Go Green Ideas for Kids!

No Bottled Water:

• Rather than giving your children disposable plastic bottles of water, let them choose a colorful, reusable water bottle in which to carry their beverage of choice. You can find fun, washable bottles in a wide variety of colors, sizes and designs at nearly any department store. According to KidsHealth.org, bottled water is no safer or cleaner than water from the tap.

Donate Unwanted Items:

• When your children outgrow clothes or toys, donate them to a charitable organization. Have your children help you drop the items off to show them how their donations help those in need. Explain that some organizations give the used items to individuals who cannot afford them, and others sell the items and put the proceeds toward helping those who need it financially. Furthermore, this action keeps toys, clothes and books that still have potential use from filling a landfill or dump.

• Donate Unwanted Items

  When your children outgrow clothes or toys, donate them to a charitable organization. Have your children help you drop the items off to show them how their donations help those in need. Explain that some organizations give the used items to individuals who cannot afford them, and others sell the items and put the proceeds toward helping those who need it financially. Furthermore, this action keeps toys, clothes and books that still have potential use from filling a landfill or dump.

Conserve Resources

Teach your children to turn off electronics, like the television or lights, when they finish using them. According to the EPA, electricity use releases greenhouse gases. You can also teach conservation to your children by encouraging them to turn off the faucet while brushing their teeth. The EPA’s WaterSense program maintains that the average bathroom faucet releases 2 gallons of water per minute, so three to four minutes of running water wastes 6 to 8 gallons

Recycle

• According to the Captain Planet Foundation website, “Recycling materials not only avoids extra waste through reuse, but reduces the environmental burden of extracting new resources from the earth.” Involve your children in the act of recycling materials such as paper, plastic, aluminum, glass and any other materials accepted by your recycling center. They can help out by rinsing cans and bottles and sorting items into the proper recycling bins. Teach them that the products recycled will be turned into new items instead of sitting in landfills.

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