Buy Green Back to School Supplies

Sadly, it’s almost time for some of us to send out children back to school 🙁

As much as I don’t like the thought, I have to accept it’s soon time to start buying school supplies. I’m buying green supplies, my DD insists on it so she can help spread the word in middle school about going green and making a difference.

You can get these
folders that are stylish and made of recycled newspaper and cardboard, and available in 5 different designs – each a tribute to a special animal.

or get
Smencils– the world’s only gourmet pencil.
As per the site:
Smencils are pencils made from rolled sheets of newspaper instead of wood. You can see the layers of newspaper when you sharpen them.

They sharpen the same as all other wood pencils and they smell way better. Not only do they smell great, but they are good for the environment too.

Please put the tubes and bucket into your community recycling bins and not the garbage. We’re committed to our responsibility for sustaining the environment.

Being responsible for the environment is an important part of doing business in today’s world. That’s why we’ve made sure the materials and processes that go into making Smencils are healthy for the environment. In manufacturing Smencils, we use recycled newspapers, environmentally friendly fragrances, recyclable ferrules and biodegradable erasers. The scents used to make Smencils are the same as those used to make soaps and candles, which are safe for reasonable personal use as tested by the manufacturers. By using recyclable plastic, even Smencil packaging is environmentally friendly.

Did you know:
– An average sized cedar tree will make about 172,000 wood pencils.
– 172,000 Smencils can be made from 430 newspapers.
– Recycling a single run of the Sunday New York Times saves about 75,000 trees.
– The average tree can filter about 60 pounds of air pollution per year.
– If everyone in the US recycled just 10% of their newspapers, we would save about 25 million trees each year.

Buy your green school supplies here knowing that you’re making a difference, and your children can help spread the word about how easy it is to live a green lifestyle.