Concerned about global warming and the harmful over-consumption of paper and plastic bags, Denver resident Jan Ramos founded BaggyShirts LLC in July of 2007. Ms. Ramos and business partner and next-door neighbor Dana Miller have developed an alternative to disposable, single-use bags. BaggyShirts are multi-purpose, reusable bags made from recycled men's shirts.

Lots of the reusable bags available on the market today are helpful to the environment in that they replace the use of paper and plastic bags, but can come with a very high carbon footprint. They are often made from petroleum-based materials, are made abroad in sweatshop-type conditions, and then imported. These are the reasons they can be sold for .99-$1.99.

BaggyShirts are made locally, the artisans work from their homes, and they are paid an above-average wage for the industry. As such, the owners have tried to do everything in their power to keep the environmental impact of the production and distribution of these bags as minimal as possible, and to provide work to US citizens.

BaggyShirts has been featured on Colorado Matters as part of Colorado Public Radio's Going Green series, on Denver TV Channels 9 and 2, in Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News articles, and on AM 760's Women On Top Radio Show. The Denver Film Society chose BaggyShirts as the official reusable bag of the 2007 Starz Denver Film Festival.

BaggyShirts can be purchased online at www.baggy-shirts.com or by calling 303-300-6682. Through the month of January 2008, BaggyShirts is offering to visit homes and offices in the Denver metro area to introduce the product to groups of four or more.

BaggyShirts LLC is a women-owned eco-friendly business dedicated to the triple bottom line of people, profit and planet. BaggyShirts donates a portion of sales to organizations that work to stop global warming.