Tree Hugging Family - Living Green

August 18th, 2008

Recycled & Sustainable Pencil Cases

Not all schools still require pencil cases, but just in case….
Case made from recycled tires:

Doy Bags - Jungle Juice Mixed Fruits Pencil Case - made from recycled juice packs.

Cargo Eco-Friendly Pencil Box Storage Container

Artist Pencil Box

These are all nice choice - and all have green aspects.
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August 11th, 2008

LEED for Schools

If your school isn’t already LEED certified, you can stand up at the next PTA meeting and suggest it. Sometimes all it takes is one voice.
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a green building rating system that uses a third-party to certify buildings as green. It’s a program of the U.S. Green Building […]

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August 1st, 2008

Past Tips for Greening Your School Experience

Before we get going on our green your back to school experience this August, I figured we’d look back at some of the green school issues we’ve already covered.
Greener school info:

School Sustainability
School Grounds
School Transportation
School Cafeteria
School Waste Reduction

Homeschool projects & other stuff: 

Got Extra 2-Liter Bottles?: Create An Eco-Bottle Treehouse
Creative Reuse Art Projects
One Planet Full […]

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February 17th, 2008

Weekly Green Audit for Youth: School Sustainability

This week’s green audit is going to be kid specific; although adults are certainly welcome to participate. We’re going to be looking at schools, or rather the greening of schools.
What we’ll be looking at this week will include:

How schools can protect resources such as paper, water, and electricity.
What’s scary and not so green about the […]

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