SCHOOL
Let’s teach our kids different habits to help the earth. Here are just a couple ways you can make a difference.
Pack a waste-free lunch- Eliminate plastic bags, plastic utensils, disposable containers, paper napkins and those brown paper bags. Instead, use reusable lunchbox, reusable drink containers, cloth napkins and silverware. You could save up to $250 a year and as much weight in waste as the average nine-year old.
Carpooling- Carpool, and save time and money. On a typical day, the average mother with school-age children spends sixty-six minutes driving— taking more than five trips to and from home and covering twenty-nine miles. If more moms carpooled, it would save them all that time and gas driving.
Pencils- Choose pencils made from recycled materials and those packed in lightweight and recyclable packaging. Pencils can be made from all sorts of things that would otherwise end up in our waste stream- like furniture, old money, and paper. Pencils account for about $121 million worth of purchases every year, and all could potentially be made from recycled materials.
