2 Great Green Giveaways from Blue Avocado
by Maureen @ 5:29 pm 190 comments »
December 5, 2008 UPDATE: It’s official — our two lucky winners are Ronda G. and Joanne S. Thanks to all for participating. Everyone can be a winner at Blue Avocado when you use their special discount code: blogluv5 to receive a 5% discount on orders over $60.
The Blue Avocado Giveaway is Closed, but be sure to check out our current Great Green Giveaways on the right hand column of this page.
Make your move to eco chic reusable bags, or give them as wonderful holiday gifts. Compliments of Blue Avocado, two lucky readers will each receive a unique and innovative shopping bag kit, made from beautiful recycled materials. Available in three stylish colors; winners get to pick their favorite shade.
- First Prize: the Cool Kit replaces 13 plastic shopping bags, ($44.99, pic above).
- Second Prize: the Ready Kit replaces 9 plastic shopping bags, ($24.99, pic above).
Each prize includes free shipping to anywhere in the U.S.
TO ENTER: STEP 1 & 2 - first, visit Blue Avocado and check out their eco chic shopping kits. Then enter a comment on this post telling us why you’d like to win this Great Green Giveaway.
STEP 3 - Prize notification - is via email so be sure to add the following address to your email address book:
m at AlternativeConsumer.com.
Entries must be received by 12n (ET), Fri, December 5.
Random Drawing takes place on Friday, December 5, 2008. Two lucky winners will be notified by email. (Don’t forget to add: m at AlternativeConsumer.com to your address book.) Winners need to reply to notification within 24 hours in order to claim their individual prize, otherwise their offer is null and void. The 2 winners’ names will also be included on this post.
Thanks for reading The Alternative Consumer — start clicking, and good luck! (One entry per person.) AltCon runs contests and giveaways all time so subscribe to our RSS feed to stay updated.
Related: previously on altCon (11.13.08)
blue avocado’s coordinated collection of reusable shopping bags
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I carry around reuseable bags and it would be handy to have compact ones all the time for the places you just do not know or for those times you don’t want to carry the big bags..I personally love the idea but know the hubs hates to carry big bags in- security stops him like he is stealing bags and this would be easier for him too…and for me to carry plus these are styling and not dorky
I’d like to win because I am trying to get everyone I come in contact with to go GREEN. My family and I have made great strides!
These kits are terrific. I like that they are so compact; there’s a lot of storage capacity but make a small package when not in use. They come in such pretty colors, too.
Very nice designs.
Happy Holidays
would be a great addition to the things my family needs to be green.
I would love to have this. I need more ways to be green.
I would love to win one of the shopping bag kits!
I need to win this giveaway because I want to be green…but also because Seattle has declared a war on shopping bags, and will soon implement a charge for bags, both paper and plastic!!!
These bags are great, not only are they stylish, but they help to reduce & reuse!
I’d like to win because I would use them to make sure everyone in my apartment is shopping as eco-friendly as possible!
I use canvas bags, and these bags look wonderful! One can never have enough!
I fully support helping the environment out and these bags are so convenient to carry around. I think they’re great because if I ever decide to stop by the grocery on the way home, I have a bag to carry them in.
These are great! I’m always forgetting to bring my own shopping bags, so to have an entire kit in the car would be great!
I love the lime colored ones. I think something like this would be perfect for me. I haven’t been the greatest at remembering my reusable bags, but these are so compact that I can carry them around in my purse.
I LOVE their products! GREAT ideas to help people save the planet!
I seem to accumulate mountains of plastic grocery bags,these bags are a much Greener alternative.
My whole family is going green and I am trying to get them to avoid using paper and plastic bags
i’m green with envy
Very practical. I dont like the clutter of all the canvas bags in the car. Collapsible makes sense.
I want to be more eco-friendly but look fabulous at the same time. These bags can help me achieve that.
Love these bags! I would love the cool kit as I combine my errands and sometimes my cool food is not as cool as I like when I finally arrive home.
Awesome!
I dislike using plastic shopping bags immensely and still have a problem remembering to bring them back to the store for recycling. These bags are perfect, they can tote more than plastic, people know you are about the environment and they just happen to look great too!
I’d like to win this Great Green Giveaway because we do major shopping just once per month, and we could use the bags so we can stop using plastic. And since they fit inside each other, they’d be easy to grab when it’s time to go.
I have been trying to remember all the non plastic bags, but I suck at it. It would be great to have a pack I could just leave in the car. Thanks!
I have been guilty of using plastic bags and would love to replace them with something nice like this.
