Forty years ago today marked the first Earth Day with a focus on our environment and its future. The celebration asks us to educate, raise awareness and make a difference. Earth Day is a perfect day to get children involved and review the three R’s - reduce, reuse and recycle {although some of our kids end up reminding us!}. We can do our part by buying green products, recycling, conserving water and using waste-free products.
Did you know that the average school-age child using a disposable lunch generates 67 pounds of waste per school year? And the average sized elementary school generates 18,760 pounds of lunch waste per year? {yikes} We can all make a big difference by packing waste-free lunches and snacks. Kids Konserve has a wonderful Waste-Free Challenge for Schools that not only reduces waste, but teaches children about environmental stewardship and raises money for schools.
To help us celebrate Earth Day 2010,
Kids Konserve is offering a 15% discount on their products until 5/8/10. Please use coupon code: "earth15" at checkout. In addition, Kids Konserve would like to giveaway a food kozy {set of five} to one lucky and eco-friendly
Simplified Bee reader.
The food kozy is a reusable alternative to plastic baggies, plastic wrap and foil. We have a set and use them to wrap our kids' sandwiches. In the process we have saved countless plastic baggies. I also like the kozy because it is made from recycled, FDA approved, non-toxic and non-leaching recyclable PE plastic. It does not contain Bisphenol-A (BPA) and is Phthalate free - yippee!
Here is how to enter to win the Food Kozy by Kids Konserve:
*Leave a comment (sorry, US residents only).
*Extra entry - Follow Simplified Bee™ Blog or follow Simplified Bee on Twitter.
*Extra entry - mention this giveaway in a post or tweet and leave a comment letting me know you've done so.
*Please post a separate comment for each extra entry.
*Entry period closes at midnight PST, Thursday, April 29, 2010 and the winner will be announced Friday, April 30, 2010.
*The winner will be drawn randomly using Random.org, notified directly via email and listed back at this post using first name only. Happy Earth Day!
PS ~ Hop on over to A Soft Place to Land for some great DIY tips...
*earth image source.
