Here's a list of some awesome eco-friendly and non-toxic school supplies I discovered online and while walking around town.
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| Beeswax crayons |
One of my favorite things about going back to school was getting a big box of fresh sharp crayons. This
box of 24 beeswax crayons is a great natural alternative to Crayola and many other crayons brands, which are made of paraffin wax. (Paraffin is
a byproduct of petroleum, a non-renewable resource.) I discovered these at the ever adorable
Pink Olive in the East Village, but you can
purchase them on Amazon for $13 too.
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| My jumbo EcoJot Journal and Seltzer Goods Seven Year Pen. Perfect pair for plotting blog posts! |
EcoJot makes the most loveable notebooks ever! The paper content used is 100% post-consumer recycled and all products are designed with Carolyn Gavin's quirky illustrations and printed nearby in Canada, not China. Need another reason to buy EcoJot? With the purchase of a jumbo journal, Ecojot will give a workbook to a child in need. Their
GIVE program, has provided over 200,000 notebooks to children. You can purchase a wide range of EcoJot products (notebooks, journals, cards, wrapping paper) at
Sustainable NYC, Anthropologie, and at
EcoJot.com.
Seltzer Goods makes
The Seven Year Pen. These stylish, slim Swiss-design pens each feature a jumbo ink cartridge that enables the user to write 1.7 meters a day for
seven years! Wow! I purchased my pen at
Scaredy Kat Cards & Gifts in Park Slope for $8 but you can buy one (and lots of cool PCW cards and wrapping paper) at the
Seltzer Goods website.
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| O'BON pencils are O' so gorgeous! |
O'BON makes deliciously designed colored and graphite pencils from rolled 100% recycled post-consumer newspaper. They're claimed to be stronger than wood pencils and O'BON channels some of it's profits into tree planting initiatives. I love that you can
buy a pack of 40 pencils on Amazon for just $14 and be the pencil fairy all year. (I am totally
that person who is always prepared and happy to share a pencil!)
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| O'Bon Binders feature a vivid design. |
Visit
Myobon.com to purchase all sorts of eco-friendly office and school supplies, including binders and folders made from recycled paper and decorated with soy-ink designs, as well as journals filled with white paper pages made from
bagasse (sugarcane).
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| Elmer's School Glue is a non-toxic mainstay. |
Elmer's School Glue is non-toxic and ubiquitous. However, if you've got time (and the desire) to do a project with your kids, I totally love the spirit of this homemade glue at
icanteachmychild.com which doesn't list cow hooves in the recipe. Yay Kosher!
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| Brown paper bag book cover. (Image from WikiHow.) |
Finally, do you remember covering your text books with brown paper bags? I do!!!! I loved adorning my homemade covers with my doodles and Garfield stickers. WikiHow has
instructions on how to make book covers in case you've forgotten.
Check out
Environmental Working Group's Back to School Guide for more tips on picking safer school supplies.
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