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Another summer has come and gone, the kids are back at school, the smell of autumn is in the air. As another crisp October beckons, kids everywhere are repeating the age-old question “What are you going to be for Halloween?” The answer wavers often, sometimes even after the costume is planned, made or purchased, but it’s Halloween after all and that’s just part of the fun.

Fortunately for us eco-moms, Halloween is one of those celebrations that works well in green. It’s easy to switch from drug… Continue

Packing a No Waste Lunch is healthy eco-friendly and more economical than buying prepackaged food. The average disposable “brown bag” lunch creates between 4–8 ounces of garbage everyday. That can add up to as much as 100 pounds per year! Not only do prepackaged and processed foods contain excess packaging, they are also up to 25% more expensive. And with the alarming increase of childhood obesity and diabetes, it’s more important than ever to teach healthy eating habits, especially when bringin… Continue

1) It takes approximately three 8oz bottles of water to make one disposable plastic bottle…so that we can get 8oz of hydration.

2) Approximately 1.5 million barrels of oil—enough to run 100,000 cars for a whole year—are used to make plastic water bottles, while transporting these bottles burns even more oil. Imagine a water bottle filled a quarter of the way up with oil. That’s about how much oil was needed to produce and transport the bottle.

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http://www.storyofstuff.com/ - Watch a compelling presentation about consumption and the life cycle of the stuff we make and buy. This is really well put together and although it has a few inaccuracies, is done with a little humor to get the message across better.