In keeping with the spirit of Calypso Studios S.H.O.P. Totes (Start Helping Our Planet), the company is having its first Earth Day Event. Calypso Studios wants to promote this important day in our world by donating $10,000 worth of its S.H.O.P. Totes. Pretty cool, I must say.
Calypso Giveaway
Calypso Studios launched the S.H.O.P. Totes January 1, 2009. The company collaborated with American artists, such as Lori Siebert, Emma Hand, Robin Roderick, Tina Higgins, and Andrea Tachiera to provide beautiful art on the totes. The totes are a fashionable way to Start Helping Our Planet by using reusable bags. The spacious bags are 17” x 19” when opened and easily roll up into a 2” x 3” size. Three bags are conveniently stored in an 8” x 6” wristlet carrying case. The Totes were also chosen as one of the celebrity giveaway swag bags at the Academy Awards in February. Celebrate Earth Day carrying the bag the celebrities use!
Their Earth Day mission is to encourage everyone to get in the habit of carrying reusable bags on every shopping excursion – whether to the grocery store, mall, or on vacation. They want to Start Helping Our Planet by discouraging the use of plastic and paper bags.
Plastic bags are harmful to the earth in several ways:
- Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide
- According to the EPA, over 380 billion bags are used in the USA every year, which is more than 1200 per resident and it takes about 12 million barrels of oil to make this many bags.
- Over 46,000 pieces of plastic are floating in our oceans worldwide
- Each reusable bag you use has the potential to eliminate an average of 1000 bags over its lifetime.
To participate in their Earth Day event register on their website HERE. The event begins 12:00 pm (est) April 1, 2009 and ends 12:00pm (est) Earth Day, April 22, 2009. A drawing will also be held on April 22nd to select the winners. These lucky individuals will each receive an Acts of Kindness S.H.O.P. Tote.
Act of Kindness Bags
Carry recycled shopping bags with you on every shopping trip to show that you’re helping our planet by not using plastic or paper bags. Let’s end the waste of plastic and paper bags and keep our world clean and green. Head on over to Calypso and enter to wine one of these cool bags, I mean who doesn’t like free stuff right? Good luck!
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