October 3 - Walk or Bike to School Day

Heather posted about International Walk/Bike to School Day, which is coming up next week on Wednesday, October 3. Here are three great reasons to walk or bike:

• Build healthy activity into the daily routine of kids
• Spare the environment and improve air quality by putting less cars on the road
• Create safer routes to school for kids

According to TerraBlog and the EPA, commute traffic jumps 30% right after Labor Day. So, we the soccer moms (yes, I now count myself as belonging to this group) account for a large amount of daily emissions!

There are lots of valid reasons why your kids may not be able to walk or bike to school. What's key is we all start thinking creatively about it, and find ways we can carpool or take the bus, or walk/bike as groups. Small changes make a major difference.