Green Options » green school supplies http://greenoptions.com/tag/green-school-supplies Posts tagged 'green school supplies' Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:57:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Greenraising: School Fundraising With Purposeful Products http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/10/02/greenraising-school-fundraising-with-purposeful-products/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/10/02/greenraising-school-fundraising-with-purposeful-products/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:57:38 +0000 Amy Jussel http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/10/02/greenraising-school-fundraising-with-purposeful-products/ Back to school fundraising hawking giftwrap, magazines and chocolate rubs against the grain of my eco, nutritional, and anti-consumption lifestyle…so what’s a financially strapped school to do?

Enter GreenRaising.com, an all-green gift hub of gorgeous recycled wrap, cool reusable bottles and bags, fair trade chocolate, green school supplies, soaps and lotions, even cleaning supplies!

This fabulous one stop portal imparts an earth-friendly message, while helping financially strapped schools and youth organizations with socially responsible spending. (um, could our government sign up?)

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]]> http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/10/02/greenraising-school-fundraising-with-purposeful-products/feed/ Think Green For Back To School http://kellibestoliver.greenoptions.com/2007/08/02/think-green-for-back-to-school/ http://kellibestoliver.greenoptions.com/2007/08/02/think-green-for-back-to-school/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:06:38 +0000 Kelli Best-Oliver http://kellibestoliver.greenoptions.com/2007/08/02/think-green-for-back-to-school/ For many families, it’s the time of year when back to school is growing closer and closer. When shopping for school supplies, it’s important to keep greener options in mind. From paper to pencils, from lunch bags to book bags, there are products out there that leave a lighter footprint on the earth.

The first things to remember is to reuse items you already own that are still good. If last year’s backpack is in good shape, choose to reuse instead of buying a new one. Same goes for lunch bags, binders, pencil bags, and rulers. If you must buy something new, choose vinyl-free items to eliminate the dioxins involved when using PVC. Companies like Rawganique and Ecolution are producing hemp bags, recycled rubber, and recycled plastic bags. Gecko Traders has fair-trade pencil bags made from recyled rice and feed bags from Asia. And I did a post about waste-free lunches back in February, where I highly recommended LaptopLunches cute bento boxes. ReusableBags has a plethora of awesome reusable lunch bags.

When buying paper goods, always look for recycled notebooks with a high post-consumer waste percentage. For school-aged kids, there is recycled construction paper, and Mead makes recycled-content spiral notebooks, as does Ampad Office Max and Office Depot sell recycled printer paper, and New Leaf Paper company sells a wide variety of recycled printer and notebook paper. For grown-up notebook junkies (like myself) Boulder, Colorado stationary company Vickerey has several gorgeous notebooks made of recycled or tree-free paper. 3-M makes a variety of recycled Post-Its and Rebinder makes recycled binders.

Did you know most crayons are made from petroleum? Fortunately, Prang makes 85% soybean oil crayons. There are also recycled-rubber refillable Wheely’s Pens, recycled plastic pens, pencils made from recycled denim, Paper Mate has recycled pencils, and ForestChoice makes pencils certified by the FSC.

For more green school supplies, check out The Green Office.

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