How are some ways kids can go Green?

Question

This world is an awesome place and we all need to go greener what are some ways kids can help?

Answer 1

walk 2 school, get them involved with recycling and make them turn there game stations (e.g playstations & nintendos) off of stand by and unplug them

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Answer 2

Ther are a lot of ways kids can Go Green!   First, encourage all your friends to not buy bottled water.  It's a rip off and only about 7% of the bottles ever get recycled.  Get those cool re-useable ones instead! Next, get one of you teachers ( a social studies or science teacher would be a good choice) to help you start a school-wide recycling project.  You can collect all kinds of paper, cardboard, aluminum cans and those plastic water bottles!  Depending on where you live, the paper, cardboard, and drink containers should all be worth some money, so the project could be used as a fundraiser as well.  Start an education project to encourage people to turn off lights when no one is in the room, to not let water run unnecessarily, to change out light bulbs to compact flourescents, and to use kid power to get to school-- biking, walking, or skating!  Enocurage your cafeteria to not insist people take food they won't eat, so thre's less wasted and thrown away. Be careful consumers-- look for organic or transitional cotton and other natural fibers when you shop for clothing.  Donate clothes you grow out of or don't want to Goodwill or some other charity.  The same goes for your old sports equipment, eyeglasses, almost anything.  At our school towards the end of the year we collect old pens, pencils, paper, 3-ring binders-- stuff that people would throw away when they clean out their lockers-- and donate it to places that help poor or homeless kids.  Enlist the help of a cool teacher and this can be an awesome project.  Kids can change the world!  Good Luck on your quest to Be Green!

Answer 3

1)    Hold a contest for them and let their fertile brains go to work to figure it out for themselves and the rest of us!

2)   Encourage them to create skits, posters, blogs

3)   Encourage them to write letters to the newspapers

4)   Encourage them to write of their concerns to their congressmen and women both state and federal

5)  Encourage them to write of their concerns to their Senators both state and federal

6)   Have them focus on those issues for the Science Fairs

Answer 4

move to the jungles. make them a bunch of little tarzans.

Answer 5

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Recycle paper, cardboard, newsprint and magazines.

Recycle aluminum cans.

Recycle all batteries.

Recycle and reuse. Roughly 50% of the average person's trash can be recycled. Don't forget that hazardous waste like batteries, your printer's ink cartridges, and cell phones can be recycled too! Find out how and where to recycle in your area. Always buy recycled paper. Just 1 ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees.

Just because your community doesn't pick up all recyclables on the curb, it doesn't mean there are not viable alternatives nearby. Check with dry cleaners, supermarkets, manufacturers, your local public works department and civic organizations to find out where recycled goods can be dropped off, at a location near you.

Did you know that just in 1995 alone, recycled toner cartridges kept over 21,000 tons of trash out of landfills? Believe it or not, now you can recycle your printer's toner cartridges! Every year, Americans throw out enough printer cartridges to stretch from Los Angeles to New York City and back again. Toner cartridges can be recycled, having just as good a performance as an unrecycled cartridge. To recycle your toner cartridges, find a local business that does printer cartridge recycling, or contact the manufacturer of your current toner cartridge and ask about a cartridge recycling program.

Not only should you recycle, but buy products that are recycled. By purchasing these products, you are helping to conserve natural resources, and to protect the environment.

Wash clothes in cold water.

Hot water is unnecessary for most clothes. When needed, use warm water.

Fill your toilet tank.

Put a plastic bottle or two, filled with water and rocks, in your tank to reduce the amount of water used in each flush.

Clean your filters.

Clean the filters of your air-conditioners once a month to improve energy efficiency. While you’re at it, change your car’s filters as recommended in your manual.

Get a low-flow shower head.

Stop at the hardware store on your way home, and get a low-flow shower head. Takes a few minutes to install, and it’ll save gallons of water a day.

Lower your thermostats.

If you use heating, get by with less heat and wear warmer clothes. If you use air-conditioning, get by with less cooling and wear cooler clothes.

