{"id":3696,"date":"2008-10-07T12:22:26","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T18:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3696"},"modified":"2008-10-07T12:22:26","modified_gmt":"2008-10-07T18:22:26","slug":"chicobag-helping-to-green-your-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/chicobag-helping-to-green-your-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"ChicoBag &#8211; Helping to Green Your Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/10\/halloween-chico-bag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3697\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/10\/halloween-chico-bag-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Halloween ChicBag\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m seeing a lot out there about greening your Halloween this year. One way to do that is to send your kids off trick-or-treating with a bag that they can use again and again and again. <a href=\"http:\/\/store.chicobag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ChicoBag<\/a> is selling these great little reusable Halloween shopping bags that would also make great bags for kids to collect their treats in.<\/p>\n<p>I know there are a lot of green products out there to choose from, so why am I telling you about this one particular product. For two reasons.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, I&#8217;m a big fan of the ChicoBag. Last April, I was contacted by the company and asked if I would like a couple of bags to check out and review. They sent me two bags, and I&#8217;ve been a ChicoBag user ever since.<\/p>\n<p>I think my ChicoBag is fabulous. Why?<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> it folds up very compactly and fits in my small handbag<\/li>\n<li> I&#8217;ve washed it over a dozen times and it&#8217;s still in great condition.<\/li>\n<li>it has a nifty little carabeener clip on so I can clip it anywhere I want to<\/li>\n<li>keeping it in my handbag has saved me from taking many one time use bags when I&#8217;ve gone on an unexpected shopping trip<\/li>\n<li>when my ChicoBag finally does give up the ghost, the company will take it back and make sure it is recycled<\/li>\n<li>the bag starts conversations about reusable bags<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The second reason I&#8217;m telling you about this bag is because the design on this particular Chicobag was done by a 12 year old student, Estefania Vargas. The bag features features a happy skeleton watering his pumpkin field\/ graveyard at night underneath a full moon. It&#8217;s really a great design and the artist should be proud. I have a 9 year old son whose drawing was chosen to be on an eco-friendly t-shirt in a local conest, so I know how thrilled this young girl must be to have her drawing on this bag. The contest was co-sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenhalloween.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Halloween<\/a>, a grassroots movement that is helping families and communitites start new, healthier holiday traditons.<\/p>\n<p>Halloween will be here really soon. Sooner than I want it to be. I&#8217;ve barely started to prepare. But, I think the next thing on my preparation list is to order a couple of Halloween ChicoBags for my boys so they can collect all their treats in eco-style (and I can later ransack their bags for all my favorite candy).<\/p>\n<p>Image courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenfeet.com\/itemdesc.asp?ic=6012-00147-0000\" target=\"_blank\">GreenFeet.com<\/a> (where you can order the Halloween ChicoBags for a limited time.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m seeing a lot out there about greening your Halloween this year. 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