BPA-free, dishwasher-safe, plastic food storage that doesn’t leak and is easy for even little fingers to open? That would be Lock & Lock food storage, and while it’s worth every penny, there’s no need to pay full price. Right now Amazon has the 18-container set (mostly small containers; great for lunches) for just $29.99 (43% off), or go for the 16-container set (many larger containers) for just $37.99 (49% off). Or get both sets and throw out your old containers that are missing lids.

Either way, it’s a great deal!

Baggies and Ziplocs are so 1990. You know better than to clog up the landfills with all that plastic, but it’s a hard habit to break when you’re packing lunches every day.

Until now, that is. Right now you can snag a $30 credit to ReUsies at Groupon for just $15. Then go spend it on these adorable nylon-lined cotton bags and say goodbye to baggies, forever.

Snap up this great deal now, before school starts up again, and you’ll be patting yourself on the back—and doing your part to stay green—once class is back in session.

I’ve been looking for an alternative to the chalk board we have hanging in our kitchen (it’s handy, but messy) and when I saw this dry erase board from CB2 I feel in like with it immediately. It’s made of bamboo, is eco-friendly, wipes off easily and can hang either vertically or horizontally. Our house is full of wood (floors, wainscoting, etc.) and it will fit in perfectly with our decor. It’s on my “to buy” list, for sure.

$59.95 @ CB2.com

I know it doesn’t seem like a luxury, but it really is. Many cool-mist humidifiers are clunky, noisy, and hard to fill and clean. The Starry Night Cool Moisture Humidifier by Vicks, though, is easy — and it has multiple output settings, runs quietly, lasts through the night (the 1-gallon tank holds enough water to produce mist for 18- to 24-hours), and has a built-in heater to warm scent pads. Those are what makes it a necessity. Here’s the little luxury: a built-in projector that fills the ceiling with pretty stars and colors. With cold medicines out-of-bounds for babies and toddlers, having a humidifier that they’re happy to use can help you get through cold-and-flu season more easily.

$49.99 at Target.

One of the problems with eschewing bottled water and carrying your own water bottle instead is the fact that tap water can taste, well, not great. It’s a small price to pay for doing your part to save the environment, but what if you could be environmentally friendly and have great-tasting water where every you go, regardless of the tap from which you fill up? That’s what Bobble is all about. It has a carb-based filter built right in, so it filters the water as you drink it, taking organic contaminants out of regular tap water and reducingthe taste and odor of chlorine significantly. One filter is good for about 40 gallons — or 300 Bobblesful of water; replacement filters about $6.95 each. The colorful BPA-free bottle is made in the US and made of recycled (and recyclable) materials; it comes in three sizes (13 ounces, 18.5 ounces, or 34 ounces), so even the kids can carry their own.

$8.95 to $12.95 (depending on size) at Waterbobble.com. 

If you’re trying to reduce the number of chemicals you use at home, that bathroom deodorizer spray has to go. Poo-Pourri Little Stinker spray uses a blend of Bergamot, lemongrass, and grapefruit essential oils, which are naturally anti-bacterial and smell great — and a little goes a very long way. The spray was designed to eliminate the smell of dirty diapers in the pail or garbage, but it’s perfect for use in the bathroom for those who have already been potty trained.

$12.95 for a 2-ounce bottle, $19.95 for 4 ounces, at poopourri.com.

Every day when I pack my daughter’s lunch I also give her a snack. Fruit goes into a plastic container that I’d bought last year but things like pretzels or animal crackers (her faves) I put in a small plastic bag, which sometimes comes back and sometimes doesn’t. This feels wasteful so I went looking for a reusable snack container and found this ultra cute and useful Snack Happened pouch. It’s washable and comes in tons of colors.

$9.95 @ ItzyRitzy

Though I’m no newbie when it comes to online shopping, I’ve always been a bit leery about ordering groceries or personal products from websites. What if you end up paying a lot more for the same product you could buy at the local store? What if they don’t carry that crazy brand of organic conditioner your teenager insists on using? What if your shipment takes forever to arrive?

The solution, at least for the personal products side of the problem, is Soap.com. You don’t have to worry about missing a great sale or having a coupon code; they offer e-coupons and they even accept manufacturer’s coupons (you know, the old-fashioned kind that you clip from the Sunday paper). Just mail them in — they get filed away in your account and are automatically applied once you place those particular items in your shopping cart. And you don’t have to worry about them not having what you want in stock: With more than 25,000 products from 900 brands, they probably have a better selection that your neighborhood megamart.

Ordering is super-easy (you can pay with any major credit card or with PayPal) and since the site shares a shopping cart with Diapers.com, you can shop for baby and pay for everything at one time. Orders over $49 get free two-day shipping (thought they can’t ship to post office boxes, APOs, international addresses, Alaska, or Hawaii). And they even had the crazy conditioner my kids love — at a price lower than the store from which we usually buy it.

Right now, new Soap.com customers can get 15% off their first order by using promo code WORKITMOM.

Money is tight, but junior’s clothes are even tighter. If listing on eBay is too much trouble — and heading to the mall for an entire wardrobe is out of the question — thrifty parents are turning to ThredUp.com, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based online community where parents swap gently-worn clothing a box full at a time. Basic membership is free; for more information, visit ThredUp.com.

Be good to the environment and yourself at the same time with this large glass water bottle. I like to fill it up in the morning and have a goal to empty it by the end of the day, when I can feel good that I’m well hydrated and spared tons of plastic from being used in the process.

$38 @FredFlare