Green Living Tip Tues: Tree Hugging Kids

by Daiva Kacenauskaite on Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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Making green choices should not be your personal concern alone – involve your family, and especially kids to follow your example. Children are the best learners and these tips could help form their life-long habits. So make sure everybody in the family learns to:

Turn the water off while brushing their teeth;
Take shorter, cooler showers;
Say “No” to bags at toy or clothes stores, as well as grocery stores. Make sure they have their own bags to bring;
Use recycled paper for arts and crafts and homework;
Many items found at home can be recycled to make one of a kind toys;
Walk, carpool, or take the bus to school;
Turn off lights and appliances/electronics when not in use.
Involve the kids into recycling, let them sort.
Spend more time outside.

These easy fun tips will teach your kids important lessons, help save the environment, and hopefully will free some cash for family fun!

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Daiva Kacenauskaite has written 77 stories on this site.

feromoni

Great advice. It is important to make kids aware of these things. Later on it will just come naturally.

Gaby

Another great way kids can go green is by packing their lunches in reusable containers. Instead of sending them to school with lots of soon-to-be garbage like juice boxes, plastic baggies and single-serving packages of chips, carrots and cookies, put everything in washable, long-lasting containers!

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