Green Paige

As stewards of the Earth and parents, it’s important for us to create wonderful Halloween memories for our children without the environmental nightmares.  Corey Colwell-Lipson agrees which is why she launched the Green Halloween  movement.

 

The idea began one October evening in Seattle when Colwell-Lipson took her children trick-or-treating.  She was excited to find that some people were thinking outside the candy box giving out bubbles and stickers.  She began to think that if these houses had a sign on their doors to let families know that they were giving out non-food items, trick-or-treating might become a real treasure hunt.  Acting on this idea and her environmentalist principles, she created Green Halloween  to help families establish healthy and sustainable Halloween traditions.

         

Green Halloween, offers imaginative and inexpensive ideas for:

• Healthy Treats and Treasures
• Safe Costumes
• Environmentally-Friendly Parties
• A PDF of the Green Halloween Logo (to create your own yard signs)

and much more. 

 

In only their second year of existence, Green Halloween has become an official program of Treeswing, a Seattle area non-profit committed to promoting children’s health through nutrition and exercise.

  

Go green this Halloween with a little help from Green Halloween.  Download the neighborhood action kit  from Green Halloween  and learn how to inspire your friends, neighbors, local schools and community to organize healthy and environmentally-friendly Halloween events.  I was so inspired by Corey and the Green Halloween site that I am working with my friends and neighbors to create a progessive trick-or-treating event in my own neighborhood this year.  I will let you know how that goes in future posts.

 

You can also show your support by entering your address and zip code as a green house on the interactive map.

       

Look for Corey’s Seven Steps To Creating Your Own Green Halloween in tomorrow’s post and a review of her new book, Celebrate Green! co-authored by Lynn Colwell, later this week.  If you have questions you would like to ask Corey Colwell-Lipson or Lynn Colwell this week, please post a comment.