We go on a huge family vacation- 30+ of us- every year in Boca Raton (we gather around our matriarch 97 yr old grandma there). Every year we purchase dozens of bottles of Kirkland Signature (Costco) water and every year I get very bummed when I see them piling up in the garbage can, laying on the coffee tables unfinished and wasted. This year, instead of making a family vacation shirt (we all have about 15 from the decade+ of trips we’ve been doing), we’re getting everyone Nalglene bottles. Yee haw.

I bought my parents SIGG cups for their anniversary.

I’m buying my sister-in-law cloth (reusable) sandwich bags for Xmas.

I’m also buying my best friend some cloth produce bags to accompany her tote bags when she frequents the farmer’s market each weekend. (I mean why do we bring tote bags and then load up on produce in plastic bags?!)

What’s grinchy about trying to get your relatives and dear friends, the audience with an ear you can bend most frequently, greener? Bah Humbug.

See the NYTimes piece on the subject…