Would love to win this so I can stop using those plastic bags at the store. Thanks!
Right now I am using a conglomeration of bags that I already had available, none of which are collapsible so are quite bulky. A coordinated set which is easy to carry around would be so GREAT!
Would eliminate the plastic bags from the supermarket
I love that they are compact and all fit in one bag! I now carry 10 bags into the grocery store and it’s cumbersome…I would give my old ones away to other shoppers for free if I win!
these bags are so neet.
I bought reusable bags at my grocery store to carry my groceries and save on both paper and plastic bags. They are not that strong and eventually break. It would be nice to have a set of sturdy bags to take with me with the added touch that the bags are colorful (and not the drab black that I use now).
I have a couple of reusable bags now, but that’s not enough when I do my big weekly shopping, so I’d really love to have some more bags. I like the different styles that come in these sets from Blue Avocado.
could really use these
I have a few cloth bags, but these are really cool! I love how they fit into each other and the design is very neat!
I’d love to win these bags as I haven’t gotten around to buying reusable shopping bags although I’ve been meaning to. These are great as they include insulated for your frozen products and bags for the produce. Thanks for a great giveaway!
I’m TIRED of swimming in plastic bags, I’d love to get one of these kits. They’re very stylish.
We have a new law in Seattle regarding plastic bags. Many people will need to purchase reusable bags and I know that they will not be able to afford it. I’d love to win these so I can give them to people who really need them.
Thanks for the opportunity.
I really like these bags. I bought the cloth ones for $.99 and then fell apart the first time I used them…All the stitching came out. These are very sturdy and would be great. The the designs too.
This would be fabulous to win. I am guilty of using plastic bags and I would love to stop. Thank you
I love these, I have alot of bags I carry with me, but I would love these for my daughter-in-law. She tends not to recycle as burn everything in the wood stove. So if I got these for her, she would be more inclined to reuse. And if she decided no to use them, well I would be tickled to take these to the store. Thanks from a recycler for 40 yrs.
Love how compact they are and that there are enough for a trip to the store…which usually takes up several bags…and they are so attractive as well, Would love to win. THANKS
I need this shopping kit. I love the blue. I have some reusable bags but I need more. I also would love to give some out to people who need them but are really finding thier finances stretched to the limit and cannot afford these great bags.
I love the fact these bags are sturdy and compact too.
I need this win because…Plastic is not my friend, and plastic bags are DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!!
I could use more bags, we have some reusable bags for the market, need more.
I’ve been picking up a few of the reusable bags at the store. The hard part is remembering to pick them up. I could put a couple in each car and one in my purse.
I was wanting to give my mother an eco package for Christmas and this would be perfect!!!
I try to be as green as possible however, many time my reuseable bags get left behind… They are big and when you are carring a newborn, diaper bag/purse, and holding a toddlers hand welllll you don’t always remember to grab the bags.. So having some that roll up or are all in one bag oooo heaven…
I already have a couple of the reusuable bags. but I end up never having enough room for the things I buy. This would help in a big way!
I really trying to do more to recycle. I’ve always reused the plastic bags that the grocery store, but I’m ready to do more. Thanks for the contest.
I would love to win these because they are so compact I can keep them in my purse and never forget them when I am going shopping.
Wow!! What a great idea. Who’d a thunk it? I currently have 3 bags I take with me but unfortunately I still have to use a lot of plastic bags to get my groceries home. This would make me feel bunches better about not taking so many plastic bags home.
We have reusable shopping bags, but I am always forgetting them in my car. These would be compact enough to fit in my purse and I wouldn’t forget since my purse goes with me. I also love the produce bags. I don’t have anything like that and it bothers me to have to use the plastic!
These bags are so pretty, especially the pods in green - these would be great to keep in my trunk for all shopping expeditions!
What a nice way to go green!
I’d like to win either one of these sets because I’ve put off buying reusable bags partly because the ones I see are so ugly! These are really cute and look like they’d be easy to remember to take along with me. Thanks for the contest!
I’m doing a pretty good job of remembering my reusable bags when I go shopping, but I’d love to have some that don’t have grocery store ads on them. The products from Blue Avocado are great looking and they seem to be a company that’s walking the walk with their concerns about carbon footprints and world impact.
These bags are so colorful and I love how they are interchangeable. I need to get the double kit so I won’t forget my bags in my trunk. I could always tote some in my purse. Down with plastic—yay green!
Thanks for the giveaway!
foxsquirrelrabbit at gmail dot com
We ALWAYS use our own bags to shop. Right now, we have a mish mash of canvas bags that are unsightly and difficult to tote around, which makes the whole thing an ordeal. Those Blue Avocado Bags are adorable and seem very user friendly. I would love to have them.
