Thank you to Kids Konserve for sharing this alarming statistic!!

Disposable Plastic Baggies!

1 box of 50 zip-lock bags costs roughly $4.  Let’s say you use 3 every day for
an entire year.  That’s 1,095 bags! And, let’s face it, if you use plastic baggies
you use them for everything. That adds up to a minimum of $90 per year for
something that is thrown away!

REUSE!!!!!!!

We were recently featured in PTO Today. You can see the article about green fundraising here. We will also be featured in PTO Today’s April issue. Be sure to check us out!

We will also be featuring a large advertisement as well in the magazine. Let us know what you think when it goes it print in a few weeks!

Dear readers,

We recently came across a wonderful site that we know would be of great interest to a lot of you. Its call Eco Mom Alliance. According to their mission they,

The EcoMom Alliance is a global network of mothers, working together to create an Environmentally, Socially, and Economically sustainable future.

Its really great to hear about sites like these. I know many parents and moms in particular share the same values as the Eco Mom Alliance. Take a look at their site and consider joining!

Cheers,
Corey

This morning I came across Ted Wells’ blog about schools who are canceling catalogs across the country. Its quite staggering to see how much paper and trees can be saved by having a class or green team undertake such a simple initiative.

You can check out Ted’s blog at http://www.parkschool.org/blogs/ted_wells/home/

Definitely a model that can be easily replicated. Could work as a great Earth Day initiative this year!

Cheers,
Corey

Just a friendly reminder that Earth Hour this year is March 27th at 8:30pm. Since this is a weekend, schools are encouraged to participate the day before on March 26th.

For the official website, check out Earth Hour’s website at www.myearthhour.org/

Great idea. Amazing how a good one can spread!

Earth Day (in partnership with Toyota) has launched a new scholarship program for 20 Canadian high school students. According to the website “The Toyota Earth Day Scholarship Program encourages and rewards graduating Canadian high school students who have distinguished themselves through environmental community service, extracurricular and volunteer activities, and academic excellence.” Its great to see companies giving back although sometimes it pains us when programs like these are often sponsored by car and oil companies. Definitely check it out regardless.

Cheers,

Corey

This posting is meant to outline the benefits of a litter-less or waste free lunch for everyone involved.

What is a litter-less lunch? According to EcoSchools it is a lunch that “contains no throwaway packaging or food leftovers. As a first prioriy, lunches are packed in servings that will be completely eaten. To avoid any packaging, all food and drinks are packed in reusable containers within a reusable lunch bag or box. All containers are resealable, so that leftover food and drink that is not eaten can be consumed (or composted) later.”

Schools across the United States and Canada are starting their own litter-less lunches and Litter-less Lunch Fundraisers and for good reason:

Schools

• Students are taught a very simple and effective means of implementing the 3 R’s.
• Simplifies the clean-up time needed during lunch hours.
• Are able to proudly quantify the waste they successfully averted.
• Help to raise funds that can be used to help fund a green team, start a school garden and composting system or for other great uses.

School Boards

• Reduce waste disposal fees. Up to 75% of school waste comes from the lunch room.
• Alleviate the work load of custodians board-wide.

Parents

• Due to investments in products such as reusable containers and purchasing food in bulk rather than single serving sizes, families quickly begin to see the savings.
• Are provided with affordable, non-toxic products to help make packing a litter-less lunch easy.

Environment

• It goes without saying that by reducing, reusing and recycling, our environment stand to benefit.

We hope that you will consider litter-less lunches and Koru Fundraising as a way to celebrate Earth Day on April 22 this year.

All the best,

Corey

I came across a great video today about how to pack a litter-less lunch. This 4 minute video does a good job at simply and effectively demonstrating how to pack a litter-less lunch.

Enjoy,

Corey