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Here in Dublin, lunches are provided by the school: sandwiches, fruit, water and milk in a paper sack. I got so fed up of seeing discarded water bottles and milk cartons littering the pathway around my kids’ school everyday, going to general waste trucks, that I started a special Green Bin competition to see which class could recycle most. Now there’s hardly any waste and the children have shown so much interest we’re starting a Green Club when school resumes in September! Hooray!

I subscribe to your newsletter and something I am doing to “green” my kids back to school regimen is having them reuse their folders, markers, crayons, etc. from last school year. There is no reason to buy new ones and throw the others away just to have fresh ones for this year, when there is nothing wrong with their ones from last year.

This school year we are going to start packing our daughter’s lunch in a bento box. She loves the tiny containers it holds…and I love the fact that we are “going green” by washing them and reusing them!

Our daughter is going to a neighborhood school this year that she can walk to everyday. Better for the environment and good for her health!

REusing what they can- and buying recycleable paper, recyclebale batteries- rechargeable batteries for things, green pencils- its hard but we do consider what we are buying and if its bad for the enviorment

This school year, I will continue to send my child to school with a reusable lunch bag and drink container, but I am more excited about what I will be doing this year in my own classroom. I am a teacher and my students will be learning via SMARTboard. This means that my lessons will be paperless! The SMARTboard allows me to bring the world to my students without all the paper and clutter. They can learn, interact, and even take quizzes. I’m so excited about this new adventure.

Since three years ago, we have been practicing recycling at home. One of the challenges is for the children to continue on practicing green habits when they are out of the house and continue to recycle and reuse in school.

We segregate garbage in the house and also encourage reuse of school items.

since the boys haven’t destroyed their current bags, we’re going to reuse them for as long as they’ll allow

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We are purchasing all recycled materials. Pencils, paper, a green lunch kit, and I’ve even found juice pouch folders. If we all do something…it makes a difference!

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Definitely trying to decrease waste with lunches this year!

we’re going to be using use washable, reusable & bpa-free lunch containers instead of plastic sandwich bags and other plastic containers.

I think your “going back to school green” is a great place to get ideas! As for me and my girls,,,,, Throughout the year I save sturdy pieces of cardboard, the kind like gift and cereal boxes are made from. My girls will decorate them with recycled clothing material, old greeting cards, stickers….. I then cover them with recycled clear plastic. I use double-sided clear heat and bond strips. We get cute folders made this way.

i subscribed and we are using more of the green items like notebooks even their pencils are made from recycled products which is awesome

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I’ve purchased stainless steel lunch boxes and containers for my grandchildren for this coming school year!

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so cool

we take turns carpooling the children in the immediate neighborhood mverno@roadrunner.com

We buy organic snacks and food for snack/lunch time, use SIGG bottles, and reusable stainless steel containers. Use recycled supplies – even folders from last year which are still in graet shape. Non toxic crayons, doughs, wood for my toddler toys.
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I pack the kids’ lunch in a brown paper bag inside a lunch sack, and when they finish eating they put the food scraps back in the bag and bring them home for composting!

We homeschool which cuts down on emissions from daily travel back and forth to school.

My grandchildren are learning to do so much more than we did while my kids were growing up. My daughter-in-law and son all have water bottles, reuseable lunch containers, etc. Two of the children are very involved in Soccer and they use these things for going to the games, taking snacks for the other two who go to watch their other siblings, etc. They “repurpose” their outgrown clothing each year…One granddaughter has a sister of a friend in another state and hers goes there; any that don’t have a specific person to pass them on to give the clothes to charity. My daughter in law is going to work part time at her son’s preschool so there won’t be any extra driving there.

I’m sending my daughter to school with an eco friendly lunchbox and reusable snack bags. She uses a stainless steel water bottle and wax paper baggies rather than plastic. I’m planning to introduce the school to eco friendly cleaning supplies in the classrooms.

