12-Year-Old Boy Suspended for Selling Junk Food

Many schools have eliminated junk food from vending machines on campuses, and some have even gone so far to ban it entirely. When schools have outlawed junk food, some students have responded by "dealing" fatty snacks to their peers. Recently, a 12-year-old boy from Liverpool … [Read more...]

Green Schools: Irvine Unified Goes Solar!

Students in the sunny southern California town of Irvine will soon attend schools powered by photovoltaic panels. In November, Irvine Unified School District's Board of Trustees unanimously voted to install solar at all of their 21 school sites. Partnering with the solar … [Read more...]

Grow Your Own Tree Hugger: 101 Activities to Teach Your Child How to Live Green

Here's a fun book you may enjoy. It could inspire you with new ways to teach your child about living green. Or it may make a great gift for another parent that you know who could use some help in the eco-department. Grow Your Own Tree Hugger: 101 activities to teach your child … [Read more...]

Open Ended Play Lets Kids’ Imaginations Set Sail!

Editor's note: The following piece is guest post by Dalit Holzman from Natural Pod, one of our favorite eco-friendly toy companies. Dalit is part of the Natural Pod team (www.naturalpod.com) and raises her two daughters as open-endedly as possible...with the help of some … [Read more...]

EWG Gives School Cleaning Supplies Their Report Cards (and it ain't pretty)

Last week, while volunteering at my daughter's classroom Halloween party, I flinched a little as I saw one of the other parents dutifully strolling around dispensing the requisite waterless, chem-filled hand sanitizers. Aside from my skepticism that anti-bacterial soaps will … [Read more...]