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Avoiding back to school toxins – Thu, 19 Aug 2010 PST

Soon we’ll begin the annual late summer ritual of prowling store aisles with the school supply list in hand. I find that many parents have questions about which products are going to expose their child to the least toxic ingredients. DownToEarthNW.com: EcoLink stories
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Nutritional Tough Love: School Outlaws Lunches From Home

This story is a couple weeks old but I think it's worth highlighting here given past posts on school lunches. In the latest salvo in the school-lunch wars, Little Village Aacademy in Chicago has let parents know they are no longer allowed to pack a homemade lunch for their kids. I
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Greening Back To School Supplies

As parents prepare to shell out a stack of green for school supplies; thinking about a different type of green can help alleviate associated environmental impact – and sometimes also cost. Green living tips
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Congress Rejects Healthier School Lunches and Insists Pizza is a Vegetable

  This from the Associated Press: Congress wants to keep pizza and french fries on school lunch lines, fighting back against an Obama administration proposal to make school lunches healthier. The final version of a spending bill released late Monday would unravel school lunc
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Green Back to School Supplies for 2011

From notebooks made with recycled paper to backpacks made from recycled plastic, we’ve got your back-to-school shopping list covered. thedailygreen.com article feed
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Greening Back To School Supplies

As parents prepare to shell out a stack of green for school supplies; thinking about a different type of green can help alleviate associated environmental impact – and sometimes also cost. Green living tips
Read More

Avoiding back to school toxins – Thu, 19 Aug 2010 PST

Soon we’ll begin the annual late summer ritual of prowling store aisles with the school supply list in hand. I find that many parents have questions about which products are going to expose their child to the least toxic ingredients. DownToEarthNW.com: EcoLink stories
Read More

PEACH Farm School gives at-risk youth a leg up – Mon, 28 Mar 2011 PST

Life’s tests of strength and character can get the best of you or bring out your best. Luckily, for residents of Spokane, especially its farmers, Brightspirit Hendrix saw her experiences growing up in extreme poverty as opportunities from which to build a better life for herself and
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