Apples are great and all, but if you want to make sure your kids maintains good eating habits while at school, you’re going to have to send them packing with more than just apples. Finding snacks that are organic, healthy, and also delicious enough that your children will eat them isn’t as hard as it sounds. From dried fruit to homemade granola, we’ve rounded up our top eight favorite healthy and delicious snacks for your kid to take to school. Head over to Inhabitots to see the full list.

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The back-to-school season has become extremely commercialized — that much is a fact. American parents spend an average of $246.10 on clothes and $129.20 for their kids each school year, helping to make fall the second-biggest consumer-spending season of the year, behind only the winter holidays. Head over to Ecouterre to see a full breakdown of where families are spending their back-to-school dollars, and take a poll on how you’ll be dressing your kids when you send them back to school.

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Does your kid’s packed lunch make the cut? Inhabitots offers up some school lunch tips sure to give you a jumpstart for the new year. From pre-planning lunch menus to sprucing up some nutritious lunchbox staples, you’ll love these innovative kid-friendly alternatives. Check out how to feed your kids healthy foods in an eco-friendly way and keep them interested, from fall to summer.

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The new school year is fast approaching, and if you’re looking for the perfect collection of green school supplies for one lucky kid, we’ve got the contest for you. Inhabitots has teamed up with a host of sustainable companies to put together this collection of goodies, all packed into an adorable Skip Hop Zoo Pack backpack! With a Colorful Curls notebook, pencil holder and ruler set, a Laptop Bento Lunch Box Kit 2.0 and a kid-size Klean Kanteen water bottle, this bundle even includes a $30 gift certificate to Green Apple Supply to help stock up on recycled construction paper and eco-friendly markers. Find out how to win after the jump!

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Back to school is always best when started off on the right foot. From juggling homework and extra-curricular activities to earlier mornings and later nights, a little organization goes a long way toward surviving the transition. Check out these 8 eco-friendly organizational tips sure to make your family’s return to fall as seamless as possible.

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In honor of fall, why not ditch the over-sized purse that digs into your shoulder, or the obese wallet throwing off your alignment? Ecouterre presents 14 “adult,” eco-friendly versions of the oh-so-practical backpack. Above, Drifter’s camo-clad Back Country Pack ($80.25), made in the United States from 1000-denier Cordura nylon, (and click through to see other options for both men and women).  Because, back-to-school sales may no longer directly apply, you don’t have to completely miss out on the back-to-school fun.

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Read the rest of Back To School Picks: Green Furnishings For Your Dorm or Apartment

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Whether you’re actually headed back to campus or you’re just a natural born prepster who is now past your academic years (don’t worry, we won’t tell), you’re going to want to check out our colorful lineup of collegiate styles for you to fill up your fall wardrobe. From plaid minidresses to handknit tennis sweaters (complete with contrasting stripes, of course), check out all of our back to school inspired looks!

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Just because you haven’t been back to school since hackysacks were in doesn’t mean you can’t still don some dapper fall fashions. From crisp oxfords to preptastic chinos, here are 7 green garments that make autumnal style look quite elementary.

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Looking for a stylish, roomy laptop bag for the back-to-school season but don’t want to break the bank? Well, Crystalyn Kae has teamed up with Ecouterre to give away their sophisticated Troubadour tote to one lucky reader and it could be you! If you win, you’ll be able to to have the bag (worth $190) in your choice of solids, velvets, or tweeds, so enter today!

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Going back to school is an exciting time, particularly for kids as they gear up for the new year. But getting back into the academic grind also requires a little bit of organization, especially with our multi-tasking youth who have to keep track of everything from homework, to library books, to even piano practice. It can be tricky to get  your family organized when there’s so much going on, so to help you stay on schedule, we’ve rounded up 7 ways to get your family organized for back to school. These tips will keep you in line and allow you to better focus on what you love most: your family.

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The back to school season is exciting but it’s also expensive – books and pencils might be made of paper and wood but they don’t just grow on trees, ya know? So why not alleviate your financial burden a bit by entering our back to school giveaway! We’re offering a prize package (worth $90) chock full of goodies like an Ecozoo backpack from Ecogear, a BPA- and phthalate-free Skip Hop Bento Mealtime Kit, a set of Clementine Art Natural Soy Crayons, and a $25 gift certificate to shop Ethical Ocean’s amazing selection of eco-friendly back-to-school supplies – check it out and enter here!

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Inspired by the classic solid wood slide top pencil case, designer and craftsman Santiago Morahan re-designed this ‘old school’ classic out of cardboard. Founder of Disenio Cartonero, a brand that makes everything out of the extremely versatile material, Morahan not only makes eco-friendly products, but he directly helps local people through this socially aware design project. The cardboard he uses is bought from local “cartoneros“ (independent urban recyclers or garbage collectors) for a higher price that they would receive if they sold it recycling centers, in turn shortening the process and making it even more environmentally friendly.

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Last chance to win an awesome solar back-to-school bundle!

Heads up students – school starts this month, and we’ve got just the thing to brighten up those dreary fall days – a stunning solar-powered Sakku bag stuffed full of school supplies. But you’ll have to act fast – today is the last day to enter our Back to School Prize Package Giveaway (worth over $500)! This amazing bundle includes 7 awesome 100% recycled hardcover notebooks in assorted colors and styles by ecosystem, a 100% recycled binder, tabs and binder pouch from Naked Binder, and to top it all off, an amazing solar-powered bag by Sakku (worth $450) that will make you the most popular kid in class.

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Last chance to win a solar back-to-school bundle worth $500!

Heading back to school can be a total drag — so to help you get geared up for your scholarly pursuits, we’re giving away an awesome back-to-school bundle this week to one lucky reader! Our grand prize is an awesome Sakuu solar-powered bag (worth $450) made from recycled sails stocked full of 7 stylish 100% recycled hardcover notebooks in assorted colors and styles by ecosystem and a 100% recycled binder and binder pouch from Naked Binder! So if you haven’t already entered our latest back to school giveaway, the time to act is now — this contest closes on Wednesday!

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