Seven years ago, a woman named Sarah Kauss set out to design a vessel that would make plastic water bottles obsolete. A lofty goal? Um, yeah: Around the same time, the average American was using 167 disposable bottles annually (and recycling only 38 of them). 

Still, Kauss was determined: ”I believed that if we made a crave-worthy bottle that combined fashion with function, people would stop buying disposable bottles, and we could reduce single-use plastic consumption worldwide,” she writes. With that mission in mind, S’well was born. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | S'well bottles make reducing your plastic footprint easier (and more stylish)

They’ve played over 5,000 shows. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They were cool in 1977. Their lead guitar player owns over 400 quirky guitars. They can do whatever they want.

So this year, at the urging of their record label, power pop rockers Cheap Trick decided to release a Christmas album, Christmas Christmas. 

2017 has seen no shortage of underwhelming holiday albums released by the likes of Hanson, 98 Degrees, and Gwen Stefani. But with Christmas Christmas, these quirky rockers — famous for tunes like “Surrender” and “I Want You to Want Me” — didn’t simply release a Christmas album. Rather, they blasted out a traditionally vibrant Cheap Trick album… but with Christmas-themed songs.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Hold on to your (Santa) hat: 'Christmas Christmas' is the 2017 holiday album you need