It’s been a long haul, but after 8 plus years our kids are finally on semi auto-pilot in the morning. There are still a few pieces of our morning routine where guidance is needed, but our three boys make a good effort to independently get their “jobs” done. One of those morning jobs is packing…
Reusable lunch box
Product Review: LunchBots Stainless Steel Lunch Containers
Lunch boxes are a hot topic of conversation these days. It’s hard not to talk about them when children’s lunches create more than 3.5 billion pounds of garbage each year, which amounts to a crazy 18,760 pounds of trash annually from an average sized elementary school. That’s a lot of waste. The Sierra Club estimates…
6 Eco-Friendly Picks for Back-to-School Lunches
This post is part of this months Green Moms Carnival Back-to-School edition hosted by Micaela over at Mindful Momma. Be sure to stop by for lots of great tips and suggestions for sending your kids back-to-school the eco-friendly way. Can you hear it? The big yellow school bus is warming up its engine and testing…
Reduce the Garbage-Switch to a Sustainable Lunch Box
Through August 31, 2010 Kids Konserve is offering Groovy Green Livin readers a 15% discount on all products -just enter the code “groovy” at check out. Wow! It is hard to imagine that children’s lunches create more than 3.5 billion pounds of garbage each year, which amounts to a crazy 18,760 pounds of trash annually…