This is clearly another example of consumerism at its most desperate I predict similar queues will be seen when Kate Moss's newly designed range goes on sale at TopShop later this month. The modern compulsion to buy, buy, buy in excess of our finances, need and sense is very wasteful in terms of energy expenditure and unwanted items.Food containers exist that can hold a food at its packed temperature louis vuitton bags outlet four to six hours. And these might make sense for certain casseroles that should stay hot or for mayonnaisecontaining tuna and potato salads that should stay well chilled.But the biggest lesson here may be that we roll the dice with our health every time we trust in insulated lunch boxes or ice packs. Sure, most of the time we'll dodge the bacterial bullet. But if and when legions of germs do successfully transform our lunch into their Petri dish, the price could be high even deadly.
Now that a reusable canvas grocery bag has become the musthave item, the next step is for using plastic shoppers to become a social faux pas on a par with keeping a car that belches out sooty fumes. Likewise for the fashion designers' trend for organic cotton clothing over items grown using pesticides.Do the women who louis vuitton bags uk bought the new bag know or even care about the environmental principle behind its design? Will some people use it instead of a disposable plastic shopper? I have no idea. In a way, I don't even think it matters. In turning the bag into the latest desirable item, they have inadvertently raised the profile of the issue behind it. Small steps, people.
What do you think? Have you already bagged a bag?
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Hello Gaia yes I have several bags, but as I live in Canada, not the fine one you discuss in your article. It's a comical thing to contemplate and I agree with you small steps. My bags are old ratty looking things that have been around the block more than once. They've been available here at various health stores for years. Now the big box stores are jumping on the band wagon and selling them too. My latest cost me 99 cents. I've been known to reuse plastic bags supplied by grocery stores. In fact when I need bin liners I don't even bring my reusable bags with me. I haven't bought bin liners for years haven't needed to. By the way, I lived in England for a couple of years as a child and I seem to remember being highly jealous of my mom's string bag. Wasn't that the way we always did things?
By april on April 27, 2007 12:17 AM
I've acquired a number of free tote bags which I use for my shopping. The only one close to being fashionable is my sxsw tote, but I don't mind looking like a dork. weren't they among the shwagtohave during the dotcom boom? Same could be said for water bottles. Bags are made with fair trade too. (offer other smart items to help cut down on consumption like safe water reusable bottles ) Lot's of good information at site too (its how i found this article). They are also member 1% for Planet donating 1% of sales to environmental causes. They support and promote the triple bottom line.