 | Tell your parents and/or school not to use styrofoam. It's hard on the environment, and will just land up in a land fill. |
Eating Green
Say "no" to foam
Grow Your Food
| Give gardening a try! Growing your own food is amazing! Plus you save energy and time, and get in touch with your backyard, |
Eat Local
| Make sure you know where the food is coming from, it wastes LOTS of gas if it comes from across the country. Buy fresh foods from your local market (saves gas). |
Fight the Plastic!
| Buy a reuseable water bottle instead of buying multiple plastic water bottles that may be recyclable but still not entirely eco-friendly! |
EATING .....Green
| Eating salads uses less energy because if you ordered meat or anything you are using a lot of energyjust to cook it! |
Shop Organic
| If you want to eat green, and pretty much everywhere else is really killer expensive, try going to Trader Joe's, or something like Fresh Market. |
Plant your own garden
| Planting your own garden is easy and its eco-friendly! My family plants tomatoes, lettuce,spinach, carrots, onions and more! Its good for your health and its organic! |
Cows=Methane
| Did you know that cows take up around 30% of the Earth's surface!? That's okay I guess except that cows release methane which adds to global warming! Go Veggies! |
Eat Sustainably on the Go
| When you're at the store or eatinga t a restaurant and still want to eat sustainably but forgot your seafood guide at home, no problem, text the word "fish" and the name of the fish to 30644, standard rates probably apply |
Grow your own herb garden
| Instead of going to the grocery store and buying herbs that are in plastic and/or metal packaging, that have also been treated with pesticides and fertilizers, grow your own! All that you have to do is go to a local feed dealer, like the Farmers' Association, buy organic seeds, biodegradable pots, and a spray bottle to put your homemade pesticides in. You could even look for organic potting soil. And don't worry about fertilizer, just compost vegetable and fruit peels/scraps, even grass clippings and used coffee grounds! If you take good care of your garden, you'll most likely get fresher tasting, less expensive, all-around good for you herbs! |
Natural Allergy Medication
| Next time you go to the supermarket or your local heath food store, go to the honey isle. Look at the labels and find one that says it was produced in a town near your area. When bees create pollen, they reform it into honey. And when they do, they are also creating a natural substance that helps with allergies! Because the honey is local, you will be dealing with pollen and other things that are closer to you than somewhere far away. And remember, when you're done, recycle the bottle. |
fall in love with reusable containers
| If you're like the average family, there are probably 30+ plastic containers floating around the cabinets. Use those to transport any sort of food to school. Not only does it use less plastic bags, it prevents food from getting crushed in backpacks, etc. |
eco-friendly lunchbox!
| At some schools,you either bring a lunch or buy a tray. Instead of brownbagging it like your friends,bring a reusable, ecofriendly bag that easily holds all of your lunch. Plus,not only are you saving trees,you can stick your bottles and recyclble items in there to bring home with you to recyle. |
Reuse you Plastic Bags
| Once done eating some snack food that was in a plastic bag put it in your lunch and when you unpack your lunch wash out you bag and hang it up to dry |
Eat Locally
 | The average piece of food on your dinner plate has traveled a whopping 1500 miles! Save gas and money by growing your own food (at least plant a fruit tree and some tomatoes!), and going to local farmer’s markets. |
Eat Water!
| | Your body is about 70 percent water. The planet is about 70 percent water. The more high-water-content foods you can ingest—even up to 70 percent overall—the healthier you’re likely to be. (Don’t take our word for it—be sure and check in with yourself—no one knows you better than you!—and your doctor.) |
