Most households these days are fairly wasteful.
People drive everywhere without consideration for gas, leave lights on,
take half-hour showers and waste tons of food. When considering
eco-friendly teaching ideas for your students, consider a unit on conservation.
Limit your scope to just a few resources (three or less) and make it fun
with games and prizes. Three of the easiest resources to focus on are
water, lights (electricity) and food.Water,
water everywhere. With an increasing human population and limited
amount of clean drinking water, conserving water is vital.
The bathroom
presents a great opportunity for this eco-friendly teaching idea. Place a
bucket in the sink and measure how much water is used when it is left running
while the kids brush their teeth. Multiply this by a year and show them
the number. Now, put a price to it. The physical demonstration will
be a good reminder to turn faucets off when water isn’t being used.
Lights Out. Leaving lights on
results in a higher utility bill and wastes energy. One eco-friendly idea
to teach children to turn the lights off is a fun money game. Give your
kids $10 in ones in an envelope, and tell them you will take away $1 for each
time you catch them leaving a light on that is not being used. At the of
a week (or month) let them keep the money left in the envelope.
Eat Green. Even when you buy local,
there is a certain amount of energy and waste associated with growing, making,
and transporting food. An eco-friendly teaching idea for food
conservation is to make a daily menu with your children and shop for groceries
together using a budget. Make smaller, more frequent shopping trips and
make sure you use up all the food in your fridge before buying more. Have
a contest where the children devise new recipes to use up leftovers.
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