Tree Hugging Family » less packaging http://www.treehuggingfamily.com Family Life On The Green Side Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:39:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Waste-Free School Lunches http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/waste-free-school-lunches/ http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/waste-free-school-lunches/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:24:22 +0000 Jennifer http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/waste-free-school-lunches/ Post from: Tree Hugging Family

]]> If you’re looking for some information about saving resources on lunch, (think packaging), then a visit to waste-free lunches is a must.

Waste-free lunches covers everything you need to know in order to pack an earth-friendly lunch for your kids. The waste-free lunch website notes that “It’s been estimated that on average a school-age child using a disposable lunch generates 67 pounds of waste per school year. That equates to 18,760 pounds of lunch waste for just one average-size elementary school.”

That’s a lot of waste. This site can help you beat the waste.

Ideas covered include:

  • Cost of a waste-free lunch.
  • Comparisons between a wasteful vs. not wasteful lunch.
  • How to start a waste-free lunch program in your own school (although the tips are easily adapted to home lunches for homeschooled kids).
  • Research on waste in school lunches.
  • Stories about successes on the waste-free lunch front.
  • And more.

Visit waste-free lunches and make this the year that your basic lunch efforts make a positive difference for the environment.

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]]> http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/waste-free-school-lunches/feed/ 1 How What You Eat Affects the Environment http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/how-what-you-eat-affects-the-environment/ http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/how-what-you-eat-affects-the-environment/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 18:00:00 +0000 Jennifer http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/how-what-you-eat-affects-the-environment/ Post from: Tree Hugging Family

]]> GreenLivingBuilding.com has an interesting post up – What You Eat (or don’t eat) Helps The Environment Most. We’ve discussed this issue here before, but this post is a good read. It’s got some stats neatly laid out which are trying to prove to you that

“What you eat affects our environment more than most anything else.

…more than switching to a hybrid car

…more than switching to mercury free lightbulbs

…more than recycling”

Personally, I think it’s a mixture of issues that affect our environment most; with consumerism heading up the situation. However, this post is not off base at all. Foods we eat both by type and packaging really do make a huge difference. Read the post, then come back and review some of our previous posts about healthier, less packaged foods to eat.

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