Comments on: NEW INHABITAT TOTE BAG http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/23/new-inhabitat-tote-bag/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:48:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Inhabitat » INHABITAT SUMMER CONTEST: Greener Gadget Giveaway!http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/23/new-inhabitat-tote-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-86496 Inhabitat » INHABITAT SUMMER CONTEST: Greener Gadget Giveaway! Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:47:15 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/23/new-inhabitat-tote-bag/#comment-86496 [...] can charge all of your personal electronics on the go. We’ve also got hand-crank lanterns, Inhabitat tote bags and and truly green organic Inhabitat T-shirts! The lucky winnerswill be announced in our July 3rd [...] [...] can charge all of your personal electronics on the go. We’ve also got hand-crank lanterns, Inhabitat tote bags and and truly green organic Inhabitat T-shirts! The lucky winnerswill be announced in our July 3rd [...]

]]> By: Barbarahttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/23/new-inhabitat-tote-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-64525 Barbara Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:01:28 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/23/new-inhabitat-tote-bag/#comment-64525 It is amazing how many plastic bags you can save if you bring your own bags to the grocery store. Since I started this habit I guess I have been saving at least 10 bags a week for a family of four. Honestly, it takes a while to remember to bring the bags, but now it is a habit and I do it automatically. Using my own bags deeply confuses the self check-out register which I started to use after giving up on teaching the real person at the register how to pack my large bags (yes, heavy stuff at the bottom. No, the eggs have to go on top). After all - it's a sport now for me and quite amusing to watch how long it will take for the stores to adept to consumers like me. Instead of buying new bags I suppose most of us have lots of old bags in our closets we can reuse, although they might not be so cute. It is amazing how many plastic bags you can save if you bring your own bags to the grocery store. Since I started this habit I guess I have been saving at least 10 bags a week for a family of four. Honestly, it takes a while to remember to bring the bags, but now it is a habit and I do it automatically. Using my own bags deeply confuses the self check-out register which I started to use after giving up on teaching the real person at the register how to pack my large bags (yes, heavy stuff at the bottom. No, the eggs have to go on top). After all – it’s a sport now for me and quite amusing to watch how long it will take for the stores to adept to consumers like me.
Instead of buying new bags I suppose most of us have lots of old bags in our closets we can reuse, although they might not be so cute.

]]> By: Rick Behnkehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/23/new-inhabitat-tote-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-64468 Rick Behnke Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:48:59 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/23/new-inhabitat-tote-bag/#comment-64468 Just a thought. You may want to raise the inhabitat logo with tree on the t-shirts. When tucked in you have a tree growing out of your pants and you can not read the name. I did have a laugh when I seen this. Raise the top of the tree and birds to the shoulder.Thanks, great site RIck Just a thought. You may want to raise the inhabitat logo with tree on the t-shirts. When tucked in you have a tree growing out of your pants and you can not read the name. I did have a laugh when I seen this. Raise the top of the tree and birds to the shoulder.

Thanks, great site
RIck

]]> By: Lynnhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/23/new-inhabitat-tote-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-64364 Lynn Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:54:51 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/23/new-inhabitat-tote-bag/#comment-64364 Well said, Jill. I would personally pay more money for something that is really made with good, eco-friendly materials and is locally made. Apart from helping the environment, it's also a great way to support local companies. Well said, Jill. I would personally pay more money for something that is really made with good, eco-friendly materials and is locally made. Apart from helping the environment, it’s also a great way to support local companies.

]]> By: Jillhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/23/new-inhabitat-tote-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-64262 Jill Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:30:42 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/23/new-inhabitat-tote-bag/#comment-64262 Brian-We keep getting comments like this and I keep having to repeat myself about the quality and manufacturing versus cost issue. See the following post:http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/23/sustainable-style-green-inhabitat-tees/Its amazing to me that people don't stop and think about how a plastic tote bag (or a cheap schwag T-shirt for that matter) can cost so little. Think about all the labor that goes into something like this. You need to understand that when you spend $1 on a plastic tote bag at Trader Joes - the reason that that bag is so cheap is because it is most likely produced by sweatshirt labor in China, using the cheapest and lowest quality materials. These bags are not made out of natural materials (like cotton), the materials are not organic, they are not made in America, and the pieces are mass produced using plastic inks and dyes.If you try to use the highest level of quality in a tote bag such as we have here: using organic, American grown cotton - using garments produced in America, and printed by hand in a small shop, using eco-friendly dyes in San Francisco, the costs are very high. It actually costs us about $25 per piece to produce these totes and the extra $10 covers our costs of shipping and handling.We hope that part of the appeal is the nice graphic design, and the sturdy, well-constructed, durable bag. We also hope that supporting Inhabitat is part of the appeal here. You get what you pay for. Thanks for commenting.-Jill Brian-

We keep getting comments like this and I keep having to repeat myself about the quality and manufacturing versus cost issue. See the following post:

http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/23/sustainable-style-green-inhabitat-tees/

Its amazing to me that people don’t stop and think about how a plastic tote bag (or a cheap schwag T-shirt for that matter) can cost so little. Think about all the labor that goes into something like this. You need to understand that when you spend $1 on a plastic tote bag at Trader Joes – the reason that that bag is so cheap is because it is most likely produced by sweatshirt labor in China, using the cheapest and lowest quality materials. These bags are not made out of natural materials (like cotton), the materials are not organic, they are not made in America, and the pieces are mass produced using plastic inks and dyes.

If you try to use the highest level of quality in a tote bag such as we have here: using organic, American grown cotton – using garments produced in America, and printed by hand in a small shop, using eco-friendly dyes in San Francisco, the costs are very high. It actually costs us about $25 per piece to produce these totes and the extra $10 covers our costs of shipping and handling.

We hope that part of the appeal is the nice graphic design, and the sturdy, well-constructed, durable bag. We also hope that supporting Inhabitat is part of the appeal here. You get what you pay for. Thanks for commenting.

-Jill

]]> By: Brianhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/23/new-inhabitat-tote-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-64256 Brian Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:23:49 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/23/new-inhabitat-tote-bag/#comment-64256 $35 for a tote bag similar to what I can get at supermarkets for $1 seems pretty unreasonable to me. Maybe these bags aren't organic and all that, but it's still a huge step away from plastic $35 for a tote bag similar to what I can get at supermarkets for $1 seems pretty unreasonable to me. Maybe these bags aren’t organic and all that, but it’s still a huge step away from plastic

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