My Simple Life

Bag for Life... every little helps from TESCO

I love shopping and everyone does!

Every week I buy my groceries,including magazines and office supplies from TESCO. Since this is a regular routine I applied for its Club card membership which every shopper gets vouchers for every pound (£) being spent. The vouchers do not have a cash redemption value, but these are exchanged for goods and services  (excluding on-line) as equivalent to the face value printed on it.

Aside from the vouchers, every shopper has given coupons to gain extra points as addiitonal bonus points from the purchases. One of the coupons is the free 'green' plastic bag - the Bag for Life! Using it will also accumulate extra 'green clubcard points.

TESCO's green bag is a simple initiative from a retail industry that every shopper will benefit from using it. It reduces the massive disposal of plastic bags from the store. The bag is thick and strong enough to hold goods more than twice the weight of the regular/old plastic bag can contain, which means a ratio between 1:2 and 1:2.5. It can be purchase at 10p and can be exchanged if it is already worn-out for free.

It is really a substantial saving on the part of TESCO and it becomes more manageable for shoppers to re-use the green bag compare to the thin plastic bags that most of the time it cant be re-use anymore.

Aside from this green bag initiative, TESCO is also encouraging shoppers to return the used old thin plastic bags by dropping them to the designated plastic bins that are found outside the entrance of the stores.

Green thinking for a healthy and enjoyable shopping! Every little helps from TESCO makes a big difference to shoppers and to the community as a whole!

Watch this video, it is cool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvFKnXNiwgk

My little contribution in celebrating the Blog Action Day today, October 15, 2007. Make a big difference in blogging!

Save Sibuyan Island from Mining Activity: An Open Letter

 

Dear Friendster Buddies,

I know some of you have visited my hometown, Sibuyan Island and able to climb Mt Guiting-guiting. And I know some of my Friendster readers have very good political and media connections in the country. Having said that, I ask your assistance to expose this small mining activity that currently on-going in the island.

It is not only a personal favor but for the rest of our kababayans living in the island - the place where Mt Guiting Guiting is located and popularly known for being the densiest forest in the world. If this mining activity could not be stopped, then this natural beauty is in peril!

Im asking your help if you could find someone or any alliance in the government or in media (film, newspapers, radio) to expose this mining activity and stop the permits issued by the Arroyo government.

This is the link of the anti-mining group for updates of what happening now... it is getting nowhere and tension is there! I did a short speech during the rally last Feb 2007 in my hometown. I love my birthplace where we still find the densiest mangrove area, smallest fruit bats, beautiful corals and beaches, wild flowers, and where we could still drink the water from the rivers and falls!

SAM stands for Sibuyan Akon Manggad... which means Sibuyan is my Wealth/Treasure! http://www.clearblogs.com/sam

If this activity will continue, I dont know if I could still invite you to visit my hometown - explore its untouched beauty and have a climb to its magnificent scissor-bladed peak, Mt Guiting-guiting!

Some of the stunning images of the island could be found at Gio Sabio's pbase site: http://www.pbase.com/van9338/mt_g2

For my friends and readers who have Flickr accounts, please share your images to the group photo pool at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/sibuyan_island_philippines/

And for the rest with pbase accounts and other photo galleries (multiply, freewebs, travel blogs, etc), please send it privately. I will be featuring them in my personal website.

Your photographs will make a big difference to save this island! If you have suggestions to expose this environmental destruction, please email me privately.

Maraming Salamat po!

Rey Ramos