I use tupperware instead of plastic bags, I add a thermos instead of bottled water, and I add a linen napkin instead of a paper one.

I signed up for the newsletter! We use resusable lunch totes for everyone – my daughter and my husband!

Thanks for the giveaway!

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We are using the new “lunch” kits with all re-useable items. My only concern is that they will lose the pieces before the end of the year!

Well first of all i like the backpacks that yall are giving away they are so cute especially the dog. For school i use paper bags to put my daughter lunch in and this will help out alot. Thanks for the opportunity to enter this sweepstakes.

We are using ecofriendly sippy cups and bento boxes which in not only green but makes drinking and eating fun!

We are sending my 1st grader to school with a reusable water bottle this year instead of disposable juice boxes.

Here in Hong Kong, most people school buy lunch from the school canteen and the food is usually served in plastic plates and cutlery. Well I bring my lunch from home everyday in a reusable plastic container, along with my food I drink water from my reusable water bottle. Cheers, B.

i subscribe. I’m packing my son’s lunch in reuseable containers rather than plastic baggies. I like the puppy backpack best.

This is my daughter’s first year at school and I am very excited to keep the reduce reuse recycle mantra that is in her home life into her school. So many green options are available for school supplies and homemade yummy healthy lunches will accompany her to class. We do not purchase character laden clothes and instead shop consignment or locally made.

We teach our children to reuse as many of their school supplies as they can. They become active in this process and learn to take care of their things, in order to make them last. We pack lunch everyday. I use containers and reusable water bottles. I wash and reuse plastic baggies when needed. When kids are taught from a young age to participate in these practices, it becomes a perfectly natural process for them.

We use reusable water bottles and reuse our plastic bags or use tupperware.

Instead of wasting paper writing down things on a sheet of paper I’ll misplace, I write them on a dry erase board. Then if need be make a recording so I want forget what I need to buy.

I am not sure if I need to make two comments or one so I will make one. I subscribed.
We use reusable containers and recycled notebook paper and pencils.

I signed up for the newsletter. We pack lunches and use a stainless steel water bottle and sandwich holder for them.

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I subscribed and one green thing we do is use tupperware in my sons lunch instead of plastic bags. Thanks for the chance!

We recycle, reuse and donate extras to those less fortunate at the Appalachian Helping hands Clothes closet. Cannon visits family memebers frequently and would love this backpack! Thanks! senekers@comcast.net

I subscribed! We are a little more “greener” this back to school year because we are not buying any pencils/pencil holders/markers/scissors etc. I figure we have enough stuff to get them through another year without buying new stuff!

nice!

no brown paper bags baggies etc all resuable containers signed up for the newsletter thanks for the chance to win eaglesforjack@gmail.com

To help the planet we use mostly all reusable household items including diapers, wipes, un-paper towels, pads, dishware, utensils, napkins, etc.

I subscribed.

I pack bento or other lunches and use reusable containers rather than disposable.

This will be my son’s first year in school so I am still learning what must be done! We bought an organic cotton lunchsack and plan to pack lunches with no waste. We are buying used clothing and organic clothing. We are currently seeking an eco-friendly backpack, so I hope he wins one!

I am going to pack my child’s lunch using reusable containers.

We were using paper bags and plastic sandwich bags. Now we’ve gone to a lunch sack and all reusable containers.

I’ve stopped using so many Ziploc baggies for snacks & use more re-usuable containers. And instead of buying individual packs of milk, I use a Thermos Funtainer for my kids.

we use re-useable plastic containers for lunches -extra bonus – things don’t get mushed !

“Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want
to live in.”…..lets vote the panda, elephant, pig n puppy for the icon for this bag…..because when we plant a tree, never plant only one. Plant four — one for shade,
one for fruit, one for beauty, and one for them….

I have always tried to use as many reusable items as I can. My kids are really getting into it this year they tried to find as many recycled school supplies as they could when we went shopping, and even reused some supplies from last year.