks, I brought my hands. Hi, I’m Sara, and I don’t use bags. Oh, sometimes I use my bags, I just do…
Blazing Trails: What 5 Pioneering Cities Have Banned
Change, whether good or bad, supported or maligned, always begins the same way: with one person, one idea, and one momen…
Is Single-Use Plastic on Its Way Out?
Did you know that each year Americans throw away around 100 billion polyethylene plastic bags? Less than 0.6 percent of …