LA joins the growing list of cities banning plastic bags…check out this article.

If you’re anything like Carla and me, you may feel a bit overwhelmed hearing the constant chatter about what to do / what not to do in order to live a green lifestyle. Sometimes it’s hard to differentiate the facts from the fluff. One of the reasons we started Neela was because we felt that there were some easy, common sense changes we could make to help the environment – driving less, bringing a thermos on the morning coffee run, buying produce from the local farmer’s market, and of course, using reusable bags instead of endless amounts of paper and plastic. We like to think it’ s just going back to the basics.  Check out this interesting article from last Sunday’s New York Times.

Since we launched our website on May 1^st, the response for Neela bags has far exceeded our expectations.  As a result, we have several bag styles that are temporarily sold out and we are hard at work to re-stock the inventory.  We expect that all bags will be available by June 11. Thank you to everyone who has purchased our bags and visited our website. We’re thrilled that so many of you are enjoying our bags and making this small but important change in your daily shopping routines! 

 Thanks for your patience and please check back soon!

Wow! Can’t believe we finally have our beautiful bags ready for sale! It has been such fun getting here, and we are thrilled with our products and think you will be too.

So, are you a first time reusable bag user? Maybe wondering how does one kick the bag habit? We all tend to mindlessly accept bags for our purchases all day every day. But – we’re here to help with some handy tips for using reusable bags. As you’ll see it’s a fairly straightforward three-step process: Buy, Use, Reuse.

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