How to Protect the Environment with Beauty

Many Ways to Go Green

Most of us are concerned about the well-being of our planet, yet we all understand that it is impossible to make huge improvements overnight. What we can do however, is contribute in our own unique ways to protect the environment.
It is much easier to change your own habits than to change the world and the little steps that we take will make a big difference. CapucinesBoulevard.com art gallery challenges you to stop using plastic bags and go for reusable canvas totes!

Did you know that Americans throw away almost 100 billion plastic bags every year, and only 1 percent to 3 percent are ever recycled?

What’s So Bad About Plastic Bags? Plastic bags are not biodegradable. They clog waterways, spoil the landscape, and end up in landfills where they may take 1,000 years or more to break down into ever smaller particles that continue to pollute the soil and water.

Plastic bags also pose a serious danger to birds and marine mammals that often mistake them for food. Thousands die each year after swallowing or choking on discarded plastic bags. Finally, producing plastic bags requires millions of gallons of petroleum that could be used for transportation or heating.

In our gift shop http://www.cafepress.com/capucinesblvd?s=capucinesblvd&type=17 we offer convenient canvas totes which you can use for shopping, taking lunch to work, carrying work home from the office (you know those files and folders that don't fit in any of your handbags), going to the beach or on a picnic.

Our canvas totes are inexpensive, spacious, light but durable and can be folded to fit in any bag, even your pocket. But the best part is that we offer nearly 60 designs to choose from!! All images on the totes are original art works created by the members of our gallery from around the world.