zero-waste :: back to school

Back-to-school feels different again this year. Maybe we can still have a little fun with school supplies? Just make 'em as fair + zero-waste as possible.

​A few goodies ::

• fair-trade, organic cotton backpack 
• 100% recycled + recyclable, made in the USA planner
• use-forever, wood ruler
• organic cotton, reusable masks
• recyclable, made in the USA, reusable water bottle
• forest stewardship certified, made in the USA pencils​

Of course, the most fair + zero-waste school supplies are the ones already in our homes. Last year's crayons, scissors + pencils probably still have a lot of use left in them. 

Julia was glad to find that a planner was the only school supply she needed to head back to college this year. She was able to pull out + recycle the used pages in her notebooks + is happy to use the remaining blank pages this semester. She'll keep using her tried + true, baby Baggu bag (handles tied once to secure) + Kleen Kanteen to take her lunch...and her backpack is still going strong. (We like glass jars +/or a lunchbots that we've used for years to hold food.) She'll be wearing a scrap-busting, handmade, reusable mask like always (because kindness is a sustainable + renewable resource too).

All photos via links.

Love,
​Jane