I know the whole notion of going green can be overwhelming. What choices do I make? What does it really mean to live a green lifestyle? And with school starting soon, what is it that I can do to help my kids or our students in this arena?

One of the biggest steps you can take is to eliminate the one use items in your child’s lunch…or yours for that matter! With drinking boxes and sandwich bags and disposable single-serve items, the waste can really add up over the course of a school year. We have a fantastic stainless steel lunch bundle that eliminates the waste and is completely plastic, BPA, lead, and aluminum free.

In this week’s article, Sarita Douglas talks about 10 simple things our schools can do to become more green. From simply changing out their light bulbs to reducing paper product consumption and creating a school garden, the possibilites are easy, educational, and fun! By getting the green education in place and watching our future generation in action, we can all become inspired to do our part. I have this awesome vision of our kids coming home and teaching the adults how easy it is to live green.

The school season is almost here and I’m excited! We live in a time where green opportunities abound. Imagine all the possibilities that we can do both individually and together to make for a happier, healthier planet. What a great way to start off the school year. We also have an extensive selection of Back to School items to help our kids get a great green start.

Have a great green day!

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I recently attended an event and was surprised to see how many people were still carrying plastic water bottles and realized that there is still a lot of educating to do. My biggest concern is for our collective children whom we are indoctrinating into a plastic lifestyle.

When I was a kid (in the late 60’s and 70’s) plastic was minimal in our culture. Over the past 40 years, plastic has been inserted everywhere and with the way our younger generations are exposed to it through water bottles, fast food packaging, plastic wrap, and more, is causing me concern for their health. We simply do not know what the long-term exposure effects will be — yet another reason to avoid them.

In this week’s article, Stainless Steel 411, I explore why we should choose stainless steel over plastic. One of the biggest places we can have an impact in this arena is in our children’s lunch boxes. Check out our Back to School section for lots of healthy planet / healthy kid choices, whether they’re 4 years old or future College grads.

Have a great green day!

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Hey all,

A few years back I dreamed of an idea for a series of books that I am calling the Simple Sustainability Series.  Simply put (and no pun intended), they are a series of book designed to simply explain the whole notion of living green and sustainably.  My first two offering are My Ordinary Extraordinary Yard, which is the story of how the Urban farm came to be and Fowl Play, a book on keeping chickens in the city.

Needless to say I am very excited.  Please check out the listings on our YourGuidetoGreen.com site (see Latest Products section) and as a limited time special offer pre-order both of them for $10, including shipping!

My Ordinary Extraordinary Yard / Fowl Play COMBO Pre-Order

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It’s that time once again when many are heading back to school and there are so many things that we need to think about! Just getting our children and maybe even ourselves sitting back into the classroom is an event. Getting ready for school is quite an undertaking and has quite an impact on our pocketbooks and our environment. At YourGuideToGreen, we try to make both as painless as possible.

Having gone back to school at the age of 39, I remember how exciting it was. Once I had received the supply lists from my teachers, I was always eager to get to the store and fill my recycled denim backpack.

The challenge becomes what choices do we make around getting our children and ourselves back to school? From healthy garbage free lunch boxes to purchasing used books, there are oodles of things that we can all do to reduce our impact this school season. In The Big Green School Bus, our own Maura Yates explores many of the things that we can do to lighten our back to school steps.

You can also Shop Green 4 Back to School and know you’re purchasing quality eco-products for this school season that won’t break the bank and are durable and time tested. From lunchtime needs (including Lunchopolis!), to stainless steel bottles, to supplies for future College grads, shop with conscience before heading back.

Have a great green day!

Greg

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