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Eco Back to School: Greening Your School’s Parent Organization

Parent/teacher organizations are the work horses of schools across America.  They influence decision-making.  They affect morale.  They connect people–parents, teachers, administrators, communities....

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How to be a good eco warrior, even when life gets in the way

Yesterday was the first day of school for Recycla’s daughters. Middle school for both, in case you were wondering.  Surprisingly, the girls didn’t complain too much when Recycla and Mr. Recycla walked...

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A mouth full of chemicals

Recycla’s younger daughter got braces last week. As happened with her older sister, the girl came out of the orthodontist’s office with a large bag filled with supplies, including special brushes for...

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Eco and budget friendly Halloween costumes

Recycla was more than a bit surprised on Monday when she realized that it was time to flip the page of her calendar to a new month. October. If you are a parent, that means it’s time to start thinking...

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Pumpkins galore

When you think of Halloween, what comes to mind?  Witches?  Ghosts?  Candy?  Pumpkins? Pumpkins are one of Recycla’s favorite parts about Halloween and fall in general.  She loves their cheerful orange...

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Alternatives to Halloween candy

Every Halloween, Recycla’s children put on costumes and go out into their neighborhood, going door to door to beg for candy.  Recycla’s neighbors are generous people and they not only give out LOTS of...

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Happy Halloween!

It’s October 31 — one of the greatest days in a kid’s year. Help keep it safe for everyone, including the people coming to your front door tonight, by taking a few simple precautions: First and...

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Great “Green” Holiday Traditions for Your Whole Family

Enviro Girl’s kids are counting the days until Christmas and she’s spending December keeping them entertained on the cheap in an eco-friendly way.  By having a LOT of fun all month, they’re able to...

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Stocking Stuffers

Eco Lassie loves Christmas, especially finding eco-friendly stocking stuffers, which are such a delight to find on Christmas morning. She combed through catalogs and websites to bring you some of the...

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Create A Backyard Bird Paradise

One of Enviro Girl’s favorite winter hobbies involves a $15 outdoor bird feeder.  Every day feathered visitors fly in for a meal, hang out on the tree branches and fence posts and add color to the dull...

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Eco-Easter Ideas

As the Easter Bunny gears up to hop through and deliver baskets in a few weeks, Enviro Girl’s busy giving free advice on how to make those egg hunt/basket traditions a bit more environmentally...

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A Greener (and cheaper!) Way to Get Your Sporting Gear

It’s a new season at Enviro Girl’s house.  The basketballs have been put aside, the baseball gloves and soccer balls are out of storage.  Because she’s got 3 growing boys, Enviro Girl is used to...

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Do it for the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees

It’s dandelion season in many parts of the U.S.  If you don’t have a sea of yellow on your lawn yet, you probably will soon.  The temptation is to KILL THEM ALL with POISON POISON HERBICIDE POISON, but...

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Sun safety, the eco way

Recycla can’t believe it’s June and that school is over for the year. That means lots of time outside and at the pool for her family, which means going through a lot of sunscreen. Recycla and one of...

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Where’s the sugar? You’d be surprised…

This spring Enviro Girl taught a class of 2nd graders about nutrition and one of the activities they did involved reading the labels on various beverage containers:  a can of soda, a bottle of sports...

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Eco Back to School: Recycling Classroom Supplies

According to the National Retail Federation, the average family will spend $634.78 on apparel, shoes, supplies and electronics back-to-school shopping this year.  While the bulk of this money will be...

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Eco Back to School: Realistic eco-friendly school supplies

In the next few weeks, many eco blogs and websites will have posts and articles about eco-friendly school supplies. Recycla and the other Eco Women are big fans of anything eco-friendly, but as women...

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Eco Back-to-School: Safe and Sturdy Lunchbags and Backpacks

One of the big and necessary expenses of back to school shopping, whether outfitting a preschooler or a college student, is backpacks.  This is one area where you definitely get what you pay for, the...

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Eco Back to School: Easy, nutritious, delicious, eco school lunches

Recycla has had children in school for nine years now (a combined 17 years between the two girls) and in all that time her daughters have never once bought lunch at their schools. They don’t like the...

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Eco Back-To-School: Swap It!

Back to school supplies can cost up to $100 if you have a few kids heading back to school this fall. Tack on book fees, activity fees, gym shoes and lunches and things start to get expensive. Regular...

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