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Tuesday
Aug022011

Kids' Canvas to clean your face

 Reusable cloth napkins are one of the best ways to kick the SUDs habit. In fact, having your own reusable napkin to tote around with you is the best use of resources according to a life cycle analysis by Pablo Päster over at Treehugger. Of the three possible options for getting out of a plate of buffalo wings without having sauce all over your face, the cloth napkin you bring from home wins out over the paper napkins and the cloth napkin at the restaurant. 

The main reason bringing your own napkin is the most environmentally friendly habit is that you, as an individual consumer, don't need to wash it after every meal in the way that restaurants do (that is, unless you are eating a plate of buffalo wings for breakfast, lunch, and dinner). And when you do wash it, you can just toss it in with your towels (which you're going to wash anyway).

But what's cooler than a reusable napkin? I'll tell you: reusable napkins that your kids design. The artisans go to work at around 2:35. Via Tiny Green Bubble.