Aside from promoting re-useable canvas bags, we here at PlasticBagsAreTheDevil.com are constantly looking for other environmental causes that we can post here and spread the word about. The most recent one we have found is a website called GreenDimes.com. They are an organization/charity that will remove you from most junk mail lists and plant five trees for you every month. All for less than the cost of a coffee per month. Aside from the personal benefit of not getting spammed with tons of crap in your mailbox.

Not exactly press per se but we did get mentioned on WhiteStuffPeopleLike.com. The entire blog is a tongue in cheek listing of the top ten white stuff that people like. Number one on the list was snow followed by a close second which was cocaine. Coming in at number five was plastic bags. Quite the clever blog, worth a read.

A recent article published on the Times Online exposes a major oversight in some commonly quoted statistics related to the direct link of plastic bags and the death of marine animals. Apparently researchers in Australia misquoted a Canadian research study. Misinterpreting data showing deaths caused by marine debris, mostly derelict fishing equipment, and claimed it was the result of plastic bags.

As everyone knows by now, wildfires have ravaged a good chunk of California recently, with some spots still burning. A side note in a portion of the news stories was that half a million acres of forest were lost. Secondary to the loss of homes, lives, and money. Now I can understand the importance of those three items, and I can definitely sympathize with all of them, but I wish that more emphasis was placed on exactly the scale of wilderness that was lost. The years and years and years of growth, and the amount of time it is going to take to recover these forests.

A mention in HonestForum.com's handbags and shoes section. We were one of three bags chosen that were worthy to "break your shopping ban". Quite high praise indeed!