Eco-School Cuts Trash By 46 Percent with Waste-Free Lunch Challenge
Anne Hathaway Public School green students recently participated in the Waste-Free Lunch Challenge and the results were impressive. Anne Hathaway Public School is located in Stratford, Ontario (that’s right, Justin Bieber’s hometown), with students from kindergarten to grade 6. “The Waste-Free Lunch Challenge is an …
Back to School Green Tips Part Three – Clothes
Welcome to the third and final installment in our three part series of back to school green tips that will help you make this school year a little more eco-friendly. Our previous green tips covered school supplies and school lunches, so let’s move on to …
Back to School Green Tips Part Two – School Lunches
Welcome back for part two of our three part series of back to school green tips that will help you make this school year a little more eco-friendly. When starting a new school year you are given a fresh start and can break old habits. …
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Last Day to Take Up the Waste Free Lunch Challenge in Ontario
Did you know that school lunches are a major source of waste in Ontario? Or that the average student’s lunch generates a total of 30 kilograms of waste per school year which equates to an average of 8500 kilograms (18,700 lbs) of waste per school …
Kids Today Schooled On Green Living
Planet Forward recently delivered a green living workshop on waste-free lunches to school kids in the local community. What amazed me most was just how much they already knew – for 11-year-olds, they were more educated on the environment than most of my neighbors. I …
Green Tip Of The Week – Pack Waste-Free Lunches
This green tip of the week simply involves packing a waste-free lunch for your kids or for your day at work. Did you know that the average American school-age child throws away 67 pounds of packaging a year? This includes plastic water bottles, sandwich baggies, …
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