School is starting up soon and it’s time to start planning your green school efforts. Tree Hugging Family has covered a lot of school topics here already, but this year I’ll be bringing in some new cool ideas, green school gear, and tips. If you’ve got a specific question about greening your school experience (for you or the kids) this year, this would be a good time to ask. Leave a question in the comments and I’ll try to cover it soon.

That said, before we take off for the 2009-2010 school year, let’s look at some past resources plus a …read more

Maybe your school pre-plans all school field trips way in advance. Maybe not though. If your child is in a traditional school environment you can suggest that they take some eco-friendly field trips. If you’re homeschooling, gather your homeschool pals, and plan your own eco-excursion.
Now, I knew this aunt of an ex boyfriend who once said she went on a field trip in elementary school to a slaughter house (egad). She noted that this was why she never ate meat (a very eco-friendly habit). However, if slaughter house massacres seem too um, violent, here are some other ideas:
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Treehugger has the goods on a new curriculum/challenge that will be introduced in the fall at a number of schools across America. The We Can Change the World Challenge is aimed at middle school students, but is expansive enough to include various age groups.
No word on if this program is adaptable for green lovin’ homeschoolers, but you can visit the website to gather contact info. In my experience, if something is being aimed at in school kids, there’s usually some sort of projects and or materials that can be acquired by homeschooled kids as well.

For this week’s weekly green audit, we’re going to continue with green school audits. With the server issues last week, we didn’t quite finish. This is actually the fourth time I’ve tried to post about school transportation; a topic that appears to shut down this blog
I read in a book once that if you attend school for 12 years that’s over 5,000 trips to and from your school. If you multiply that number by all the students you go to school with; well, that’s quite a lot of transporting to and from school. This week we’re talking about …read more

Sorry about the absent green audit yesterday – I tried to log on and WordPress said nope, not gonna work for you. I’ll post an extra audit post later today or one on Saturday to make up for it.
In any case, this week we’re discussing greening your school. One of the bigger issues schools have is material waste. Paper waste, supply waste, and related school materials are a huge burden on the environment. You can work with your fellow classmates on this green audit, talk to your teacher, or even go higher up.
Mainly though, a good audit is nothing …read more