| Kids love to help with everything. There are several | | | | down instead of turning the water on full blast. |
| different ways that your child can help improve the | | | | * Turning the lights off when walking out of a room |
| environment and make a difference today that will | | | | is another way they can help improve the |
| help them in the future. You can teach your child a | | | | environment and save on your power bill. |
| lot just by teaching them the basic. | | | | * Learn to sort cans, paper and plastics so you can |
| When you teach your child the basics of preserving | | | | recycle. Also let your children know exactly how |
| the environment you can make a huge impact for | | | | recycling can help the environment. If we didn't |
| the future. There are several ways that a family can | | | | recycle then we would eventually run out of |
| help the environment but you can start with learning | | | | resources to meet the supply. |
| how the basics can make a difference. If the children | | | | * Don't stand with the refrigerator door open. That |
| are not taught to help preserve the environment | | | | not only wastes electricity but it also allows the cool |
| now it may be difficult and more expensive to live in | | | | air to escape so the refrigerator must cool itself back |
| the future. If your child has friends that are | | | | down, running more electricity. |
| interested in saving and preserving the environment | | | | * Don't crank the heat up in the wintertime during |
| then you can start a club in your community for kids. | | | | the day. Instead add a long sleeve or a pair of socks |
| Saving the environment does not just help people it | | | | to keep them from getting chilled. |
| also helps animals as well. Because there are so many | | | | * Get their friends involved is a great way to spread |
| different ways to heat your home or run power to | | | | the word about saving the environment. |
| your home, the basic way has almost become | | | | We all need to start with the basics in order to make |
| obsolete. Trying to heat a home can be very | | | | a difference. Team up with the science teacher in |
| expensive but it doesn't have to be. Your child needs | | | | school in order to kick off the "save the |
| to know how they can help the environment and | | | | environment" week. when the children work to help |
| feel better about their accomplishments. Here are a | | | | save the environment, it gives them a positive |
| few ways to teach your child how to feel better | | | | attitude and increases their self esteem. Children can |
| about taking care of the environment. | | | | have a positive affect on the environment as well as |
| * Turn the water off when brushing their teeth or | | | | the animals and people that live here for now and in |
| washing their hands. Letting the water run constantly | | | | the future. Learning now will allow them to teach |
| is wasting the water and it should also be turned | | | | future generations. |