The Ultimate Round-Up Of Green Back-To-School Advice
August 26th, 2008 by
With green on the mind and kids in the brain, buying all your back to school clothing ranks highly on the agenda at the moment. The back-to-school posts have been coming in thick and fast on the blogosphere, so fast it’s been difficult to keep up. So here is a useful round-up of some of the best green back-to-school posts on the internet.
Eco-Street: Your Green “Back To School” Guide – Eco-Street gets us going with some great ideas of where and how to purchase green uniforms, lunch boxes, bags and stationary. They’ve even added a few PTA fundraising ideas.
Budget-Ecoist: Web Round-Up – Back to School Edition: Budget-Ecoist has a great round-up of some of the best back-to-school posts on the web.
Ethical Pulse: Think Green For Back To School – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle – Some good ideas from Ethical Pulse about reusing your existing items, recycling and reducing waste associated with items like food packaging in lunch boxes.
The Guardian: The green route back to school – Matt Gribble wrote this last year, but it applies even more today. Matt explains where you can find recycled stationary, secondhand uniforms and even recycled paper.
Eco-Fabulous: Back to School in College Green – Bamboo fiber sheets, LED Desk Lamps and 100% recycled rubber bulletin boards, Eco-fabulous shares where to buy your college-vanishing child eco-friendly products.
Eco Child’s Play: Low Impact Living: Back to School Green Style! – Cassie Walker tackles the fashion-problem with greener uniforms, how to green school supplies and the green options for getting your kids to school.
Sustainablog: Back to School Shopping Madness: From Kindergarten through College, It’s Time to Curb the Stuff – Robin Shreeves explains how and why you should stop buying your kids so much back-to-school stuff.
Green SAHM: Keeping Back to School Sane – Stephanie talks from her experience of keeping your back-to-school experience on the right side of sane.
Kellibestoliver: Think Green For Back to School – Kelli’s small post packs a hell of a resource-fuelled punch. Plenty of links here to keep you in the green.
UK Energy Saving Blog: How Can Going Back To School Be Green – The UK Energy Saving blog chimes in with some quick advice about saving energy
Moms In A Blog: Back To School – The Green Way – Crystal Unrau explains how to green your school supplies, lunch boxes, wardrobes and even your childrens’ homework.
Planet Green: Back to School Thrift Store Shopping – Take the eco option and buy back to school clothes from thrift stores.
Great Green Goods: Back to School: Recycled Lunch Bags – Will your children like recycled lunch bags? They sure look ok.
Living from More Than: Back-to-school goes green – Charlie Peverett debates some of the top tips about making back-to-school even greener.
My Yoga Online: Earth Friendly Back To School Shopping: Some more American-based back to school advice, how to buy green uniforms for your young tots.
Green & Clean Mom: Win a Green Back to School Kit – Win a green back to school kit.
Can you add any more links? Or do you have some great advice or experience to share?
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