Earth Day 2024

In honor of Earth Day, we want to take sustainability to the next level. We are asking our Woodlawn students to show wildlife that we can just say no to trash in our lunches!  Each student and family is asked on Friday, April 19 o take the time to pack a lunch without throw-away plastic-wrapped foods!  So you will need to get creative and pack your yogurt or veggies in a reusable container (reusable plastic containers are okay, just no throw-aways)!  You can put your sandwich in a reusable plastic or metal sandwich container, some bee’s wax wrap, or just in a cloth napkin! Paper napkins are acceptable since paper will be composted along with food waste, but cloth napkins are so much prettier, soft on the mouth and less wasteful. We always bring reusable water bottles, so that is the easy part!

*To support our school effort, there will be no hot lunch offered on Friday, April 19.

Why say no to trash?  Well, each thing we use in the world costs energy to make.  So pre-packaged foods have a much larger carbon footprint than fresh foods.  And local, fresh foods are even better! Also, plastic in the environment hurts wildlife and enters the food chain when the plastic breaks down.  Scientists are now finding microplastics in living organisms that are in our food chains!  We don’t want to eat plastic!  So just say no to trash and do Woodlawn proud on Friday, April 19 and pack a trash-free lunch!

You can do it!  Wildlife will thank you for it with their beautiful songs!