Reusable is good

I like being kind to the environment in whatever little way I can. I remember a few years ago when plastic shopping bags were banned in my hometown in India. Or was it just the non-degradable kinds that were banned?! Anyway something happened which was a step in the right direction.

But Being Green has become a good thing in recent years. I started off with recycling. Just by making sure cardboard, cans, egg cartons went in the recycling bin. Actually people recycle in India too, via the raddi wallah. Who actually comes to you and pays you for it. In America if you want money for your cans you have to take them to a recycling center and get maybe a dollar for a hundered cans. Okay maybe I'm exaggerating a tad but it's not a lot of $. The act of helping out the environment is the greater reward.
So recycling - check. Then I progressed to other things like using flourescent bulbs instead of the regular ones (save electricity), not wanting a receipt when I made a purchase at StarBucks (save paper), walking to the mail box (instead of driving), you get the idea. And now that a lot of people are Being Green, stores came up with the great idea of coming out with reusable shopping bags. The stores save money because they don't have to pay for plastic bags to hand out stuff in, and since you have to buy these reusable bags they make money while saving money. I think the Dollar Tree has one too. Although I wouldn't want to be seen with it . (This IS a fashion blog).
Target has its own and I got me some. Now I feel better about grocery shopping plus some stores give you a discount for bringing your own bag.
Even my beloved Forever 21 has its own.
Do you do your part in being nice to Mother Nature?! :)