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  buying our way out of a crisis

  Every year families - and I am one of them - spend hundreds on sending their kids back to school. Clothes, books, school supplies. And I see articles such as this one and I get upset, because I want to be responsible but I can't afford to buy all of these green back to school items for my kids. I am also so opposed to this idea that buying all of these green products is a solution to our environmental crisis. We need to consume less and do with less. I would much rather see information on where I can find good used stuff, or maybe a school supplies buying co-op, or maybe a way to trade school supplies? I don't know, but something more sustainable, than buying more stuff that is really expensive!

  It is hard when faced with the option of buying cheap foreign-made supplies at places like Target, that are within my budget or spending lots more on green options. I would rather buy another rain barrel than all of these expensive green school supplies, but then I am stuck with buying things from Target and creating a demand for cheap Target type products that are bad for teh environment and I know are not good. So are there other answers to this dilema? Sorry I have rambled.

  This year I went back through all of my daughters essay books and spiral notebooks and pulled out all of the used pages, and I am having her reuse them until all of the paper is used. But soon I will have to buy new ones because there is not enough left over.
  I would love any ideas about how to address this problem!On A guide for greener back-to-school shopping posted 1 year, 3 months ago 4 Responses