PS: Max recently went on his outdoor education trip. His wonderful teacher proudly announced that her grade received the record for the number of zero waste meals at the facility. During that trip, Max also joined the Hard Core club. Members of the club eat a whole apple (core, stem, seeds and all), and share a secret hand-shake. Love the concept. I joined the club too, but I have already forgotten the hand-shake ;)
How to make a Zero Waste Lunch
As you may know, Max is in 5th grade. As part of his classwork, he was asked to create a blog, and he chose "Environmental Tips" as a subject. He was then asked to give a short "How to" speech to the class. So here he is on "How to make a Zero Waste Lunch"...
PS: Max recently went on his outdoor education trip. His wonderful teacher proudly announced that her grade received the record for the number of zero waste meals at the facility. During that trip, Max also joined the Hard Core club. Members of the club eat a whole apple (core, stem, seeds and all), and share a secret hand-shake. Love the concept. I joined the club too, but I have already forgotten the hand-shake ;)
PS: Max recently went on his outdoor education trip. His wonderful teacher proudly announced that her grade received the record for the number of zero waste meals at the facility. During that trip, Max also joined the Hard Core club. Members of the club eat a whole apple (core, stem, seeds and all), and share a secret hand-shake. Love the concept. I joined the club too, but I have already forgotten the hand-shake ;)
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Well,thanks for that. I believe I may try it. Also, may sure ya don't eat apples too much because the seeds are poisonous in a high amount.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea/video. My granddaughters (11, 9 and 6) are coming today for an overnight and will enjoy Max's ideas for packing a no-waste lunch. They will also enjoy Max. Using a cloth wrapper is brilliant. The girls can make their own this afternoon, using my fabric scraps. Thanks, Max, from Grandma Jan!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the continuing inspiration to use less and create less waste. I pack my daughter's lunch but use an ice pack to keep perishables cool as her lunch is stashed in her locker and tends to get too warm. How do you handle things that have to be kept cold or maybe you don't pack them. Please advise. Thanks. CLM
ReplyDeleteYea! What a great job Max!
ReplyDeleteGracias Max - looks like you used cotton material? Wouldn't a towel be too bulky? Please address foods that would spoil, esp in hot/humid environments. - Monica
ReplyDeleteGo Max!!!
ReplyDeleteI have been using a big cloth napkin for my boys' lunches. I was doing it the wrong way and their apples always seemed to fall out. Thanks for the how-to video, it is extremely helpful.
That was great. Hooray for Max! I've been wondering how to wrap up things for lunch and thought I was on the right track using parchment paper; but, this is so much better.
ReplyDeleteGreat job Max! We are using up our last box of baggies bought way before we bgan cutting our waste down. But, I may just adopt this menthod right away! So cool!
ReplyDeleteMax you did a fantastic job! You were very well spoken on camera and you had a fantastic environmental idea! I've been using cloth napkins inside of my reusable lunch bag for some time now, but I never considered wrapping my sandwich in one! That's a fantastic idea! Great job to you and your family!
ReplyDeleteLove Love Love your blog and the environmental demonstration done by your son. What a wonderful concept. Thank you Bea.
ReplyDeleteLoved this idea. I pack my kids lunches in Planetboxes but will definitely try this next time. Thanks
ReplyDeleteI posted this on my FB wall as "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?"
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this simple, yet powerful idea. I hope others follow your lead! :)
Thank you so much for sharing this with us. You should be so proud of him. We already are striving for a zero waste lunch for both my kids. They have fabric sandwich wraps and I send cookies/treats in reusable containers. Their drinks go in to stainless steel bottles.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work. You and your family are such an inspiration to many.
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Thank you Max! When I see a new post I get so excited to develop my zero waste skills. I am going to go cut up an old sheet. What is the best square size 35"x35"? Max have you broken any jars in transport?
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How cool! I also am wondering what size the towel is. Mind sharing what size you use? - Kara
ReplyDeletewhat an elegant way to pack a lunch, Max is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteAwesome job Max! I can tell your mother is very proud of you. She has taught you well. I will be doing this for my twins when they start school in a few years. We've always used cloth napkins, and I'm sure they will like the towel lunch.
