I’m one of those holiday grinches who tends to believe that Valentine’s Day was made up by Hallmark (bah, humbug), but with kids I sort of feel like I don’t really have the luxury to opt out. Valentine’s Day is a big deal in elementary school, you know. Or so my children keep reminding me!

This year I’m committing to taking a few iddy biddy steps towards making our holiday involvement as eco-friendly as possible. For example: I’m thinking those boxes of characters cards from the store are probably not the greatest green choice. Ahem.

I’m loving all of the suggestions on how to Go Green on Valentine’s Day from Reader’s Digest Canada (I know, I was surprised, too), but my favorite is definitely the idea of using biodegradable seed paper. The kids could cut out hearts and write “PLANT ME” on them! It fulfills their need to give out a little something to everyone, and my need to feel like we didn’t just add to the landfill. Perfect.

(And, hey, if my husband reads that article and decides to get me some organic flowers and Fair Trade chocolate, well, that just makes it a family effort, right? Right.)