I wasn’t the only person thinking about green school supplies in August, and now I’m clearly not the only one thinking about what actually goes into those lead- and vinyl-free lunch boxes each day. (Didn’t get that new lunch bag yet? EcoBags has a great line of eco-friendly bags.  Now until October 15th, iLunchBox has a code for 15% off. Use code iLunchBox08 at check out.) So far, we’ve sent a peanut butter and honey sandwich in place of bologna and a chicken sausage in a bun on hamburger day. I’m feeling more inspired for the meals to come, for sure. Quinoa muffins? Yum.

Meanwhile, The Not Quite Crunchy Parent has ideas for making schools greener all year!

eBay has taken over the online store World of Good, designed to connect socially and environmentally aware purchasers with sellers. The items lean more towards international fair trade than organic or locally sourced, like Ten Thousand Villages, while the community section has some interesting green lifestyle articles.

MamaBid has details for recycling those pesky Tyvek envelopes. Add that to the long list of things I didn’t know could be recycled!

Green Your Design links to the EcoEtsy team. I could spend a whole day browsing Etsy online, in fact I’m sure I did more than once when I was on bed rest. Ecosalon culls the best of their favorites at least once a week, too. I’m thinking of adding a feature where I’ll do the same for kid or household items that are green and reasonably priced. Sounds like a lot of fun to me!