After 20+ years of being a materialistic mass consumer, my husband lost his job and we quickly learned how to reduce our carbon footprint and have fun doing it by ditching reusable products - unsponges for bath loofahs, reusable bags instead of plastic ones, kitchen cloth instead of dish sponges & napkins, unpaper towels instead of paper ones, family cloth instead of toilet paper, cloth diapers and wipes instead of disposables, etc. We not only saved money, but are improving our overall health & lifestyle while helping out the environment.