recycle

Family Activity

Author
Compiled from
REDUCE.ORG and DOITGREEN.ORG.

1. Determine how much food waste you create each day for lunch-measure and track all the food you throw away from your lunch during one week on a chart at home.

2. Brainstorm ways to reduce how much food and trash you are throwing in the garbage by 50% using the tips above.

3. Measure and track your waste after implementing no waste lunch ideas.

4. If you've achieved your goal, pack special no waste treats in your lunch!

 

Resources

Ideas for reducing waste at school, work and home, reduce.org

Getting an A at Lunch: Smart Strategies to Reduce Waste in Campus Dining guide. Download informinc.org/getatlunch.php

Success stories including schools in Minnesota
wastefreelunches.org/success.html

Call the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for multiple copies of "Creating Less Waste at School" 651-215-0232 or email clearinghouse@pca.state.mn.us

Raising an Organic Baby on a Budget

Author
Sara Grochowski
Do It Green! Minnesota

Resources

La Leche League International lalecheleague.org

Mothering, Natural Family Living mothering.com

Holistic Moms Network holisticmoms.org

The Do It Green! Minnesota Family section, doitgreen.org/article/family

The Complete Organic Pregnancy, Deirdre Dolan and Alexandra Zissu, HarperCollins, 2006.

Natural Family Living: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Parenting, Peggy O’Mara,. Pocket Books, 2000.

Peapods, St. Paul, MN
651-695-5559 •
peapods.com

 

Nu-Look Consignment Apparel
Minneapolis, MN, 612-925-0806
nulookconsignment.com

Green Up Youth Sports

Author
Ryan North
Twin Cities Green Home Store and parent

Ten Things You can do to Green Up Your Youth Sports Experience

Planning Environmentally Aware Events

Author
Lark Weller
Institute for Social, Economic and Ecological Sustainability

There often seems to be an unspoken assumption that business and environmentalism don't mix. Business functions are renowned as ostentatious shows of excess, but this does not have to be the case! Today, it is easier - and more important - than ever to plan business events in an environmentally aware manner. This article details the nuts and bolts of planning a "green" business meeting or event, from pre-event planning to post-event cleanup.

Resources

Web Resources

EPA: Planning Environmentally Aware Events: www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/grn-mtgs/index.htm

Green Biz: www.greenbiz.com

Print Resources

In Earth's Company: Business, Environment, and the Challenge of Sustainability (Conscientious Commerce), Carl Frankel, 1998

The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability, Paul Hawken, 1993

 

Organizations

Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
520 Lafayette Rd N
Floor 2
St. Paul, MN 651-296-3417
www.nextstep.state.mn.us

Minnesota Department of Administration - Materials Management Division
200 Administration Bldg.
50 Sherburne Ave.
St. Paul, MN 651-296-1424
www.mmd.admin.state.mn.us/envir.htm
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