We have one very tired bag that we use, These are great sets to add too our eco-shopping. I like how compact they are!
How awesome are these bags!! They are sure to set a trend and for all of the right reasons! I purchased reusable bags at my local grocery store and they are black and basic:( I will be the envy of all the moms at the local grocery market here in Hershey, Pa!!!!
What a great site. I’ve been trying to go green but even my reusable bags have seen better days.
I go the grocery store at least 5 times a week and I have so many plastic bags,(I do recycle them once a month)not having so many bags under my kitchen sink would be awesome.
These are great, i won’t feel like everyone else carrying these into the store! Hope i win!
I would love this,one more way for me to go green.
i;ve heard about these and i’d like to try them out
I love that they are a compact (fit-together) system. I currently use canvas bags for all sorts of errands and would love to have some bags dedicated to food-shopping only. I also would love some produce bags! (I have been reusing the typical grocery store plastic produce bags over and over until they are inevitably un-reusable (torn or very dirty).) My canvas bag supply is dwindling as I have given some away to friends who are hopefully using them!
This package is a great prize! Thanks!
If everyone of us just cut down on one plastic bag what a wonderful world this would be. Of course, doing away with ALL plastic would be our ultimate goal.
These are so great! I’d love to add them to my arsenal of green tools! Thanks.
Very nice designs. I’d love to win so I could keep a couple and give some as Christmas presents. The whole family is trying to be greener all the time.
I’d like to win this Great Green Giveaway to make my small difference in reducing the use of plastic. I love the vegetable and cold pack bags most of all — I don’t have anything like this yet. Thanks for a great contest!
I’m always taking my own bags to grocery stores but they are big and bulky. It would be so nice to have compact ones that would fit in my purse!
I am impressed with the ingenuity of the Blue Avocado designs. My background is in journalism, and over the past two decades have written articles focusing on being more ecology-minded, including preserving and using wisely our water and petroleum resources. I would love to be blessed with the compact Blue Avocado products. Please enter me in the giveaway.
Look like cool bags. Would be a great way to cut down on throwing out bags.
I really believe that there is to much plastic sitting in landfills and I worry about what that will mean for the future. I have started using cloth bags for much of my shopping to cut down on the amount of plastic I use. Winning these would go a long way to helping me achive my goal and possibly share it with some of my friends.
these would be an awesome win because they encourage the use of reusable bags instead of using plastic bags that will just sit in landfills and cause damage to the environment
Very practical, and collapsible makes it even easier for me to be green.
I’d LOVE to win this Great Green Giveaway because not only are these bags ADORABLE, but I only have 2 cloth canvas bags for food shopping right now. These look large enough that it would complete my collection, making me no longer reliant on plastic bags for good! Thanks so much for the great contest!
I live in a part of the country where recycling has not been a big part. There is not mandatory recycling so we subscribe to a service. I would love to go to the store and not get those plastic bags!
I so, so very badly need to win this set. I seem to always be forgetting to put the “green” sacks back in the car. These are cute and clever and who could forget them? As a UT grad, I love to support Austin businesses. Fabulous Idea!
I drive a Prius but I haven’t greened my shopping bags yet.
Ive heard of them and want to try them!!
I would love to have cuter reusable shopping bags - The ones I have right now are functional but ugly. I love the attention that my reusable bags get. People admire them or ask questions and I can tell it makes them think “hmmm, maybe I should try bringing my own bags.” Not only is it environmentally friendly, but I find them easier to carry, I have less trash around the house, and I get 5 cents back on my groceries for every bag I bring (thanks, Stop & Shop!) I’d love to have bags that are more chic.
I have always hated those cheapo grocery store plastic bags because they tear easily and I live in a fifth floor walkup apartment, by the time I’d get upstairs bags always break and my groceries end up rolling down the stairs! These are sturdier, most certainly prettier and I can take more stuff up the stairs in less trips! Happy Holidays everyone.
Those bags are really great! I have some very awkward to use canvas bags, and usually I forget to bring them with me. These would be good, because they can be left in the car until needed.
though we reuse plastic bags, i would love to win this kit because it looks fun (and economical and environmentally friendly)
WOW I love the double kit — that way there is always one in the car. I always take my two cloth bags to the store but forget to put them back in the car after and then the next time I go I search around to find they are not in the car. The double kit would help with that.
