Come September, kids can be classified into two groups: either they can’t wait to see friends and start up with the sports team or drama club, or they are already plotting a fake illness to avoid going back to school.
I was the type of kid who looking forward to going back, but I also wanted to return with new clothes, a new hair style, and cool school supplies.
Now that being green is actually kind of trendy, it shouldn’t be too hard to convince the kids that environmentally-friendly products are the way to go. This means the usual tools like paper and notebooks, but clothing and lunch box materials too.
Quick tips:
* Before buying brand new clothes like jeans and t-shirts at the mall, why not subtly suggest a trip to a cool vintage store or a local boutique?
* Invest in a few reusable containers to cut down on the waste materials used in lunches such as wax paper, aluminium foil, and plastic baggies.
* Look for school supplies made with 100% recycled content. Recycled paper is a must but there are many other products made from recycled content or renewable resources like pens, pencils, paper clips and more.
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ezineaerticles » Blog Archive » Green Rules for Back to School says:
2 September 2008 at 11 h 51 min[...] Original post by Cheryl Gudz [...]
anonymouse says:
11 September 2008 at 9 h 10 minWhy is it that school teachers, and caretakers use there cars. They should all change to using the public transit system. That would save the earth. But seems like school boards like to take the talk of for a green earth. But then they hope into there car. Funny.