Go Green This Halloween
For many, Halloween means lots of spending but if we all purchase more earth friendly products or make our own we can help reduce our impact on the earth.
Pumpkins
If you’re still going to get a jack-o-lantern stay away from pesticide laden ones and opt instead for an organically grown pumpkin. If you don’t know where to look check out Local Harvest. (Thanks to The Nature Conservancy for the tip)They have mapped out farmers markets and farms growing organic produce closest to you. For candles inside the jack-o-lanterns, opt for soy wax or beeswax rather than the more common but less friendly paraffin.
Costumes and Treats
Stay away from plastic masks and use makeup. All Free Crafts offer these fun and easy recipes for Halloween makeup including corn syrup blood, face paint and clown makeup.
There’s no hard fast rule that you must give out candy as treats. Some other ideas for children:
- Stickers
- Craft Kits
- Beads
- Soy Crayons (Amy Stodghill from Green Options has a whole post on environmentally friendly crayons)
- Fruit Leather
- Dried nut and fruit mixes
If you want to celebrate Halloween but don’t want to do the trick or treat thing, consider having an earth friendly Halloween party. Many of your neighbors would probably love the idea!
October 30th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
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