I have been recycling for over 38 years. I always carry reusable canvass tote bags to bag my own groceries. Not only does it keep my groceries from rolling around in my trunk it keeps the usage of plastic and paper down. I also, like the fact that I wash them in the washing machine and hang them out to dry. They smell fresh when dry and ready to reuse.
Those are really nice. I have a couple of stuff bags, but they are beginning to fray at the bottom seam. Plus, if I have a large shopping, it’s back to plastic. Looks like these have functionally useful handles.
I’d like to win because my canvas bags but they are ugly black ones, these are so stylish, I love the colors.
I have a hodgepodge of different bags that I use when shopping. The only reason I have so many bags is because I don’t have a way to keep them in one place. This is a great visually rich solution to my forgetful nature.
Would be great to have to take grocery and supply shopping.
I would love to give this to my daughter in college. She rides her bike with her roommate to the grocery store, and these would be so very easy and convenient for them to carry!
I love the compact reusable shopping bags. It would help someone to use them because they are all in one place and you can keep them in the car so you will have them at your disposal for the “while I am Out” stops. And even use them for other shopping besides grocery.
Absolutely brilliant idea. Permanent bags are fine, but lugging them around is too much sometimes. These guys stow away until we need them at the checkout! No fuss! Great!
I love shopping bags. Living in NYC, we are always dragging stuff around, so we wear out even the most durable shopping bag. Shopping bags are like shoes, you can never have too many.
I already use reusable bags, but I need a stylish set like this to induce my mom to join me!
I would like to be kind to Mother Earth by always having a reusable bag and forgoing the plastic ones. This set would be all I need, I’d keep it in the car.
I have been using reusable shopping bags and baskets for years. Many of them are now beginning to wear out. THese new ones would be great!
I have tote bags in the car and truck-so they are handy when i shop
I love using reusable bags to lessen my carbon footprint. In addition to using the bags for groceries, Blue Avacado bags are great for trekking around the city running errands. What I love most about Blue Avacado (besides being super fabulous), is that it allows me support a local Austin business! :o)
It is the first Eco-Friendly bag I really thought I would use. There trendy and practical. Way to Go Job MoM’s
Not only is it good for the environment, I wount have a ton of plastic bags hanging around.
I use the store bags, but after awhile, they start to smell. It will be wonderful to have reusable bags that are machine washable!! Thank you for your creativity and ingenuity in starting this product line. :o)
These are wonderful Earth saving products. It seems though most of us try to recycle plastic grocery bags by using them as bathroom trashcan liners, etc.., we are just staving off the inevitable - eventually they will end up in a landfill. This grade plastic is not accepted at recycle places and will not be *turned into* anything else.
Thank you for producing a planet friendly alternative that is so chic and lovely. The style and bright coloring makes it obvious what your bags are for … I always feel that store security is honing in on me when I start stuffing store items into my plain beige canvas sack. :}
I caught a funny typo on the website.
I LOVE LOVE these bags! I love they’re great for the earth and so fashion friendly too!
Wow! Very cool bags. I love the design and I need all the help I can get to go green. Thanks for the giveaway!
I’d really like to win these because not only are they eco-friendly but I love the pattern of them as well. I already use eco-friendly shopping bags but I don’t have any as nice as these. Thanks for the chance!
I really want to win these bags so that I can finally stop using plastic and paper bags at the grocery store! These bags are stylish, roomy, sensible, and eco-friendly. I espeically like the produce bag and the cooler bag. This is so smart!
I carry reusable bags all the time and would love to have something terribly stylish and organized like the Blue Avocado bags. Not only are they cute but really practical.
Just discovered these bags which would be wonderful for converting my family to more sustainable shopping. Through their website, I found this one.
Thank you for helping us go green!
What a great way to support sustainability and Austin! Thanks.
want to be more eco-friendly but look great at the same time = these are a wonderful option!!!
I already use “green” bags when I shop but they are NOT as beautiful as these!!
I currently use reusable grocery bags, but have found that I really need some more compact ones that I can throw in my purse and always carry with me. I’ve seen the BlueAvocado ones at the Farmer’s Market recently and LOVE the designs!
These bags are so small and compact they would be great to keep in the car to be ready for holding groceries and shopping purchases! Thanks!
nice!
I try to use reusable shopping bags as much as possible, but they’re a pain to haul around. This would be perfect because they get so small and are so easy to carry!
trying to do as much as I can to go green
We would love to be more green, but we have 7 people in the house so we needs lots of bags! This would certainly help.
i would love to win this to help do my part in being green
i would love these cute bags. i normally carry my big bulky mix matched reusable bags and these would be great to keep in my car. i love that they take up minimal space.
