Target, where I bought Wayne’s World 1 AND 2 for $7.50, has gone one step further towards awesomeness by offering to exchange their plastic bags for reusable totes. Though I can’t find any information on Target’s website, from the “What Do You Stand For” website:

Send them your used plastic Target bags, and they will send you a coupon for a free reusable tote. They’ll even pay the postage by turning the cover of Newsweek, which features a pre-paid business reply label, into an envelope…

Target, which already prints 10 ways to reuse on the side of each plastic bag, partnered with TerraCycle, an eco-capitalism company, and Newsweek to turn plastic bags into reusable “Retotes.”

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Rogan Gregory will be the next designer for Target’s GO International. Go International is Target’s exclusive line providing affordable fashion created by world-renowned designers. All cotton used in the Rogan for Target collection is 100% certified organic, highlighting Rogan’s design sensibility of unique construction and a devotion to environmentally sensitive materials.The exclusive women’s fashion collection will launch on Target.com/go and at most Target stores nationwide on May 18, 2008, and will be available through June 28.

Gregory has three labels: ethical T-shirt label EDUN which he runs with Bono’s wife Ali Hewson, Loomstate, an all-organic line of t-shirts and jeans, and his own edgier line Rogan.

and visit Target.com/go on May 18 to buy some eco-friendly fashions.

Robert J. Ulrich, chairman and chief executive of the Target Corporation, has donated millions to open the first free-standing museum devoted to indigenous and popular musical instruments from nearly every country in the world. The museum will be located in Phoenix, Arizona, and is expected to cost a total of $125 million to build. Facilities will include an auditorium, a conservation laboratory open for public viewing, and a recording studio and galleries where visitors can see and hear instruments being played on video.

Music programs in public schools are notoriously underfunded. Check out supportmusic.com and to learn about effective tips for promoting music education in schools.