Want to pack a lunch that’s good for you—and for our planet, too? Then follow the easy tips in this Green Lunch Rap. Listen to the song here and sing along!

 

It’s time to go back to school.
It’s time to eat lunch at school.
Come on, let’s pack it with good food and leave out the trash, dude—that’s cool.
(Green lunch!)
Use a lunch box, a cloth bag, or a basket.
(Green lunch!)
Skip the paper, ’cause all you’ll do is trash it.
(Green lunch!)
Fill a bottle with your favorite healthy drink.
(Green lunch!)
Don’t toss the bottle; just wash it in a sink.
(Green lunch!)
Pack your sandwich and all your tasty snacks
(Green lunch!)
in containers—not foil or plastic sacks.
(Green lunch!)
Wait a minute—don’t pitch that plastic spoon.
(Green lunch!)
With a green lunch, you sing a different tune.
(Green lunch!)
Wash it, dry it, then use it again.
(Green lunch!)
See you later, stinky ol’ trash can.
(Green lunch!)
We’re keeping lunches from trashing up the land.
Oh, yeah!
Green lunch!

Lyrics by Jennifer Bové
Music by Everett Benjamin