Last year, we celebrated Earth Month with a not-so-average post which was this humble little blog’s second post, ever. So, not only are we celebrating this most earth-friendly of months; the Bag The Box Blog is also celebrating its first birthday! In honor of both, some tips from around the web for joining us in … Continue reading »

Stop, look around, and listen. There’s a lot of redundancy going on in today’s world. Ever heard someone say they’re about to hit up an “ATM machine” for some cash? Well, the “M” stands for machine, so that’s a little redundant. Or, have you been asked to give someone your PIN number? Busted, again. But … Continue reading »

It’s time to talk about office space. Not the epic comedy movie starring Ron Livingston, but the place you spend an average of 44 hours a week. There are a lot of helpful hints about being more green at home, and in the community, but what about at work? No worries: Eco18 blog has sustainability … Continue reading »

Last April, we put on the Greenest Classroom Contest as an ongoing Earth Month party of sorts. And you, our fantastic community, nominating so many awesome classrooms that we’re STILL inspired, almost ten months later! And a lot can happen in ten months. Take our winning classroom, for example: the River Place Elementary Titan Gardens. … Continue reading »

Reduce, reuse, repair, recycle…Re-imagine? That’s what Patagonia is challenging us all to do: re-imagine a sustainable world. They call it their Common Threads Initiative. We call it awesome. Patagonia has the same take on the “R” hierarchy that we do: ‘Reduce’ what you buy and the amount of packaging it comes in, then ‘Repair’ what … Continue reading »

You aren’t just amateur greenies around here; you know about those four popular R’s: Reduce what you use, Reuse what you can, Repair it if possible and if all else fails, Recycle what’s left instead of tossing something into the trash. But have you heard about the big U?  No, we not talking about the … Continue reading »

In the opening episode, we saw a lonely bowl begin her quest for true cereal love after having her heart broken by an over-packaged poser.  Then, our hearts soared as it appeared happily-ever-after was in store for the sweet little bowl and charming Bagly. Now, after a cliff-hanger left us wondering what’s in store, this … Continue reading »

Happy Friday, cereal lovers. Speaking of love: remember our sweet, lonely bowl looking for her cereal match, in the first episode of Cereal Dating? She’s back, and it looks like our buddy Bagly shows up too. Check out the second installment of the series: jwplayer(“jwplayer-9″).setup({flashplayer: “http://bagthebox.com/wp-content/uploads/jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress/player/player.swf”, width: “400″, height: “280″, controlbar: “bottom”, “mediaid”: “2968″, “image”: … Continue reading »

A couple week’s ago, Sara Snow shared a bunch of great ideas for earth-friendly birthday parties. Thinking about gifts that give back, how about a colorful, do-it-yourself (read: virtually free!) gift bow to literally top things off? The innovative waste-whittling team at TerraCycle offers this excellent step-by-step video on how to take an empty Malt-O-Meal … Continue reading »

Here at MOM, one of the things we try never to lose sight of is that there’s an opportunity to laugh and have fun in almost every situation. We feel the same way about sustainability: it’s a big deal, and very important, but that doesn’t mean it has to be taken so seriously all the … Continue reading »