8 Green Back-to-School Products

Choose green, sustainable products for school supplies.

As summer winds down, it is time to start preparing for the next school year. Before you head out for college or arm your children with products for the new school year, check out Sprout Savvy’s top picks for eco-friendly school supplies.

Vos

VOS

VOS® is an eco-friendly brand that is affordably changing the world through healthcare, footwear, education and recycling programs. The collection of sandals are made from 100 percent recyclable natural rubber and in partnership with Soles4Souls, for every pair of sandals sold, a pair will be given to a person in need in an under developed community. For every sandal that a consumer purchases they are also helping provide basic health care and education to the natural rubber producing communities that cultivate the raw material for the sandals. www.vosflips.com

ecojot

Ecojot creates eco-friendly stationery products. Seeking influences from her surroundings, designer Carolyn Gavin garners her inspiration from different artistic genres found in her travels and varying facets of life. She creates collections that feature whimsical designs which often include inspirational quotes and most recently, new hand painted designs. Over 81,000 notebooks have been given to children under the “Buy 1, Give 1” movement. www.ecojot.com

Good for You Girls

Good For You Girls

Good For You Girls provides the finest all-natural and organic skincare specifically formulated for the special needs of young skin. Give her a head start to healthy skin without nasty chemicals. Safe and effective, it doesn’t get any better than Good For You Girls. The products are made without parabens, sulfates, phthalates, propylene glycol, mineral oils, silicone, synthetic fragrance or dyes. Get a 15 percent discount online by entering the “SPROUTSAVVY” coupon code, which is good until the end of September. www.goodforyougirls.com

Rebinder

ReBinder is the maker of zero waste school and office supplies. The company’s suite of products ranges from super durable recycled binders and pocket folders to recycled notebooks. The covers are great for doodling and can be replaced easily! Everything is recycled, made in the USA and no landfill required. www.rebinder.com

Crayon Recycle Program

The Crayon Recycle Program is an educational tool used in schools to teach kids about recycling. More than 120,000 pounds of crayons are made in this country every day. This petroleum-based product needs to be recycled. The program prevents 72,000 pounds of unwanted crayons from going into the landfills. Please “Close the Loop” and purchase 100 percent recycled crayons for your kids this school year. www.crazycrayons.com

Green Apple Supply

Green Apple Supply makes it easier to purchase Earth-friendly products. The company is keeping overhead low because this is a non-profit effort. Products are sold as close to cost as possible, while still keeping the lights on. Why? Because Green Apple Supply thinks it’s the right thing to do. Purchase paper pens, rulers made from recycled plastic, pencils made from scrap wood a variety of other sustainable products for the new school year. www.greenapplesupply.com

TreeRing

TreeRing is bringing yearbooks into the Internet age. These products allow each student to create two pages online that gets printed in just their version of the yearbook. That’s right, they’re still printed, however, TreeRing does a great job of keeping the printed books as green as possible by only printing books for those that buy them (sounds simple, but most publishers require schools to buy a fixed number leaving many schools with wasted books that the school had to pay for). TreeRing is also dedicated to printing all of its books on recycled paper and the company plants a tree for every book they sell. www.treering.com

Do & Learn Eco Fun Book

Do & Learn Eco-Fun-Book

This is a fun activity book for young people, which contains coloring pages, mazes, puzzles, games, exercises, and information on health, nature, culture and helping save our planet. This book will offer any young person hours of creative fun and awareness about geography, ecology, math, language, culture, and health.