Rural Tonganoxie resident Karen Parrett recycles plastic bags by crocheting them together to make larger bags that can be used again and again, just as canvas bags are used to hold groceries and other ...

In some very contemporary news, it turns out we may have overdone it with one area of the sustainability movement: the canvas tote bag. A humble and, by all previous accounts, eco way of traversing ...

Among America's unforgiving recycling elite, no bag is more universally revered than the almighty canvas tote bag. Once a demonized member of the bag community, the canvas tote has risen to prominence ...

Reusable tote bags are like the Bourne movies. At first they were the best. A way to eliminate disposable plastic bags? YES. A film about a broody and resourceful assassin with amnesia? Sign me up for ...

We all have a growing pile of useless tote bags, well now you have some uses for them. Here’s how to upcycle old tote bags to ...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an impassioned ode to the canvas tote. I praised its effortlessness, simplicity and practicality. Day to day, the tote has taken the place of my purses, and I’ve amassed ...