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Pencils, Promises and an “R”
by Leslie Garrett | September 30th, 2010 | 4 Comments
topic: Green Living | tags: back to school, children, clean water, clutter, conservation, consumption, deforestation, education, environment, Forest Stewardship Council, kids, pencils, pollution, recycled paper, school supplies, students, trees
My kids started school a few weeks ago. Along with new binders and some recycled paper, they took with them pencils. Despite technology’s steady advance into our lives, we still need pencils. Albeit my children’s pencils were Forest Stewardship Council–certified, meaning the wood for them came from sustainably managed forests.
It seems consumers are intent on virgin softness when it comes to their own “bottom line.” It says so in a recent New York Times article, which cites a 40 percent increase in sales of the cushiony-soft versions of toilet paper.
