Reed Lunch Box/Recycled Bead Bracelet
Photo by World of Good
I’m tempted to kick my Fairly Odd Parents lunch box, which I’ve had before I went militantly anti-vinyl, to the curb for one of these colorful and chic grown-up versions. Available in three different color schemes, the baskets are handwoven by a family in Huanchaco, Peru from reeds, which is a sustainable material, under fair-trade conditions. Maybe I shouldn’t risk lead poisoning every time I take leftovers to work, after all. ($19.95, World of Good)
Photo by World of Good
It’s the return of the recycled magazine bead! Each pretty-in-pink bracelet strings together recycled magazine beads with regular beads, and is created by homeless men and women as part of their drug rehabilitation program in Sao Paulo, Brazil, under fair-trade conditions. Also available in yellow. ($9.95, World of Good)
The Worsted Witch » Billboard Lunch Sack said,
August 28, 2006 at 6:41 pm
[...] I’m sticking with Cosmo and Wanda for now, but you can get the lunch sack at BTC Elements for $26. [...]
The Worsted Witch » Plastica Melamine Bento Box said,
September 28, 2006 at 3:15 pm
[...] I may be becoming a tad obsessed with lunch boxes/lunch sacks/bento boxes (see Exhibit A and Exhibit B). Still, I think this stacking melamine bento box from Plastica is far cuter than the much-raved-about Laptop Lunch system, with its bulky and underwhelming design. ($36, Plastica) [...]