GREAT ideas
I carry a chico bag around with me wherever I go. It would be nice to put a load of reusable bags in my car so I can’t forget them when I got to the market. I have a couple of trader joe’s bags, but they can be bulky. I’d love to have an arsenal of small ones! I also love the print, very fashionable. Thanks!
I’d like to win a kit because while I’m good at remembering to take my shopping bags to the store for groceries, I forget for everything else. If I won, I’d put a pod in my purse so I’d always have a reuseable shopping bag with me at all times. I’d also give one to my sister and mom who also forget their bags when doing non-grocery shopping.
These bags are incredible! I love how they’re beautiful & color-coordinated, & that they’re also compact & fit inside each other. Thanks for introducing me to these great bags!
I have only collected a couple bags, and they don’t match. This would be great, and fold away nicely for storage.
I’m trying to be GREEN everywhere I can but on a tight budget it’s not always easy. This would be one less expense and they look so cute.
This would be a great collection of nice looking bags that store easily.
I’d like to win this giveaway because I am impressed with these bags and I would like to use them. My current bags are getting worn.
I think grocery stores in general are among the worst eco-friendly participants. In my experience they always opt to bag in plastic vs. paper, often put single items in a plastic bag (to separate?) and are not openly receptive when I hand them recycled, reuseable bags. Nevertheless, as I make a conscious effort to help save and protect the environment - no matter how small or insignificant it may seem to others - I feel good
I love these, but I would love to win it for my daughter.
this would help me take one more small step towards going green. thanks!
Some of us were green long before it became trendy. It’s like fingernails on a chalkboard when I go to the storees and see all the plastic they use to bag groceries. Also see them in parking lots, along the roadside. I would like to give these to my sons in their 20’s who I’ve always taught to recycle.
These would be great for me. I hate it when I forget my bags. But these are so nice and compact. And I love the Cool Kit!
I would like to win this give away so that I can be more ecologically conscious. Once you sit and think about how many bags you accumulate it really is alot, and I would like to prevent that waste in the future.
I was at the launch of Blue Avacado at SWOM Fest 08! I love this Great Green Giveaway b/c everyone can relate. Love these products b/c they are so easy to carry instead of the larger bags I use. I can keep these in my purse always for those small grocery runs (and I never have an excuse to use plastic again). I now have a few bags but I’m looking for more to encourage family and friends to recylcle! These are wonderful gifts! love it!!! Thanks for helping us go GREEN!
It all just makes good sense. Congratulations on your efforts, Blue Avocado. We all need to do our part to help the environment!
I have some cotton reuseable bags but these are neat because they compact so small they are very convenient. thanks for the chance, justicecw@hotmail.com
I’d like to win
I have a family of 6. It is hard to Carry enough Eco bags to Carry all the groceries I have to buy at one time, so I still end up with a lot of plastic bags. With these being so compact, it would make it easier to not use the plastic bags. With a family as big as mine, I have to go green where ever I can.
I keep reusable bags in my car but forget them all the time…it would be great to have them compact enough to fit in my purse! thanks!
I re-use the green bags when I think of it, but always leave the house without them when going to the store - these would be perfect to leave in the car or my purse so I’m never stuck using a plastic bag again!
I love reusable bags.. please enter me
When you figure one reuseable pak replaces so many plastic bags, and is made of recycled materials to boot, you are doing something for the environment in using these paks. Thanks for the giveaway.
These would be very handy to keep with for trips to the grocery!
I love how much these bags carry, and that I don’t have to worry about wasting so much plastic. Also I love how these are easy to clean.
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OHHH I love these. I would love to win those because I have started trying to brong bags with me shopping but The ones I have are so bulky I forget them all the time. These would fit write in my purse.
I love that they have a kit that works for everyone! This would be great as I forget the bags more than I’d like, or don’t bring enough - this would make it super easy to remember
I would love to use this for going shopping and cut down on my bag usage.
I like how compact these can be and who says that you can’t be green and stylish at the same time. These bags certainly prove you can!
These are nice and I could use a few more when I shop!
I have been wanting to buy cloth bags for a long time to use for my groceries but I never seem to have the money for it. I am kind of excited because now I know there are really cute ones I can win, hopefully.
It would be great to have them handy.
This would be great, as I love being green and I am always forgetting my bags. This kit would fit perfectly in my purse.
I’d love these because while I carry around reusable totes often, my husband and kids do not and I’d like to instill in them to be more ecologically aware.
I do try to recycle and reuse my plastic bags, but this could save some bags.
I