Back to School

More than 90 percent of packed lunches susceptible to foodborne illness

School lunches aren’t that great for your kid. They’re not nutritionally solid or very green. In my opinion, unless your child’s school is one of the few instituting healthy lunch changes, you should, when possible, pack a lunch for your child. Now, that said, packed lunches aren’t perfect. Unless you pack it right, a packed [...]

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Ocean and Sky Reusable Lunch Gear from Kids Konserve

There’s not much time left until kids go back to school. With this in mind, it’s high time you invested in a decent reusable lunch set. Luckily, Kids Konserve has a brand new Ocean & Sky line available – and it’s oh so pretty! The new Ocean and Sky product line comes in a wide [...]

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Score a free reusable Kids Konserve lunch sack

Waste-free lunches are the best… and a free reusable lunch sack isn’t bad either. What’s the big deal with school lunch waste? Now through September 30, 2011 your family can score one free reusable Kids Konserve lunch sack simply by purchasing some qualified products from Annie’s Homegrown, Stonyfield YoKids, Honest Kids and Seventh Generation. You’ll [...]

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Alternatives to conventional schooling – even for single parents

I’ve been going on and on about the evils associated with conventional schooling, but haven’t offered any concrete alternatives yet. How about I do that. Oh, and if you think that conventional school is your ONLY option because you’re a single parent, short on time and resources, think again. I’ve been a single parent, so [...]

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Why doesn’t your son go to a real school?

Technically my son Cedar does attend a real school. It’s a Free School, but school none the less. However, since we’ve been an unschooling family since Cedar was born we get asked, “Why doesn’t your son go to a real school?” often. Normally this question is partnered with a look of shock, as if I [...]

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And the award for best teacher goes to…

My third grade teacher Mrs. Cegar (lovingly called Miss Cigar by the whole class). To say she was evil is a massive understatement. There are many reasons why I dislike the idea of traditional schooling, but one major reason is because of awesome teachers like this. Miss Cigar was one in a million! She would [...]

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Do School Systems Encourage Bad Parenting Behavior?

Update note: Due to neutle’s comment below (see comments) I realized that I didn’t title this post correctly. It was, Does Public School Encourage Bad Parenting Behavior?, although technically I’ve seen the same sort of behavior I discuss below happen with families in various school systems. Charter, public, private and so on – basically I’ve [...]

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Raise Happy & Knowledgeable Kids Without Public School

Public schools aren’t ever far in the back of my mind, but lately, they’ve taken over my brain, yes, even before green issues. That said, we’re going to be looking at some school issues over the next few weeks or so. I know this is a green blog, so sure, I’ll still be posting about [...]

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Healthy & Eco-Friendly School Lunch Food Ideas

I know my timing might seem weird regarding what to pack in a healthy and waste-free school lunch (yeah, we could have done this in September), but I just never got around to it. because pretty soon I’ll be reviewing a Planet Box. I’ve been a little leery of Planet Box, and other like-minded lunch [...]

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Tests & No Child Left Behind Lack Real Life Application

Did you come here from Why doesn’t your son go to a real school? – if not you may want to read that. Consider real life: How often, at work or just in normal conversations with others are you given test experiences. Most of the time you’re not. Your boss doesn’t say, “What will you [...]