About us
We followed our passion, and that was how Sustainable Bags began.
Just like you, we’ve been hearing the nightmarish stories about global warming, pollution and the destruction of the planet. We were so moved by learning about the impact of plastic on our planet (“The World Without Us” by Alan Weisman, http://www.worldwithoutus.com/did_you_know.html) that we wanted to do something about it. We started by making changes in our lifestyle as individuals. More on being sustainable.
We joined and volunteered with a local group called “Sustainable Tucson” and found other people who were making changes in their lives to live more lightly on the earth. We knew that we wanted to encourage others to take personal responsibility to make changes in their habits that could start to help save the world.
Lianda, has been an educator and a professional calligrapher since 1978. She has written countless “words to live by” and realized that these beautiful meaningful words could be printed on reusable shopping bags – so that people can “walk their talk”!
Thanks to Science Friday and Ira Flatow (www.ScienceFriday.com) we learned that after people start reusing cloth shopping bags that they would go out and buy PLASTIC (ugh!!) to throw out their trash! That’s how we found Trellis Earth products, and became a distributor for these terrific bioplastic biodegradable products.
Knowing that children can lead their parents in the right direction, the next step was to write and produce “The Kids’ Kit to Save the Planet From Plastic Bags”. This little booklet is filled with interesting facts. Many parents remarked when reading it: “I didn’t know that!” Now with a educational creative toy, children can create their own bags for the adults to take to the store. And they’ll remind you so that you don’t forget!
We realize that reusing shopping bags is only one step. But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Carry a Reusable Organic Fairtrade bag on that journey, and invite others to join you. We can each save the world a tiny bit every time we don’t take a plastic or paper bag!
