Hodge Podge

There are tons of things on my mind today, and I don't have too much time to post, so I'm going to share them with you list-style.

First, the bad news.

• Reusable bags are causing their own environmental problems
• First individually packaged bananas, now even my Swedish Fish get their own little plastic sleeping bag:

And now, the Good Stuff

• Green Pantry basics
• Awesome ideas from The Zero Waste Home (thanks, Shelley, for sending that my way!)
• Funny and creative ideas to repurpose those ridiculous, ubiquitous phone books
• One of the BEST things I have watched in a very long time:  Sarah Kay for TED talks