Latest from Emerald City, my enviro-blog at LAtimes.com

This week’s green topic’s Bring Your Own! Did you tote your own bag for Day without a Bag yesterday?

>> BYO Bottle. Why tote a cheap and dingy plastic bottle around when you can tote a stylish reusable bottle?

>> Make seven eco-wishes now. The Seven Wishes Bracelet — a recycled pure sterling silver charm on surplus string — is for the hopeful wisher. Make seven knots in the string for each of seven wishes — and when the string breaks by itself, your wishes will come true!

>> 35 mpg by 2020 might mean just 33.2 mpg for Detroit. This energy bill looks like it will punish the car companies that have already taken steps toward producing more gas-efficient cars, while rewarding companies that have been focusing on SUVs.

And a linky post:

>> Greenlist: Will L.A. catch up to Africa?. Rwanda and Eritrea have already banned the bags outright, while other countries are imposing thickness standards, bag taxes and serious recycling initiatives.

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