If your child attends school for 12 years that’s about 5,000 trips to and from over those 12 years. But that’s just ONE kid.  That’s about 100,000 trips for just 20 kids so you can imagine how the trips rack up when you consider all the kids in one graduating year all over the world. It’s a lot.
The EPA offers the following Total Annual Pollution Emitted and Fuel Consumed table which gives you an idea of how much pollution just one car (driven about 12,500 miles per year) creates:

Since just one car creates so much pollution imagine how much pollution …read more

Green schools should be the norm not the exception, but sadly green schools are currently the exception to the rule. If more parents and students advocate for green school changes it can make a real difference. There are little and big steps you can take to ensure your kids have a green education experience. Some changes you can make on your own while other require many families and administrators to jump on board. Try one or all of the following to help create change…

Only buy eco-friendly and non-toxic school supplies.
Pack a waste-free lunch all year long.
If you child …read more