Google Bags for Austin

One month into Austin's Bag Ban and one former resident who refers to himself as "The Plastic Bag Man" has announced his "virtual return" in a You-Tube video manifesto.

You may remember the Plastic Bag people, or "monsters" as some referred to them before being banned, from a March 2012 "Campaign for the Environment." (http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/austin/council-to-take-vote-on-plastic-bags )

For a year the Plastic bag people, Plastic bag man included, pushed to get themselves and all plastic bags banned from Austin.  

Just before he left, Plastic Bag man started a free trial of Google Apps for Business with Coolhead Tech.  With Austin's plastic bag ban going into effect Plastic Bag man needed a new way to promote his singing career.  With Google Apps for Business Plastic Bag man launched a new Youtube channel,responds to fans more efficiently via Gmail and collaborates with his team of Plastic Bag people nationwide With Hangouts and Google Drive.

Why Google Apps for Business?

Austinites are proud of their committment to the environment and moving to Google Apps for business is an eco-friendly choice that thousands of Austin businesses have already taken. Google Apps provides efficiency in the cloud and that means energy savings in Austin.  A business using Gmail can decrease its environmental impact by up to 98%. In fact, small businesses with less than 50 people can save up to 172.8 kWh of energy and 101.6 kg of carbon per user per year by using Gmail instead of locally-hosted email. (source: http://www.google.com/green/products/ )