Eco Friendly School Days Green School supply

Eco Friendly Pencils and Crayons

• Pineapple Flavored - Recyced Pencils - These are a truly great find. They are scented pencils made from 100% recycled newspapers. They sharpen and write like regular pencils but smell better and they save trees. Just one simple way to go green....
  
  scents: bubblegum, cherry, rootbeer, grape, peppermint, watermelon, pineapple, orange, fruit punch.
• Soybean Crayons - environmentally friendly Prang soybean crayons

Eco Friendly Backpacks

• Solar Powered Backpack - This stylish and smart backpack is the first in a line of backpacks with an integrated solar charging solution. Perfect for the student, mobile commuter, and outdoorsman, this backpack provides a quality pack with an integrated solar charging module for your high-tech toys. If your child has a cell phone or iPod then they might really like this backpack.
• EarthPak - The backpack made from recycled plastic soda bottles. They also have duffel bags, sports bags, computer bags, and fanny packs.
• Hemp Sisters Packpack - Backpacks made from sustainable hemp and they are attractive too!
• Basura Coin Purse -This is perfect for holding lunch money and they are made from recycled juice containers.
• Basura Messenger Bag - For the eco-stylish this messenger bag made from juice containers is the perfect fit.

Green Notebooks and Paper

Nearly half the trees currently harvested are used to make paper!

• Tree Free Notebooks - a sustainable substitute source for paper-making fiber. The growing demand for paper made with kenaf, a fibrous plant from the Mallow family that's related to cotton and okra, has made it an increasingly viable alternative economically. Put simply, Kenaf offers a way to make paper without cutting trees, and the company's goal is to increase the amount of kenaf fiber in Boku Books to 100% before long.
• Elephant Poop Paper! - Yes this paper is made from elephant dung. In Sri Lanka, many elephants have been killed not for their meat, tusks, or hide but simply because they interfere with local agribusiness. A solution for villagers AND elephants alike has been to find ways to utilize the elephant as a sustainable economic resource. Since elephants poop about 16 times a day (wow!), elephant dung is a resource with the potential to solve the farmer/pachyderm conflict. Brought to you through Ellie Pooh, a socially conscious business in Sri Lanka.

Eco Friendly Clothing

Sustainable duds that make a REAL statement

• Rawganique's line of eco clothing for kids is made from certified US cotton.
• Maggie's Functinal Organics uses organic cotton, wool, and hemp.

Eco Friendly Lunch Boxes and Water Bottles

• The Laptop Lunchbox - The ultimate lunchbox and my personal favorite. It is an American style bento box that promotes waste free lunches. This lunchbox helps me pack healthy and environmentally friendly meals for my son
• Mr. Bento - Yes, another bento box....but this one is more appealing to older kids. It is a stylish stainless steel lined, thermos style lunchbox. There is one designed for boys and one for girls.
• Klean Kanteen - Another one of my personal favorites! These stainless steel water bottles do not leach chemicals into your water like plastic ones do and they are a much more sustainable option. They come in many different sizes and with different choices.
• Sigg Reusable Water Bottles - These aluminum water bottles are attractive to younger kids.
• Wrap-N-Mat - These reusable sandwich bags are perfect for wrapping your food so that you no longer need to use plastic bags. This cuts down on needless landfill waste