BOISE - Maybe you had a paper route, or sold lemonade, but a 12-year-old from Parma is running her own business, and it's green.

Amber Shriner says she loves to shop for groceries, and when she goes shopping, she makes sure to bring reusable bags as an environmental-friendly alternative to paper or plastic.

"You know, when people use plastic bags, and they just throw them out, sea-life just sees them floating by and they just swallow them," said Amber Shriner, a young entrepreneur from Parma.

The 12-year-old says she has a passion for animals and nature and that's what led her to start her own business. She says her product, reusable bags, are a solution to protect the environment; your groceries; and something that will allow you to stretch your gas budget. Shriner says they are made with NASA-developed technology and aren't like other re-useable bags.

"Wow, they are really cool bags, and I said that's it, that's what we should call them," Shriner said. "(That is, ) 'Kool Bags Sold by a Kool Kid.'"

Shriner says there is a difference between canvas-reusable bags and her bags. Where cloth bags are good for dry foods and also non-perishables, and 'Kool Bags' are good for locking in the heat and also keeping items cold.

"I don't want this to go bad when I get home I'm gonna put this in the perishable bag," said Shriner while placing butter into her shopping cart.

Shriner says her reusable bags are unique, because they have three layers of insulation.

"These can keep the groceries cool for up to three hours," Shriner said.

She says with that window, you could eliminate multiple trips during errands and cut down on gas.

"So you can go in one straight line, who knows, maybe the grocery store is in the middle (of your errand run)," Shriner said.

Shriner says, now, when you check out at the super market, neither plastic or paper have to be an option.

She says 'Kool Bags' not only are a good cause for the environment but with every bag she sells she'll donate 10-percent of her profits to the 2009 Winter Special Olympics in Boise.

To learn more about 'Kool Bags,' and how to get your hands on one, here is a link to Shriner's website: YouthBusiness.us