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Hey, Joey is that your mother calling you?


I want to wish Mother Earth a VERY Happy Day today.

I spent yesterday thinking about the things that we do at the mansion to reduce, reuse and recycle. However, there is still so much more that we could be doing. From the simplest acts of bringing our own bags to the store to driving a hybrid, our family and staff have made a conscious effort to help sustain our planet, but we haven’t even scratched the surface of what we could be doing. How are we to help provide the good life for our children and grandchildren if we don’t DO SOMETHING NOW??

If you just bring your own reusable bags each time you went shopping you will reduce your CO2 emissions a total of 6 lbs by the end of one month. Imagine if we ALL did this?

JOEY TOTES

As you know from some of my previous posts, I actually need to stuff my tote bags into my handbag in order to REMEMBER to bring them into the store. BUT WHAT IF I NEED MORE THAN ONE TOTE BAG?

Joey Totes come in different sizes for different needs and they fit INSIDE of each other. I have 2 small Joey Totes and 1 large one, all three fit into the large pouch. Now I’ll NEVER forget to bring them with me (which means I won’t be leaving my cart in the store with the ice cream melting to go back to the car & get my bags).

  • Joey Totes are attractive, durable, high quality bags that can save the use of thousands of disposable bags over its lifetime.
  • Joey totes were created to carry several bags at once.
  • Each bag collapses into an oversized pouch sewn into the inside seam of each bag.
  • Each pouch is designed to carry more than one bag so you can build your own set.
  • Made from ripstop nylon, each bag is reinforced with double-folded handles that are tough enough to carry 40 lbs.
  • If you ever need to replace your bags, Joey Totes will recycle them for you!!!!

I LOVE the concept of the Joey Totes, the only thing I had to get used to was, turning them inside out and tucking the bags back into the little pockets.

In celebration of Earth Day JOEY TOTES is offering Champagne Living’s readers 10% off of all Joey Totes and Tote Sets through May 31, 2009. . When you get to the checkout page, simply type in


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Joey Totes is also going to be giving ONE lucky Champagne Living Reader a FREE SET of Joey Totes just like MINE (one large and 2 small tote bags).

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Comments

  1. I will take shorter showers and do larger loads of laundry.

    alison_luby at hotmail dot com

  3. We will bike and walk whenever possible. Its good exercise, fun, and sometimes quicker.

  4. Ride! I’m already proud to bike nearly everywhere, but for earth week I’ll be making every single trip by bicycle or not at all–and I’ve built a trailer from scrap, which I’ll be using to haul out our overflowing recycling bins!

    christopher.roush at gmail dot com

  19. at our house we are hanging our clothes outside to dry and washing all the clothes in cold wather

    teechbiz at gmail dot com

    cathy

  21. The extra effort I did today was picking up cigarette butts from the apartment complex that I live in that people have thrown on the ground

  22. I took a carload of important papers to Shred Day that will be shredded and recycled!

  23. We replaced our last 2 lights with the energy saving bulbs on Earthday and visited the local Earthday celebration.

  24. In honor of Earth Day, I planted some flowers today in my yard and replaced some burned out CFL bulbs (we’ve been using them for 2 years now).

  25. In honor of earth day I will do a better job and keep the lights off when not in use. I will also try to take shorter showers and teach my kids to care about the environment.

    samsakara@twcny.rr.com

  27. We went shopping and packed groceries in canvas totes.

    email in blogger profile.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

  33. I planted my own lettuce this year, and hope to expand my garden after my green thumb develops a little more!

  34. My cherry tomato plant is starting to look very promising — one tomato & many blossoms!

  40. I took my own bags to the market (but I could really use more, want some for clothing stores, etc.)

  48. we turn off our hot water heater when not in use, we have a blanket around it. the hot water rises so i have hot water to do dishes in the morning and about 20 min before bath time i turn it on leave it on 20 min after baths or shower and have plenty of hot water we save 40.00 a month on hot water heating bill. go earth go green

    raynerileyjo@yahoo.com

  53. I will use “dirty water”, from the bathtub to water my house plants.

    OcalaRose(at)aol(dot)com

  57. we turned our hot water heater down year round, also we are taking shorter showers, using glass plates more using less paper plates, less napkins, and using less water when taking showers!!!!
    Fayee
    baller41124@yahoo.com

  61. On Earth Day we turned off & unplugged everything(except fridge) and took a leisurely evening walk thru the neighborhood. As soon as I get my last unemployment check (benefits are now gone) i'll replace last "regular" bulb with energy efficient. Planted some veggies in a tub on my apartment balcony & already wash everything in cold water in efficient loads. featherann11@yahoo.com

  64. cool for earth day i weeded my garden and bought a huge jug of vinigar and a few spray bottle and filled them with vinigar and water mix to clean with one in the kitchen, bath, garage and laundry room

  68. I planted herbs, nasturtiums, and chives in pots on my balcony and I use them in my cooking, and for salads. They look beautiful and impart health and nutrition into my diet.

