Green

For the past decade we have been using the word green to mean ecologically correct. Going green is showing up in many aspects of our lives. Green energy, green household cleaners, and green paper goods are just among the few ways that we are asked to live our lives. For some reason, the picture of green paper bags popped into my head the other day. If you are my age, you probably remember going to the grocery store and putting your fruit into these small dark green bags. Plastic bags were not used. There would be a stack of these bags at the produce department and I have vivid memories of my mother placing peaches and plums into them. When you got home the fruit remained in the bags until it was ripe. The bags would then be used for school lunches. If we are so environmentally conscious, how come the green bags are a thing of the past?