In a couple of weeks, the kids will be returning to school. Make this year a PVC free school supplies year. Why? According to the Center for Health, Environment, and Justice, “Many children’s school supplies, such as lunchboxes, backpacks and binders, are often made out of PVC—a toxic plastic that is dangerous to our health [...]
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How would you describe a teenager to someone not from this Earth? Disagreeable, know it all, self-centered, and moody? But at the same time, they can be equally passionate about what rocks their world. I know. I have two teenagers. Because of their unbridled spirit, they are prime candidates to save this Planet and influence [...]
Photo by Cavin B. This week’ s roundup is an eclectic mix of green news form the state of green marketing to IBM’s big splash into water management: Financial Incentives Could Spur Green Roof Installations “The Clean Energy Stimulus and Investment Assurance Act of 2009 (S.320) introduced by Sen. Maria E. Cantwell (D-Wash.) intends to [...]
April 27, 2009 is National Healthy Schools Day , which promotes green and healthy schools for our children. It will be celebrated throughout the US and Canada. Janelle Sorensen, Senior Writer and Health Consultant for Healthy Child Healthy World submitted the following post to me which is being cross-posted on Healthy Child, Healthy World’s blog to get the word out about [...]
In celebration of Earth Day, Walmart announced its “Earth Day, Every Day” School Challenge, in which the winning school will receive $20,000 to help further green their school. The purpose of the challenge is to recognize those schools that are taking active strives to create a greener Earth. How do you apply? Between April 3-May [...]
Video reproduced by permission of TED.com This is an excellent video by Sir Ken Robinson, an engaging speaker, about how schools kill our creativity featured at a TED conference. This video is not just for parents or grandparents of school age children. It is for all us who felt our own creativity is or was hindered by our [...]
Some call me frugal. Others would call me cheap. I prefer the term practical and thrifty. Take for example buying school supplies. I can’t conceive of buying all brand new school supplies when my cabinets could double as my own Staples stores. Every time you go to buy supplies, they come in packages. If your [...]
Updated 1/23/2012 Do you want to go to college to obtain a college or graduate degree, but that dreams seem impossible due to money or time constraints? Perhaps you need to fulfill your professional development credits but traveling for work is in the way. Consider going to school online. In addition to furthering your career, [...]
Photo by Woodleywonderworks by permission Do you remember the following lyrics from the Crosby, Sills and Nash’s song, “Teach Your Children?” “Teach your children well, Their father’s hell did slowly go by, And feed them on your dreams The one they picked, the one you’ll know by.” There is truth in the lyrics of this [...]
