Reversing the school styrofoam lunch tray trend
It may not seem like such a huge environmental issue, but when you consider the millions of students in the USA alone; the humble school lunch tray does have an impact.
I’ve been receiving a few emails of late from concerned parents and students in regard to a trend for [...]

National Ride2School Day, Wednesday 17 March 2010.
The Ride2School Program is a behaviour change program which aims to increase the number of students walking and riding to school. Ride2School encourages healthy lifestyles by increasing students’ physical activity levels. It’s good for their health, good for their education, good for the environment and good for the family [...]

The Schools Clean Up Day is on Friday 5th March 2010
Inspiring children to care for the environment is a vital part of Clean Up Australia.  Since 1992 Schools Clean Up Day has allowed school students to participate in Clean Up Australia as part of their school community.

Pet products and eco-minded goods are both rapidly growing industries, but it’s not every day we see them intersect. Sure enough, though, California-based InPlay Products offers a line of sustainably made habitats for cats that can be decorated by kids.
Caboodle Habitats for Cats are durable and expandable three-level structures for cats to play, lounge and [...]

Reading, writing, arithmetic and science are some of the basic topics your children learn about while they’re in school all day. But what about green issues?

As tens of thousands of students across Australia begin to wind down their school year, the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) continues to encourage Australia’s schools to go green.

Sesame Street celebrated its 40th anniversary  on 10th november, 2009, and thanks to a multiday parade of Sesame Street Google images, it’ll be anything but a surprise party.
Still, with a little help from U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, the show looks to be joining what you might call the green party: Tuesday’s 40th-anniversary season premiere [...]

Green Trash Can loves to check out Planetpals and loved their 15 great ‘E’cology tips to help you make a greener world this holiday.

This year, New York City became the largest school district in the country to announce that it would “go green.”  This is no small undertaking – the district has more than 1200 buildings and 1 million students – but efforts are already paying off.
“In one building, becoming more energy-efficient helped slash electric bills in [...]

Ride to Work Day on Wednesday 14 October 2009 is entering its third year nationally and aiming for a participation of 141,000 workers across Australia.