Orange and black might be the traditional colors of Halloween but why can’t a little green fall into the mix? Here are a few simple tips to help make this weekend’s Halloween festivities a shade greener:

- When it comes time to make a jack-o-lantern, find a locally grown and organic pumpkin to carve.

- Make costumes from what you find around the house. Recycle clothes from years past or head to the nearest second hand store and rummage around. Try to convince the kids to trade costumes from last year with …

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Looking  for ways to encourage your kids to be greener?  Then maybe the book Recycle This Book: 100 Top Children’s Book Authors Tell You How to Go Green can help.

Kids might not always listen to their parents, but they usually can be influenced, good or bad, by people they admire – athletes, celebrities, and writers of their favorite books, and that’s the premise behind this book. Each of the 100 authors writes a short essay about how they’re living greener.

Kids are going to love some of the green …

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