Family
FAMILY Introduction
Hey Kids! What Can You Do to Help the Earth?
The next time you are doing something creative, take a look at what happens to the “left-overs”. It doesn’t matter whether you are painting a picture, making dinner, or cleaning up. Whenever you create something you are making more that you didn’t mean to make—let’s call that “waste”.
“Warming” Family Ideas
• Lighting – replacing one 75 watt incandescent bulb with a 19-watt compact fluorescent can cut 55 pounds of carbon dioxide per year. Assign your math-loving child the task of determining how many light bulbs you need to replace and the reduction in emissions. Engage children in budgeting for purchases and replacement.
Family Activity
1. Determine how much food waste you create each day for lunch-measure and track all the food you throw away from your lunch during one week on a chart at home.
2. Brainstorm ways to reduce how much food and trash you are throwing in the garbage by 50% using the tips above.
3. Measure and track your waste after implementing no waste lunch ideas.
4. If you've achieved your goal, pack special no waste treats in your lunch!
Pack and Eat a No Waste Lunch
A “no-waste lunch” is a meal that does not end up in the trash. You can buy food items in bulk, then put them in reusable containers to carry to school or work. Packing your food in reusables is typically less expensive and creates less waste than buying food that comes in disposable containers.
Population Growth: The Multiplication Factor
Why Population is a problem?
Animal Rescue
Includes Listing of No-Kill Animal Shelters
Animal rescue is an all-encompassing word to describe humans helping animals in distress. This includes dogs, cats, wildlife and farm animals. For some, animal rescue is a consistent activity by groups or individuals, for others a spur of the moment decision as they pass by an animal in need.
