Denver :

I'm Rubber, You're Guru

03.13.2009

Submitted by lbudgar on Fri, 03/13/2009 - 12:00am.
The Bite:
Beat-up old messenger bag insulting your style? Let us bounce this off you: Boulder-based Green Guru Gear’s satchels, wallets, dog collars, and leashes. Everything’s made from reclaimed billboard vinyl, truck inner tubes, and recycled PET plastic, so each is one-of-a-kind – not to mention durable and water-resistant. We like the artsy, comfy-to-carry messenger bag (see photo) and its tons o’ pockets for iPod, cell, pencils, reusable water bottle, whatev. GGG’s parent company, Ecologic Designs, donates money to cycling programs in return for employees pedaling to work; it’s also got a diesel ambulance-van converted to run on veggie oil – and fewer emissions means you won’t stick it to the earth.
Wanna Try: 
Ecologic Designs' Green Guru Gear, available online (303-258-1611). Billboard Small Deluxe Messenger Bag, $100.
LIKE THIS TIP? TRY THIS: 
The Reusable Tote Tip

Cocktail Fact

Lady Bird Johnson campaigned to limit billboards on interstate highways, and in 1965, her efforts were rewarded with the passage of the Highway Beautification Act.

Small Changes Add Up

If 10,000 Denver Biters buy a messenger bag made of reclaimed materials, we’ll save the weight of 115 gurus in nonbiodegradable vinyl sheeting and rubber from the landfill.

1 comment
Bookmark and Share
  Email This
Davidson Lewis  on March 13, 2009 at 09:33 AM 1
Thanks for the great feature! It really does all adds up, we love the "The Small Changes Add Up" column. Every product we makes helps solve material, environmental and social problems. We also work with great companies like Patagonia and Greenpeace helping turn their waste materials into treasures. If you get a chance check out some of our products available for custom manufacturing. Better yet if have billboards, banners, wetsuits, climbing ropes, inner tubes, textiles or other materials that you think might make a good product, let us know and hopefully we can help turn that trash into treasure for you. www.EcologicDesigns.com To green adventures... Davidson Lewis

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <font> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <p> <br> <img>

More information about formatting options

 

All editorial suggestions in this tip are the result of testing and a preference for the tip topic. No advertiser has paid to have its company referenced in the tip. For more information, please read our Editorial Policy.