  70. When I steam my veggies I let the water cool off and then use this water on my herbs and plants.

  73. We will use dryer balls and reduce the toxic chemicals in our everyday lives. Thanks! thebubbledies(at)gmail(dot)com

  78. Flower gardens and tub planters with some veggies in front of the apartment building. Using the energy saving settings on washer, and using cold water for washing. Shorter showers, lower thermostat in winter, higher in summer.

    patience2blossom@yahoo.com

  83. I always wait til I have a full load of laundry and always wash and rinse in cold water. We have almost completely replaced all of our regular lightbulbs with energy saving bulbs. I always use reusable totes for my shopping. We freecycle and recycle everything we can. We have learned to shut off water when not in use like while brushing or showering etc. We use reusable water bottles and our own filtered water abd we will be planting a tree as our weather permits. Thanks for the opportunity to get more totes! Sandy (johnsboss@hotmail.com)

  100. We’re going to haul all our recyclable glass and metal to the recycle center and combine it with another destination.

    Kathy Vogel
    kvogel AT prodigy.net

  102. In honor of Earth Day, I helped clean up the neighborhood park, ran the dishwasher but not the dry cycle, and shut off the TVs for better than an hour. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this giveaway!

  116. I will use earth friendly cleaning products.

    fionen_ftw (at) fionen (dot) com

  117. I subscribe to Champagne Living by RSS feed.

    fionen_ftw (at) fionen (dot) com

  118. I’d like to remember Earth Day everyday and am working on all those little things that definitely add up such as doing laundry in cold water and carrying reusable bags when I go shopping.

  122. juliburke@gmail.com

    We took shorter showers, planted flowers, made sure that the bird feeders are all up and full, fed nature’s critters with left over food, started a compost, talked about the importance of recycling and took a nice long walk to enjoy what mother nature has given us.

  124. Cynthia Mercado

    mercsmercado at yahoo dot com

    We are using less energy. unplugging electrical things when not in use.

  125. heather goldsmith
    heatherg_cna@yahoo.com
    To celebrate Earth Day we gave up disposable water bottles, small disposable soda bottles and drink boxes/bags. We now use reusable sports bottles

  128. My boys and I made a worm compost bin with two plastic storage boxes. The best part was to collect the worms outside 🙂 Happy Earth to everyone!

    At-chan
    atsuko_chilton(at)hotmail(dot)com

  140. We did clean up work, we also do weekly curb side recycling so every bit off the streets, and parking lots, and city parks helps us all.
    I wish states would have the bottle refunds on plastic water and soda bottles and cans like some states have. We would have been rich.

    Thank you

    camper223[at]live[dot]com

  144. We are going to try cloth diapers… I’m scared but it’s sooo much better… brooke weeshenanigans (at) gmail (dot) com

  146. Subscribe to Champagne Living for FREE by Email or RSS.Follow me on Twitter
    Add my button to your blog sidebar OR copy and paste this sentence into ANY existing blog post.

    i.am.823@gmail.com

  147. I have gone paperless on all of my accounts….banking,credit cards, bills, etc

    tinkerbell5676 at gmail dot com

  148. In honor of Earth Day, I put the morning newspaper and other appropriate materials in the recycle bin. Thank you for the opportunity to win!

  152. We plant more every year, and compost. We recycle lots of stuff, whether by our local county or Freecycle.

  161. I did what I try to do every day. I recycled, used reusable bags, car pooled, etc. Thanks 🙂

  169. I’m unplugging appliances when not in use to reduce my consumption of “stand-by” power usage.

    Michelle
    shel704 at aol dot com

  174. We plantedc a herb garden!
    I am foiling all my windwo to keep the heat down & ave electricity.
    I tuen off the hot water heater when not in use!
    Going to replace all my light blubs too.
    zestywonderland@gmail.com

  177. Charlene Kuser
    We helped neighbors clean up trash along the
    main road leading to our neighborhood.We cut off
    all our lights,burned candles and cooked out on the grill.I also hung my clothes on the clothesline

    CharlieGurl57@aol.com

  181. We planted a sweet potato that had sprouted! Also planted some tropical plants in the front yard.

  184. cleaned up the yard:) ty 4 sponsoring this awesome giveaway and 4 the entry:)

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