June is a busy month.

Among the many changes I've had to adjust to so far this summer, carving out some time to go hiking with some friends as a bachelor party was NOT something I had a hard time deciding to do!

June in middle Tennessee means that it is about 90-95 degrees with 95-100% humidity every bloody day.

Can you believe I hiked for 2 whole days in only one pair of socks?! Yeah, with REI's Inego Crew Hiking socks, it was an easy feat to accomplish.

...and they're in the EcoSensitive line!

What if bottles, bags, and other plastic products could be made from biodegradable materials? Oh, wait, they can be!

Have you heard of biodegradable plastic products made from a substance called PLA?

PLA (polylactic acid) is a resin that is mostly made from, you better believe it, corn (although it can be made from other starchy sources such as potatoes).

As Elizabeth Royte from the Smithsonian Magazine puts it, "[This is] an industrial resin poised to become--if you can believe all the hype--the future of plastic in a post-petroleum world".

That said, are PLA products safe? Are they really biodegradable? Do they really save energy and money?