Raise Your Children to be Environmentally-Friendly
At Camp Kupugani, our overnight summer camp near Madison, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois, we are aware of the need to be more environmentally-friendly. A recent article from Green Initiatives has some good tips on how to raise your children in an environmentally-friendly way. Read our summary below, with the full article here.
- Learn while playing.
- Play games that demonstrate recycling techniques.
- Participate in activities that are good for the environment.
- Watch films and share stories.
- Common Sense Media has great documentaries about our environment.
- Don’t forget to debrief/ask questions after the movie.
- Eat healthily, and discover food.
- Plant a garden.
- Go to the local farmers market.
- Check out a local farm.
- Say “no” to disposables.
- Make a contest out of it.
- Teach about plastic pollution.
- Use reusable cups.
- Love and reconnect with nature.
- Make nature a playground.
- Take a walk or hike.
- Pick up trash on your walk.
- Start small and start early.