Trick-or-Treating Green
October 6, 2008 by momgreen · Leave a Comment
Halloween is approaching. Go green for halloween this year. Here are some ideas:
- Hand out organic candy or healthy snacks like trail mix.
- Trick-or-Treat for your local food bank: Accompany your kids (in costume, of course!) and ask your neighbors to donate a canned or non-perishable food item for the bank. Try organizing a community-wide effort by asking everyone in your neighborhood to do the same, and compete to see who can bring in the most food donations.
- Host a costume exchange party. Get together with your friends pre-halloween and exchange kids’ costumes rather than purchasing new ones.
- Make costumes and decorations from used or recycled materials and save them for next year.
- Participate in reverse trick-or-treating. Hand fair trade chocolate back to your neighbors along with a card explaining the social and environmental issues in the cocoa industry, including abusive child labor. More information is available at www.reversetrickortreating.org.