Are you already overwhelmed by the school supplies list that little Johnny just brought or will soon bring home?

If you've got to fork over the dough for the school supplies anyway, why not buy eco-friendly supplies?

That's right, you can get everything from paper and notebooks made from bananas or mangos to solar backpacks and even FSC certified graphite and colored pencils.

All of these supplies are easy to come by, eco-friendly, and help you take one more step towards a greener life.

Oh, did I mention that they're safe? Yeah, who wants PVC, chemicals, and dyes all over their kids?

Don't worry, you don't have to go store hopping and internet scouring, we're laying them all out right here for ya.

Are you an eco-minded consumer on the look out for products that are safe, non-toxic, fair trade certified, organic, etc?

If so, you're part of a group that spends about $45 billion annually on products for living green...but you probably don't go looking for those products on eBay.

Guess what, eBay has realized that. Will their new fair trade community and marketplace be all it's touted as, or will it be another case of consumeristic greenwashing?

Ever wanted to live green by purchasing some reusable shopping bags for those grocery store runs but don't want to pay $15 for each of them?

Publix has your solution...reusable grocery bags for .99 cents!!

Some of my and my wife's friends gave us our Christmas presents in a couple of these bags and then my wife came home with another one after a trip to the store. When she showed me the receipt (and that is the actual receipt pictured), I couldn't believe it!

Have you ever realized how ironic it is that most gear used for adventures in the great outdoors is mostly, well, not-so-friendly to the great outdoors itself?

Via a post at TreeHugger.com this morning, I just learned that:

"REI co-op, America's largest consumer cooperative and outdoor gear emporium, announced an initiative to help their customers, and 2.8 million co-op members, find garments made of Eco-Sensitive materials".

Doesn't it only make sense to make outdoors gear from sustainable and "ecoSensitive" materials? But how eco-friendly is the REI ecoSensitive label?