July 31st's Tip

Back to School: Continuing from yesterday's guest post from Terra Wellington, we wanted to share a few more tips to green your child's (or your) back to school. Textbooks. If you have to purchase textbooks, buy them used, and sell them back whe…

Frequent Television Contributor and Actress Terra Wellington (www.terrawellington.com) is the author of The Mom’s Guide to Growing Your Family Green: Saving the Earth Begins at Home. For parents who are at their wits end with finding things for their children to do this summer, never fear. School is near. They’ll be going from your lounge pad to their home away from home in a jiffy. And as you consider how you might get involved in your child’s school this upcoming year, I suggest you consider how you can make that educational experience more green and healthy. Between regular school hours, before-school care, and after-school care, most children spend at least half of their waking hours at school. Since your children learn, play, and eat at school, wouldn’t you want that experience to be as eco-friendly and non-toxic as the home they came from? In talking about just one of the many environmental issues your kid may face at school, children are more vulnerable than adults to toxic chemicals. The Children’s Environmental Health Network states “Pound for pound, children eat more food, drink more water and breathe more air than adults. Thus, they are likely to be more exposed to substances in their environment than are adults.” So, the challenge is in how to make greener and healthier changes in your child’s school within a reasonable time period without ruffling administrator feathers, using up all your free time, and not overly pressuring a school’s budget. Here are some starting tips for you on getting your child’s school to be more green. A complete “Green School Action Blueprint” is available in my book. Inform Yourself. Know what are the areas in which a school can be greener and healthier,…

Cork harvesting has been a way of life in Mediterranean Europe for at least 1000 years. The ancient cork forests stretch along the southern Mediterranean coast from Italy to Portugal with individual cork trees living up to 600 years. Cork harvesting is one o…

Now that we are into the midsummer mowing season, I figured it is a good time to repost this critical blog entry from last s…

Welcome to the July 27th, 2009 edition of All Things Eco. Be sure to Stumble the posts you like, or submit them to other social bookmarking services. Let's promote each other, as well as this blog carnival. We returned from CT Saturday evening. Had a lot of fun,…

The giveaway for the Pangea Organics facial scrub and facial cream from Beautorium has closed, and I have randomly selected a winner! Callie (comment #159) is our winner! Congrats! As usual, I will be emailing the winner right after I post this and will allow…