School is right around the corner, which means it is time to order my favorite Avery cardboard binders. Over the years, I have switched to these type of binders since I was sick and tired of throwing away those vinyl binders. At the end of the year I recycle rather than trash all the […]
National School Lunch Program Struggles. Lunch Line Producer Reveals
Lunch Line, a film produced by Michael Graziano and Ernie Park, reaches deep down into your soul to shine a light on the issues surrounding the National School Lunch Program started in 1946 (See the trailer here.) Every day, the Program feeds 32 million children, in which only a dollar is spent on the actual meal. Listen […]
Portion Control Help with Laptop Lunch Boxes
I love Laptop lunches and wrote about the Company’s nifty lunch boxes for young and old alike when I just started Green Talk. When I wrote about the Company my bent was the amount of food wrap waste that we generate from our bagged lunches. In fact 67 pounds of garbage per kid according to […]
Why Great Teachers Quit. Farber Advises How to Stop the Exodus
Welcome guest poster, Katy Farber, author of Why Teachers Quit. She also blogs at Non-Toxic Kids. This post is quite timely with the kids getting ready to go back to school. Did your child’s favorite teacher suddenly leave mid-year, or quit in the summer? Have you noticed the palpable stress levels of teachers and staff […]
Green News for 6.27.2010: Urine, Carbon Nanotubes, and LCD Waste Uses
Photo by Fernando de Sousa. Here are the green links for this week! I have to say, the news get more interesting every week. In the links are articles ranging from the environmental impact of nuclear, introduction of new electric/hybrid cars to how LCD waste could prevent bacterial infections. What is this world going to […]
The Cartel Movie: Education and Politics Equal Money
I received this email from my friend, Anastasia, about the movie, The Cartel, where education and politics spells money. As many of you might know, our governor slashed state funding from all of our schools. Our taxes in New Jersey are one of the highest in the country. The sad part is many schools despite […]
MilkMuny Eco-Fundraising. Get Paid to Collect Milk and Juice Cartons
Milk does a Body Good, right? The containers? Well, that is a different story. According to the EPA, over 510,000 tons of milk cartons are generated in the US but only .5% of them are recycled. The rest sadly sit in a landfill. In my case, my town does not recycle milk or juice cartons. So, I can’t […]
Back to School Brings Up Issues of Needed Conservation
Photo by Heather Elias This last week, my children returned to school. I was careful to re-use as many items that I had and only buy what I needed opting for items that I could recycle at the end of their lives. I had it with the typical plastic coated binder that ended up in […]
