Halloween means pumpkin carving, costume-wearing, trick-or-treating and lots of kids strung out on sugar looking for their next fix. Of course, this sounds like fun for the kids, but is it necessary to fill them with lots of sugary unhealthy treats and spend lots of money to celebrate just one day of the year? Halloween […]
Zero-Waste Living
How to Create a Zero Waste Lunch
Looks like it is back to school time for most kids. Gearing up for the new school year can be fun, green and litter-less. Small changes can have a huge impact on the environment while preparing your kids lunches daily. Switching to homemade snacks or the least packaged foods instead of pre-packaged ones and providing a […]
Zero Waste Lunch Packaging Ideas
Plastic. It is everywhere you look and almost impossible to avoid. It is made from oil, which is a non-renewable resource. It actually takes more oil to recycle plastic than to make new plastic. It contains all kinds of chemicals from PVC to BPA to phthalates, which helps make the material pliable. These chemicals have […]