She plucked a green Chanel pocketbook out of one pile, scrutinized the chain and ran her fingers over the leather to make sure it wasn't a knockoff, then added the $10 find to her heap.
And with partnerships with major hotel chains already in the works, the company may not be far from painting the world – and its pocketbook – green.
In 1975 Gaddafi funnelled his ideas into a political textbook titled The Green Book, after Mao's socialist pocketbook, The Little Red Book.
In short Pocketbook enables you to do "green aware" research, while providing the convenience of having all the information in one place.
But as they struggle to make choices that benefit their children as well as their pocketbooks, can we afford to be green — and what does "green" mean?
Most importantly, when consumers buy something labeled green or energy efficient, they have not necessarily helped their pocketbook or the planet.
And just like that, you have your own easy green cleaners that are good for you, better for the environment, and easy on your pocketbook! 9. Carpool.
"We have gone after this sector first and foremost because the green of the sector is important, because it is the green that goes into the pocketbooks and wallets of workers," said Kathleen McGinty, the state's environmental secretary.
That's green engineering, and it's one of the best ways the industry can protect our environment, protect our pocketbooks and curb our dangerous oil addiction.
This year, though, the muse of pocketbook designers is arguably Roygbiv, that familiar grammar school acronym for the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.
