Very good point, so many things we can do, but if everyone who wants a sustainable environment stopped using paper or plastic, it would have a huge impact, quickly, as our actions would speak louder then our words and people and retailers would notice.

Extremely important message. This is clear, attractive, well done and worthy of being seen. A great public servuce message (to bad there are so few of these on commercial TV) I'd rate this pretty highly.

Great message and well-executed. It would be nice to see what kind of bags you are reusing (or are you just reusing the disposable ones?), or hear advice on where to get them.

Yeay!!! A woman after my own heart...this rocks and should be WIDELY viewed. Would love to post on my blog, when ready!

Thank you very much for your interesting mail. My thoughts:
Finally USA citicens start to do little steps. Hopefully they will grow and become big steps for our gouvernements and the whole world!!!!

I have been doing the canvas bag thing now for about a year. Whenever we go somewhere (Home Depot etc.) I always bring my own and say, No, I don't need a bag. For small amounts or just one item, I always decline bags. It is not that big a deal and you don't need an extra trip to recycle the plastic ones. It is very simple and something that just about everyone can do.

hey, it's sara from this video. i should have mentioned that i get all my reusable bags at reusablebags.com. they have amazing, affordable bags of all kinds. the little white one in the video is their hemp produce bag and the red one is an "acme" bag that folds into a tiny little pouch. best invention ever! also, check out my blog--easy tips to green, week by week: http://itssoeasybeinggreen.blogspot.com

I have been considering buying re-usable bags for my grocery shopping over the past few months. Your video motivated me to make it happen. Then before I even got a chance to buy re-usable bags I saw some for sale (only $1) next to the plastic baskets at the front door of the Stop-n-Shop. I heard a commercial this morning that Hanaford is also selling re-usable bags and will also give you a 5 or 10 cent discount for every reusable bag you use. Great and simple way to lessen our impact on the enviroment. Great video submission. I also like that you shop locally at the farmers market. The cover article of Time magazine this month is about shopping locally. Well done.

What a great reminder! I even forget about how bad those bags are. And I actually grew up in a country where plastic bags were not provided in stores. I will go back to my roots and use my own bags.

you cannot define an equivalence between plastic bags and barrels of oil. the plastic used in these bags in made from byproducts of cracking the oil to get gasoline. this plastic would just be incinerated if it wasn't made into bags... it's actually a pretty low impact thing from a CO2 emissions standpoint. you could probably argue that downcycling the plastic sequesters carbon that would otherwise be in the atmosphere... shopping locally helps though!

Sara, Terry here from a few entries down (you submitted a few min after me! I know you were stressing :) I like how polite but authoritative and persistent you are when you tell the lady at the market you have your own bag. I'll try to get everyone to cut down on our need to use barrels of oil for gasoline, and then there won't be extra unused byproducts to make plastic bags, and that will put a smile on Matt's face. In the meantime you go girl! If everyone thought like you, we wouldn't be in this mess.

a very real solution to our problem that will make an impact in so many ways. The lack of bags thrown away at home and littering our roadways alone will improve our world. Taking a bag is a great idea and I will pledge to do so, thank you.

nicely done. what were those small bags you were using made of, and where did you get them?

orlando, see purchasing info on the bags 6 comments up. thanks for the interest!

i am a firm believer in not using any bags (other than my own) when shopping anywhere. a very good point of not accepting additional bags for individual types of produce - but if you really think about it, they aren't really needed for most produce. if need be, then use your own, not only at farmer's markets, but at regular grocery stores as well. if you buy bulk, then save the bag and reuse it.

I live in beautiful California, too. Sara is so right, we are flocking to the Farmers' Markets to get our organic, locally grown produce and they all give you your purchase in plastic bags. What are we thinking? I take my own bags like Sara and want to thank her for a truly well done presentation of an extremely important fact about what we can easily do. The job of having your own bag feels so much better, too. I hope she encourages everyone to always bring your own bags. Keep them with you all the time cause who knows when you will stop and pick up something you need at the stores you frequent. It's a simple way to feel good and help make a difference. Sara is a winner!

Great message, crisply delivered. a really good call to action beyond words. Well done!

great clip clearly communicated. well done.

great clip. Plastic bags need to be banned !!

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Great. But what do you do about trash bags? Are there any biodegradable and/or nonpetroleum trash/garbage bags that will not break this single working mom? and not break down the stairs on the way to the bins? i was really shocked at a store last night when i was told i'd be charged for each bag. i wasn't prepared and after a very long day of work. i wanted some sort of 1 time reprieve. i understand the reasons and support them, but it was something i hadn't thought about, like many people--a little bit of mass warning would have helped me--and i can't help reduce the pollution and waste if i am not informed. :)

Why don't you watch my mini documentar about plastic bags on www.zeitgeistproductions.co.uk ?
"Plastic Planet: The Curse of the Carrier Bag"

I have been taking my cooler bags to costco/shoprite in particular for two reasons obviously to keep stuff cool and not to waste bags.However I do not know if the production of cooler bags are bad for the enviroment.Can anyone explain if they are okay or not?