Green Options

The Big Apple will always have my heart. New York City is where I  first learned about sustainability and green living. Ironic I know, but it’s true. Well here’s some back-to school ideas for all you New Yorkers out there. It’s provided in courtesy of Greenopia New York, the independently researched guide to all green services and business in NYC area

ORGANIC PACKED LUNCHES (don’t forget the BOX!):

Send them to school with healthy snacks and fresh, locally grown grub from these yummy markets:

Back to the Land

142 7th Ave. 
Brooklyn, NY 11215
718-768-5654

 Elm Health

1695 1st Ave. 
New York, NY 10028
212-348-8500

Vitality Health and Organic Market

46-03 Broadway 
Astoria, NY 11103
718-274-1591

I am also a big fan of the Farmer’s Market in Union Square. There’s a wide variety of Organic produce and also supporting local farms in upstate New York. Highly recommended.

Well maybe.

Manufacturers and retailers of school supplies have been worried this year about how the lousy economy will impact consumer spending in the traditional back-to-school season, late July- mid September….depending on where you live. Back-to-School is the second biggest retail selling season (after Christmas) for retailers and for some manufacturers (backpacks, school supplies, etc.) the make or break time of year.

So, a recent study by the NPD group, reported in Progressive Grocer, must be sending shivers down spines across the country.

There should be much less consumer traffic in the stores aisles this back-to-school season, if the results of the NPD Group’s annual Back-to-School 2008 survey of consumers’ purchasing intentions are borne out in retailers across the country.