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Is your lunch green enough?

Submitted by amnichols on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 10:05am.
The average school-age child who packs a lunch generates 67 pounds of waste per school year. That works out to 18,760 pounds of lunch waste for just one average-size elementary school.

So what can you and your children do to reduce the waste?  Here are a few tips inspired by Greenopia. Their Greenopia city guidebooks are an easy-to-understand consumer guide filled with local listings for green retailers, service providers, and organizations. » read more

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Be the greenest family on your block

Submitted by amnichols on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 1:00pm.

Green planet Compared to most of the families on our block, we do a good job with our recycling. While most of our neighbor’s garbage cans are overflowing, ours is not. Instead, we have two to four bins of recyclables at the curb most weeks. (No we don’t drink a lot of beer. » read more

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10 Ways to Green Your Home and Family

Submitted by amnichols on Tue, 07/08/2008 - 6:14pm.
These days the whole world seems to be turning green, which is a good thing not only for the environment, but your bank account.

CafeMom recently launched their Small Changes - Big Impact site with lots of tips on how to make small changes that add up to a big difference to the environment. (Full disclosure: I work for them as a community moderator and before that I was a ClubMom blogger.) » read more

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