ReplyDeleteWow, very cool! and well presented. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool kid! Max gives me hope for the future.
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ReplyDeleteGood job Max! I am a 4th grade teacher and I am going to show your video to my class. I will also show it to the other teachers at my school during our lunch break. Recently we discussed your family's article in Sunset magazine. Our 5th graders used to go to the same outdoor school you went to. I recognized the Hard Core club! You are a wonderful inspiration to both young and not so young people. Keep it up!!
ReplyDeleteyeah hard core club...i've been a hard core apple eater for over 30 years :)NO, you won't get poisoned (you'd have to eat a ton of apples in a single sitting). Like your lunch sling...I also cut off the bottom of my kids jeans when they wear out, sew across the cut end and then they fill it with their lunch stuff, roll and go (easy and fun...my daughter's high school friends want me to make them some, too!)
ReplyDeletemax! i love this! it's so simple, and you're such a pro. thanks for sharing your skills, and passion for zero-waste with the world. — jess
ReplyDeleteGreat Job Max! Can't wait to show my first grader.
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool!!! Very well done! Great job Max!
ReplyDeleteMax did a great job. You are very lucky to have such wounderful children. I am doing my best to start zero waste life style for my husband and myself. I shopped bulk for the first time a few weeks ago. I got everything home. Then it dawned on me... how on earth do I cook all this stuff. I grew up in a fast food home and most of the time all the food was frozen and you just stuck the tray in the oven. Well I tried and lets just say that my husband was not impressed with my bulk cooking skills. He wants mac and cheese from a box over my cooking. I hope that you soon will post cooking recipies with step by step instructional videos. Thank you for your insperation. I have made my own homemade laundry soap. My husband loves it. I hope that soon he will love my bulk food cooking as well. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteBea, Thanks so much for sharing your ideas! It's made a difference in the way I tackle life- especially eating!
ReplyDeleteSort of like Sara Jean, I grew up in a home that was far from zero waste. While we didn't do the fast food and TV tray thing, my mother relied on canned and packaged foods (Campbell's soups, for example) to make many of our dinners. I'm now stuck without many of the recipes I've relied on for years. Also, I'm a medical student with not too much time to pour through and try new recipes but I do insist on eating well! I love your system with the rotating jars and specific types of meals on specific days; would you please post some of those recipes? I love couscous and other grains for example, but I have NO idea how to make it main-course worthy. This is where I need the most guidance! I have done so well on refusing packaging, by the way. :) Thanks again for sharing your experiences.
I'm doing this!!! I've got two kids / I build two lunches each week day to pack them for school.
ReplyDeleteZero waste lunches, here we come!
You and your family have really inspired me Max! Great job dude!
Excellent job Max! I learned something new today! Yeah!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I love that idea and I love the idea of doing this for gifts as well. Thank you Max! You were so well spoken. I'd give you an A for sure :)
ReplyDeleteGo Max! That's a great presentation. We use the reusable cloth bags over here for lunches, but I love Max's idea. It would help me remember to bring a napkin, which I often forget!
ReplyDeleteMax, good ideas and good presentation. You are a good public speaker. I heard a lot of people clapping at the end. Do many of your classmates bring zero waste lunches too? Did they get the idea from you and your mom? Thanks for sharing the video and again, good job!!!
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This post makes my day! Your son (and of course, your whole family) is an inspiration!
ReplyDeleteHard Core club - Awesome! So awesome.
Wow Max! You are so well spoken and you gave such great, easy to follow directions. I will try this out very soon!
ReplyDeleteBea, you must be so proud:) I think this is a perfect video for your readers who worry about how your family's lifestyle might be negatively impacting your children -- proof is in the pudding with this one!!!
well, for goodness sakes, I'm so proud of him I could pop and he's not even related to me. ;) Kids caring about our environment sure gives me hope for the future!
ReplyDeleteVery nice presentation!
ReplyDeleteDo you have to use a new rubber seal everytime you can with your french jars?
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic presentation! Thanks Max!
