Take the green route through your child’s education

Sep 23 2008 by Laura Davis, Liverpool Daily Post

Laura Davis finds out how to make school life organic, despite the credit crunch

IN THE playgrounds of Merseyside, the kids might be arguing over whether the best colour is red or blue, but for their parents it is undeniably green.

Never since the country was told that growing a few potatoes in the back garden would be as great a weapon against the Nazis as a speeding Spitfire have all things organic been so much on our minds.

We have become a nation of recyclers, composters and growers and, with an issue as big as the environment at stake, it makes sense to tackle the subject young.

So, as you iron your children’s uniforms and cut their sandwiches into quarters, why not spare a moment’s thought for how to make their school lives organic.

Fortunately, choosing healthier, more eco-friendly clothing and food doesn’t mean you have to choose organic cotton over a pension.

There are enough options out there to make sure that you, and your children, can be clothed, fed, and taken care of as nature intended.

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