Bag Moment

Do you have a shopping bag in your car or in your house that you mean to use when you shop? Do you actually use it? Do you have the intent to use it to conserve energy, save the planet, be a better person, etc?

Well. there is a man from Chico who made a trip to the dump and was disgusted to find plastic bags wafting around in the wind.
He was struck with an idea and went to a thrift shop, bought himself a sewing machine, got some material and proceeded to create a solution. The solution is called Chico Bag.

The Chico Bag is a piece of nylon, sewn along the seam. It folds into a tiny carrying bag that can be clipped onto a belt and can hold 20 pounds. It will fit into a pocket or purse, he offers a one year warranty, though he feels they will last much longer, and they are cheap at five for $20.

Andy Keller, the creator, says America uses 300 to 700 plastic shopping bags a year, which translates into 3 to 7 gallons of crude oil. He also indicates that Californians could save some 2.4 million barels of oil if we gave up plastic bags. Sounds like something we all should do, and I intend to buy some. You see, I have three cloth shopping bags in my hall closet and one in my car and it has probably been 3 or 4 months since I have taken one into the store

So let's do ourselves and the environment a favor and go to his website and order some for ourselves and maybe some for a few friends. The address is www.chicobag.com.