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This is a reusable canvas tote that is for sale at KChronicles.com. Keith Knight is a cartoonist who lives in San Francisco. I read a comic today where he admits to being cheap through a series of possibly true anecdotes. The tote costs $15, which is an ok deal when compared to the ubiquitous and snobbish ‘This is not a Plastic Bag’ bag. I admit to being cheap, too. I shop for clothes during ‘back to school’ week when my favorite store gives away a cloth bag with a minimum purchase. I also picked up a canvas bag from a community booth that was promoting recycling.

Popular blog Gizmodo has gone to the dark side and is promoting plastic replica Star Wars helmets.

The title might be a tongue in cheek nod to the concern that it growing over plastic consumption. The post is entitled ‘Stormtrooper Replica Helmet Looks Great, Costs the Earth and Smells of Plastic’

The company marketing these pointless things is doing its part to reduce plastic by offering it as a limited edition and charging an insane amount of money for it. If Chad Vadar has been in charge of this merchandising, he might have given people the options of paper or plastic.

My old ‘boss’ at the organic fair trade coffee roastery was traveling with a group of us to a conference and the subject of Star Wars came up. He ended up confessing that he couldn’t keep Star Wars and Star Trek straight. My admiration for him shot up at that moment.

There is a huge demand for the trendy canvas bags from fashion designer Anya Hindmarch. The alottment of bags at the New York Whole Foods Store was sold out pretty much before it even arrived.

There have been near riots in relation to the sale of this bag. That’s just silly. It’s just a bag.

I talked about this flashy trend and suggested plain alternatives before. In between then and now, I saw a good middle ground. If you want to pay close to a hundred bucks for a really good canvas bag, check out the recycled sailcloth bags at Vat19.com. These bags are made from used sailcloth and an inside label indicates the type of craft and the region in which she sailed. There are two styles.

Celebrity news site TMZ has video and commentary related to the launch of a designer canvas bag. The copy is quite jaded, referring to the SUV’s that rich patrons most likely drove to Robertson Blvd. to wait in line for the bags.

The bags have the words I am Not a Plastic Bag written on the side. They are sold out and ebay has them selling for upwards of$100. The designer is working at increasing availability and says that July 18th will see I’m Not A Plastic Bag available in East Coast Whole Foods Market stores. They retail for around $15-20.

If you prefer to eschew fashion trends, canvas bags without catchy slogans are still widely available.