"Sustainable is Good" is a ... hmm. good website!

Check it out!

So today I went to make a trip to Shoppers Drug Mart at Broadway and Commercial to stock up on toiletries but this time the trip was a little different. After having being under the Jan's and Becky's roof and operatin under lulu's be more aware of what you are using and throwing away daily routines - I have become MUCH more aware of what I am buying in terms of products.

This time I found myself MORE so 1) looking for organic, natural products 2) in packaging that was attractive enough for me to want to re-use it and made out of recycled PET - and preferably biodegradable 3) and not rediculously premiumly priced (hey at the "Everything for a Dollar store" they had 2-ply toilet paper made from recycled, biodegrable paper, so it doesn't always have to break the bank).

This is sort of aligning of what I just decided to be a three month goal to completely phase out the plastic grocery and shopping bag. after watchin a documentary on cbc the other day about our friend the plastic bag and the devastating effects it has on the environment - and also noting in Amsterdam I was already livin without taking plastic bags at the grocer (I absolute hate the cupboard jammed with hundreds of bags) - I am convinced life can be lived easily without them just buy changing certain habits. now to figure out how to get fresh produce into something that's sustainable, re-usable and not so flimsy...

here's an interestin article I stumbled upon the other day from the site above:

January 24, 2008

Whole Foods Market to Eliminate Plastic Bags by Earth Day

Whole Foods Market announced this week it plans on eliminating all plastic grocery bags from its US, UK and Canadian stores with the goal to be plastic bag free by April 22, 2008 (Earth Day).

The leading natural and organic foods supermarket chain has been conducting tests eliminating plastic bags in its San Francisco, Austin and Toronto markets. The tests were well received by customers and paved the way for their chain wide plan to remove plastic shopping bags from their stores.

In order to help facilitate the plan the company is aggressively pushing reusable bags including their new "Better Bag" The Better Bag is made from 80% rPET fabric and is designed to be shopper friendly by being larger and easier to use than other reusable bags.

Whole Foods is the first US supermarket chain to commit to completely eliminating disposable plastic grocery bags. The company estimates the impact of its plan will be felt immediately keeping 100 million bags out of landfills in 2008 alone.