ReplyDeleteI never knew there was a Secret Society! I've always eaten the whole apple, core, seeds, stem, and all! Ha!
ReplyDeleteWay to go, Max!
ReplyDeleteThat's such a great idea, good job on the presentation Max!
ReplyDeletei came here today as we are trying to do a zero waste lunch for earth day. can't believe that this was the topic AND there is a video.... thank you so much for your education - thank you!
ReplyDeleteHe did such a great job in showing us how to make a zero waste lunch.
ReplyDeleteThe towel looked like a square - what an ingenious way of packing everything. Your son is a credit to you !
Way to go Max! What a great presentation! Bea, congratulations to you for doing such a wonderful job with your family and your zero waste lifestyle. I admire you for that.
ReplyDeleteHi guys - love the zero waste lunch. I just found you and watched the gorgeous video on the tiny life. So happy to see folks doing this with a family! We often get people tell us "oh, but zero waste is so easy for you because you don't have kids". Now I can pass them your way!
ReplyDeleteHi everyone and thanks for supporting Max. I have read your comments to him.
ReplyDeleteI love Anonymous comment, re: "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?". Made me smile.
These cloths that we use to pack lunch, are also our kitchen towels (multi-purpose item, as most items are in our home). I made them a few years back from a french vintage linen sheet. The traditional furoshiki size is 27"x27". I say, make whatever you have, work;). That said, a large towel makes tying the ends and transporting easier. The beauty of this is that, as Max mentioned, it not only serves as a placemat and napkin, but it also serves as a carrier. 3 in 1! no need for a lunch box. -no broken jars yet;).
The day after his class presentation, a couple of kids came to school with furoshiki style lunches...
Bravo Max! Bea, what a wonderful way to teach the next generation to be leaders instead of sheep. Thinking outside the "lunchbox" LOL
ReplyDeleteAwesome Max! I only wish I grew up with zero waste, but you and your family inspire me to raise my kids to be as responsible, aware and creative as you!
ReplyDeletehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110411/us_yblog_thelookout/chicago-school-bans-homemade-lunches-the-latest-in-national-food-fight
ReplyDeleteI thought this news might pertain to this blog. Chicago schools have banned homemade lunches in a misguided attempt to combat childhood obesity. I find this very disturbing, since most of the garbage food and packaging that is available to children was approved by the government in the first place. I don't believe I trust their judgement or choices when it comes to feeding my children.
I just saw that news article also, and was disgusted by it. I completely with you.
ReplyDeleteLast time I checked the processed food served in a school cafeteria is less than healthy. There is a lot more to it than the number of calories, and amounts of sugar and sodium. How about making sure it's real food the body can process instead of chicken nuggets with 38 ingredients including lighter fluid*. Yeah, we'll stick with homemade.
*stat from a nutritionist's email about feeding children healthy food
Max and the rest of your family are doing a great thing for Earth! I just saw the news story about your family on the news and I want you to know you've inspired me to make the change! Thank you for what you are doing.
ReplyDeleteawesome job! what a great way to pack a lunch. thank you for showing us how to do it.
ReplyDeleteGreat job! I am also inspired to make changes with my own childrens lunch boxes. Thank you so much for sharing and doing what you are doing!
ReplyDeletegreat!
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Hard Core club, eh? I wonder if my husband is one of those founding members. He's my little goat-man. I have tried eating the apple core, seed and stem and just can't stomach it. The hubby will gladly take over where I left off.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's why we married each other; we have a symbiotic relationship when it comes to a lot of things. ^-^
interesting!! I want to try this :)
ReplyDeleteHey Max,
ReplyDeleteThanks for inspiring others to get involved in helping out to save out planet.
Great job!
Angela
Hi Max and Bea,
ReplyDeleteThank you for all of your efforts! I enjoy sharing your blog with my family. We have always been tree huggers. I wanted to show my children your video on how to make a zero waste lunch. I don't have access, have you removed it?
The link works for me. Sometimes you need to try later, it often is associated with a bad internet connection.
ReplyDeleteMy stepson loves this! He is in 3rd grade and he loves the idea. I will be getting the towels next week! "Cool, that's neat." He says.
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