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| This special design features interconnecting bright green and vibrant blue waves – made from recycled spinnaker – wrapped around the white Dacron bag. Each bag is unique. This bucket bag is 9.5″h x 7″w and hangs by a rope handle knotted through grommets. |
June 8th {today} is World Oceans Day! For those who haven’t heard of it until now, World Oceans Day is a day for people around the world to celebrate and honor the ocean and all it provides us and all it represents.
As a New England gal who spent all of her childhood on the water {from 4 months to 18 years} this day is especially near and dear to me.
In celebration of this day, a brand that I have admired since its creation, Sea Bags, has revealed an exclusive Gulf of Maine Research Institute specialty tote to raise awareness for ocean sustainability. And, it makes it debut today! Proceeds of every bag purchased will benefit scientific research and community work.
There is a limited quantity of these exclusive bags. Just 200 bags and 100 buckets will be available for purchase today through December 31.
“Commitment to community has always been a cornerstone to our business model,” said Beth Shissler, President of Sea Bags. “This project underscores the broad sense of community around our largest natural resource and our traditional working waterfronts. And GMRI’s mission nicely complements our company’s commitment to sustainable practices.”
According to Shissler, this campaign works because it was well planned with a finite number of bags. “When we sell 200 units, we will have met our goal. The impact is measurable.”
In case you are not familiar with the Sea Bags brand, they are a Portland, Maine-based company that makes fun, functional, and stylish totes from reclaimed sailcloth. Founded in 1999, Sea Bags offers a diverse line of totes, bags, board shorts and household items, all of which feature material from sails that were actively used in the past.
Stay tuned as I bring you even more information about one of my favorite New England brands!
This is a partnered post.
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These bags look great! Thanks for all the wonderful information!
That bag is really cute!! I love the bright colors.
thank you for the reminder tonight they are having a special event at our zoo for World Ocean day! Love the seabag – that's really cool!
Love the bag! Great way to raise awareness and money for research! I adore the ocean and wish I were closer. Sounds like you have wonderful childhood memories of the ocean!
I had no idea about the ocean day. Pretty cool, but the best I can do is look at the picture of the ocean – we've got lakes
I had no idea about the ocean day. Pretty cool, but the best I can do is look at the picture of the ocean – we've got lakes
I will have to check that out! In college I interned at Southern CA Marine Institute and it was amazing. I need a new beach tote anyway!
Those look very cool!!! I think I need to get one!!! Thanks for sharing!
What a cute bag! I love that they are “up-cycling” sails. Very clever idea!
So cute, and I LOVE the mission behind the company!!
Love the bags, so cute! Will definitely check them out!
I hadn't heard of this before! This is great info and I am going to check on these bags!
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Great info! I'd love one of these bags!