JD2612
I'm a freshman in high school this year, and I've been using a lunch box. It really makes me look like a little kid, plus I'm short... I'm actually really mature though. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for what I can put my lunch in because I sick of my lunch box. I know most kids use paper bags, but they're too small for me, they rip, and I like to be eco-friendly. Ideas anyone?
Answer
Reuse plastic grocery bags.
Reuse plastic grocery bags.
Going green advice?For kids?
Cherymenth
Well my kids just walked up to me after getting all of their presents unwrapped and said that they were so happy about all they got they want to help me. I was fine so i told them what about helping the environment? They said sure but how? And well i didn't really have anything kid friendly for them to do.
(We already recycle)
thank you al very much the answers were all stupendous so i am going to put this to vote
Answer
There are a TON of ways:
1) Water
Turn off the faucet when brushing, take shorter showers, minimize baths, water the lawn less, etc. An extra step would be to install an eco-friendly shower head. Yes, water will always be around, but it takes energy to send it to your house and to transport it if you live in a dry area.
2) Buy recycled products
Plenty of people recycle but I haven't met very many who actually buy recycled things. It cuts down on energy needed and also saves trees and natural, nonrenewable resources. A great company for recycled paper would be New Leaf. Their paper is cleaned with hydrogen peroxide rather than toxic chlorine bleach.
3) Eat locally
Organic is good - but local is better. It takes much less energy and fuels to transport food if you eat it locally, reducing pollution and gasoline usage. It also supports smaller farms and keeps the big corporations from getting too far ahead.
4) Compost
Why ruin soil and water with chemical fertilizers? And why waste leftovers? Use non salted (salt ruins soil quality) food waste products to enrich the soil in your backyard - which goes in with number five...
5) Gardening
This somewhat ties in with eating locally grown foods. When you eat your own produce, virtually no transportation is necessary; you buy the seeds (maybe a little driving to the store), plant it in your own backyard, and later, to harvest, all you have to do is walk. It's very eco friendly.
6) Bags
Buy firmly made kids' backpacks to prevent having to go back to the store repeatedly for new ones. If your kids bring lunch to school, buy reusable cloth ones rather than paper ones. For going to the store, buy cloth bags (nearly every store now - Walmart, Target, Trader Joe's, etc. sells these) so you can reduce on the paper and plastic needed to create bags for customers.
7) Pets
Got a dog? Use Scoopies, a biodegradable bag that dissolves rather than sits in the landfill for who-knows-how-long. Have a cat? Use natural litter from natural products rather than chemical or artificial litters.
8) Vegetarianism/veganism
Yes, consuming meat, eggs, and dairy DO harm the environment. Animals consume a ton of food - you need 8 or more pounds of grain/other animal food to get out 1 pound of meat - and their poop is too plentiful and too chemically inbalanced to use as fertilizer. The poop then infects the environment; waterways are constantly being feces-infected. Producing eggs and dairy are also hugely food inefficient and the chickens and cows also produce plentiful wastes. Despite "factory farming" - cramming more animals into smaller amounts of space - the huge demand for meat is cutting down forests to grow animal feed and for animal grazing. Going vegetarian, vegan, or just cutting down significantly on consumption of these products will reduce pollution.
There are a TON of ways:
1) Water
Turn off the faucet when brushing, take shorter showers, minimize baths, water the lawn less, etc. An extra step would be to install an eco-friendly shower head. Yes, water will always be around, but it takes energy to send it to your house and to transport it if you live in a dry area.
2) Buy recycled products
Plenty of people recycle but I haven't met very many who actually buy recycled things. It cuts down on energy needed and also saves trees and natural, nonrenewable resources. A great company for recycled paper would be New Leaf. Their paper is cleaned with hydrogen peroxide rather than toxic chlorine bleach.
3) Eat locally
Organic is good - but local is better. It takes much less energy and fuels to transport food if you eat it locally, reducing pollution and gasoline usage. It also supports smaller farms and keeps the big corporations from getting too far ahead.
4) Compost
Why ruin soil and water with chemical fertilizers? And why waste leftovers? Use non salted (salt ruins soil quality) food waste products to enrich the soil in your backyard - which goes in with number five...
5) Gardening
This somewhat ties in with eating locally grown foods. When you eat your own produce, virtually no transportation is necessary; you buy the seeds (maybe a little driving to the store), plant it in your own backyard, and later, to harvest, all you have to do is walk. It's very eco friendly.
6) Bags
Buy firmly made kids' backpacks to prevent having to go back to the store repeatedly for new ones. If your kids bring lunch to school, buy reusable cloth ones rather than paper ones. For going to the store, buy cloth bags (nearly every store now - Walmart, Target, Trader Joe's, etc. sells these) so you can reduce on the paper and plastic needed to create bags for customers.
7) Pets
Got a dog? Use Scoopies, a biodegradable bag that dissolves rather than sits in the landfill for who-knows-how-long. Have a cat? Use natural litter from natural products rather than chemical or artificial litters.
8) Vegetarianism/veganism
Yes, consuming meat, eggs, and dairy DO harm the environment. Animals consume a ton of food - you need 8 or more pounds of grain/other animal food to get out 1 pound of meat - and their poop is too plentiful and too chemically inbalanced to use as fertilizer. The poop then infects the environment; waterways are constantly being feces-infected. Producing eggs and dairy are also hugely food inefficient and the chickens and cows also produce plentiful wastes. Despite "factory farming" - cramming more animals into smaller amounts of space - the huge demand for meat is cutting down forests to grow animal feed and for animal grazing. Going vegetarian, vegan, or just cutting down significantly on consumption of these products will reduce pollution.
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