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For more information on what you can do to improve the health of children and our environment all year long click on the links below.

Our Newsletters
Articles From Our Experts
Environment
Helping Others
Eco-kids
Eco-shopping
Fair Trade
Eco-friendly suggestions for the holidays
More ideas on having a Green Halloween
Safety
Food Allergies
Green Living
Kid's Health
Puget Sound Info and Events
Articles

Our Newsletters

Articles From Our Experts

NutritionWise Monthly
Your Children, Their Future: Why Healthy Habits Matter by S. Maplethorpe, MD, MPH
Don’t Feed the Disease by T. Quickstad, DDS
Choose to be healthy, all year round! by Erin Cox, RD
Some Thoughts on Creating Change by Juliana K. Nason Ashe, MA, LMHC, CMHS
Halloween’s Hidden Impacts by Julie Starkel, MS, MBA, RD
Safe Halloween by Myra Nissen, MA, Certified Homeopath

Environment

Greenpeace - Reduce, reuse, recycle
Earthforce.org
The Organic Report
How to buy Green Power
Stop Global Warming
Tree Hugger
Environmental Defense Fund
Mud-Up for Puget Sound
Sierra Club – The Green Life
Washington Toxics Coalition
Paper Calculator by Environmental Defense Fund
Forest Stewardship Council
Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
Green Seal
Greenpeace: Eliminating Toxic Chemicals
Earth 911
Earth Day countdown

Helping others

Parties That Give Back
Kiva.org
Organic Consumers Association
Alternative Gifts Int’l
Trick-or-treat for UNICEF

Eco-kids

Recycle by Making Art
Environmental Kids Club
Roots and Shoots
Naturally Healthy Children’s Expo
Healthy Child Healthy World

Eco-shopping

Fair trade

Plates
Earth-friendly Natural Fabrics
Eco Mall - Earth-friendly paper products
Eco Mall - General Shopping
Eco Wise - General Shopping
GreenHome.com
Paper made from elephant dung
Big Green Purse Eco-Friendly Products
Co-Op America Reasonable Shopper
Green Shopping Sites, Resources
Fair trade
Fair trade online (store and information)
Halloween candy and child labor
TheNation.com
Fair Trade (PDF)
GlobalExchange.org
Reverse Trick or Treating
Keep Halloween Fair

Eco-friendly suggestions for the holidays

Epa.gov - Holidays and Parties
10 ways to green your party
The Worsted Witched
Christmas Lights Campaign
Waste Free Holidays

More ideas on having a Green Halloween

Energy conservation and Halloween
KIWI magazine: The Scary Side of Halloween - unmasking the tricks in your child’s candy treats
Trick or Tote: Treat your little goblin to a goody tote that’s as much snack as it is sack.
Boo-treelicious! (Crocheted Ghost Ornaments)
Crocheted “Frankenrumi” Halloween craft
Vegan Mineral Makeup in Custom Colors for Halloween
Treehugger: Healthier temporary hair dyes
Halloween sling costumes for babies in slings & pouches
Kiwi magazine: Eco-friendly Halloween crafts
BoxWorks templates for making costumes and treat bags from cardboard
Candy Blog
Green LA Girl - Chocolate - What not to Nibble
Africa: The Dark Side of Chocolate
Fair Trade is Boo-tiful
Have a 'Green' Halloween, Says Environmental Defense
Inventor Spot - Happy Green Halloween
Reverse Trick or Treating
Enjoy a Green Halloween
Go Green this Halloween
Spooked by Halloween Waste
How to Have a Green Halloween
The Green Guide - Costumes
The Green Guide - Candy
Wall Street Journal

Safety

Links for Halloween safety
Lead in toys
Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
Lead in Candy

Food allergies

Food Allergy Initiative
FEAST
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Allergy Kids

Green Living

A Fresh Squeeze
The Organic Center
Remodern
Green Festivals
Ideal Bite
EarthLab
The Daily Green
I Buy Different
Green-E
GreeningSeattle.com
Home Energy Audit
Northwest EcoBuilding Guild
The Green Office
Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation
Litegreen
Green Pages
GreenerChoices.org Eco-Labels
Green Living Ideas
We Are What We Do

Kid's Health

US News - The Right Way to Win the Weight Battle with Kids
MSN - Childhood Obesity Epidemic a Long-Term Challenge
Healthy Schools Network, Inc.
Oregon Environmental Council-Healthy Schools
Chesapeake Bay Foundation - No Child Left Inside
CNN.com Article: Study: Food in McDonald's wrapper tastes better to kids

Puget Sound Info and Events

Community of Mindful Parents
Seattle Parks and Recreation calendar
Green Seattle Partnership

Articles

The Wildcat Online Article: “Environmentalists: make it ‘Hallowgreen’”
PeppersPollywogs Article: Green Halloween Party Ideas
Treehugger Article: Green Halloween Ghostly Lights Ideas
Greenliving Article: Green Halloween Ideas
Babble Article: Tips for a Green Halloween
MSNBC.com Article: “This Halloween, think green”
Crispy Fruit – A Healthy Halloween Treat
Science Daily Article: Honey Could Be Healthy Alternative to High-Fructose Corn Syrup in Halloween Candy 
Greenpeace Article: Your energy savings
Greenpeace Article: How the companies line up
Wisconsin Early Childhood Association: Making Halloween a Little Healthier