Go Green This Halloween ATLANTA, GA (WABE) - Perhaps the concept behind a green Halloween began when Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts went trick or treating in 1966:

(( I got 5 pieces of candy, I got a chocolate bar, I got a quarter, I got a rock))
Surely not even the most earth conscious person would give a kid--a rock on

Halloween but there are other ways to be environmentally responsible on the spookiest night of the year.

((the big 3's of going green are reduce, reuse and recycle))

Corey Colwell-Lipson is the founder of the Green Halloween initiative.
She wants to change the mindset that holidays are exempt from being earth friendly:

((for parents like me who are very health conscious and sustainability minded there's gotta be a way to give it a little bit of a make over))

Lipson says start with the costumes:

((things like wool, burlap made without using pesticides, silk and organic cotton but the best way is to get them from a thrift stores))

That's cost effective and the costume is reusable for next Halloween.
And when the trick or treaters arrive Lipson says keep mind the childhood obesity rate:

((welcome trick or treaters you get to pick just one special piece of candy and they'll get so excited---to find that one))

With your own kids, Lipson recommends making Carmel coated apples and she suggests composting any leftover pumpkin parts from the carving.

If you re unsure your Halloween is earth friendly, Lipson says remember the
3 G's==good for people, good for the planet and good for the community.
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