Grumble:
You hate spending the $7 just to get one pair of pants cleaned.  I feel you.  But, you have to spend the dough to get those gorgeous crepe slacks dry cleaned; otherwise, they’ll get all crapped up rendering them utterly unfashionable.  This dilemma begs the question:  why spend so much money on your clothing if you’re not going to take care of it… Boy, it seems as if your Mother just showed up.  Nag, nag, nag.

Goodness:
You’ve decided it IS in fact worth the money to dry clean those gorgeous trousers, but now you just can’t bear the thought of all of the senseless plastic used in the packaging of said dry cleaning.  Good girl!

Let’s think about it for a minute. 

Your clothing gets magically cleaned, then hung up on the cleaner’s clean carousel, then put into your clean car and then into your clean closet.  Does it REALLY need a hermitically sealed plastic bag for the trip home from the C-L-E-A-N-E-R-S?  I thought not.  And so did Dry Greening, my personal favorite NON-plastic, dry cleaning bag.

Go:
Buy your own Dry Greening bag for $4.99!  $4.99, people!  Come on, how can you NOT?!  While I don’t own 2 of them (yet!), here’s what I recommend you do.  Keep one bag in your closet to collect all of your dry cleaning items.  Then, when full take it to the cleaners and leave it with them to cover up those duds once they’re cleaned.  While you’re there dropping off the dirty stuff, pick up the clean stuff which is already living in your other Dry Greening bag.  Voila.  You're a genius.

I promise you that people will begin to ask about your bag thus starting a dry cleaning (er, greening) revolution, in your area.  Oh, and while you’re at it, return those wire hangers to the dry cleaners, so they can reuse them.  As Mommy Dearest said, “No more wire hangers!” and as Tracy Metro said, “No more plastic bags!”


Tracy Metro (and yes, Metro IS her real name!) is a TV host who was eco-chic before eco and chic were even hyphenated! Wanna learn more about this eco-conut? Grab a fare card and go for a ride at www.tracymetro.com
 

Grumble:
You drink like a fish and then happily toss those beer bottles into the recycling bin because no matter what they say, your habit actually DOES care about the planet.  Way to go, lady!  I like your recycling moxie, but how about turning those empties into some kick-ass jewelry so you can show the world how committed you are (and when I say committed, I’m not talking about that stint in Bellevue).

Goodness:
Now, I’m not insinuating you should actually DO anything other than (continue to drink and) purchase some of the hottest eco-jewelry out there.  Let’s not get crazy.  You, lift a finger?  Come-come, you’re smarter than that now that you're aware of Smart Glass Jewelry.

Go:
As Kathleen Plate (owner/designer) of Smart Glass says, “you won’t believe how beautiful a beer bottle can be.”  I am SURE your male counterpart has uttered those words more than a few times over the years, and now you can utter them right back at him as you don…

Your new danglers perhaps made from Dos Equis?  By the by, I don't own any of the danglers, but how gorgeous will the blue earrings look with your sweet tan?

Or even your new bracelets perhaps made from Boddington?  By the by, tragically I do not own the bangles but am MAD for them!  How Wonderwoman bad A-S-S are they?! 

Lastly, your new necklace perhaps made from New Castle?  By the by, I don't own any of the necklaces, but how killer is it that some of the glass has writing on it?

So, what's the moral of the story?  Drink up, let Kathleen make 'em up so you can buy 'em up which is easy to do since most items are under 100 bucks!!!

Tracy Metro (and yes, Metro IS her real name!) is a TV host who was eco-chic before eco and chic were even hyphenated! Wanna learn more about this eco-conut? Grab a fare card and go for a ride at www.tracymetro.com