If it’s a nice sunny day, hanging clothes only takes a few minutes, and you’re using solar power instead of electricity to do the job. It also makes your clothes last longer.

Turn down your water heater.

Most people have their water heater’s thermostat turned up too high, wasting energy. Turn it down to 130 degrees, saving energy but still hot enough to kill bacteria.

Use CFC light bulbs.

If your light bulb burns out, replace it with a Compact Flourescent bulb (those spiral-looking ones). They’re more expensive, but if you just replace them one at a time, it doesn’t cost much, and the energy savings is great. And as they last longer, over the long run, you’ll save money.

Wash and dry only full loads of laundry and dishes.

Follow your community's water use restrictions or guidelines.

Install a low-flow shower head.

If you are not looking to change your car just yet there are a number of ways you can be more environmentally friendly and help you save money by conserving fuel.

Lighten your car to reduce weight by not carrying unnecessary items.

Cut your speed and stick to the speed limits

Drive smoothly avoiding heavy accelerating and braking.

When stationary for a long time, switch off the engine.

Closing windows will make the car more efficient by being more aerodynamic.  Remove roof bars when not is use also helps.

Make sure your tyres are properly inflated as under inflated tyres cause more resistance.

Where possible, walk, cycle or even use public transport.  

If possible lift share to reduce the number of cars on the road.

Try mass transit.

Millions of people use it, and it saves tons of fuel. If you don’t already, give it a try.

Unload your car.

Remove excess weight from your car (such as stuff that might be in the trunk) to reduce the amount of fuel you use.

Walk instead of drive.

You don’t have to do this all the time, but walking the short trip to a store, or to lunch from work, or some other short trip like that, can reduce the amount of fuel you use over the long term, and you shed some fat at the same time. Or at least burn off that morning donut.

Buy a smaller car.

You won’t be able to do this today, probably, but the next time you’re in the market for an automobile, get a smaller and energy-efficient car rather than a big, lumbering one. It’s one of the best things you can do to reduce your fuel consumption.

Inflate your tires.

Many people don’t realize that their tires are under-inflated. Check the recommended pressure for your tires, and fill them up to that pressure. It only takes a few minutes, but it will save you on fuel consumption (a little) and more importantly, make your tires last longer and reduce the rubber that’s worn off your tires.

Get creative with gift-giving. The gift of time, services, or environmentally positive gifts may be more appreciated than disposable goods that are not to the taste or needs of the recipient.

Look into those lifestyle changes you’ve been putting off

Work from home more. Many organisations, when prodded a little, will accept flexible work arrangements where there is no impact to the work that needs to get done.

Use your oven less.

The oven not only uses a lot of energy, it heats up your kitchen, requiring more cooling. Instead, use toaster ovens, crockpots, microwaves, and electric grills when you can. And when you do use your oven, open it less - you lose 25% of the heat every time you open the oven door.

Mend your stuff.

Try not to throw stuff away and buy new stuff if the old stuff can be fixed. Torn clothing? Takes a few minutes to sew up.

Install a water filter.

If you buy a lot of bottled water, use your tap instead. Some places need a filter to make tap water taste drinkable, but they don’t cost much and they can save money, water, and plastic bottles over time.

Unplug appliances.

If you don’t use an appliance several times a day, it’s better to unplug it, as they often use energy even when turned off

Use rechargeable batteries.

Instead of throwing your batteries away all the time, reuse rechargeable batteries. Costs a little more, but cheaper in the long run.

When you’re looking to buy appliances, be sure to research the most energy-efficient ones. They may cost a little more, but they’ll more than make up for that in the long run with lower energy bills.

Buy a smaller home.

The next time you’re home-shopping, instead of buying the McMansion, look for a smaller home that’s big enough to meet your needs comfortably. Reducing the amount of stuff you own is a good way to need less house. It’s cheaper, and requires less energy to heat and cool. And easier to clean at the same time.

Look for energy efficiency.

Use acryllic paint.

Compost.

It’s not hard to set one up (look it up online), and you can save a lot of waste from the landfill and help your garden at the same time

Water grass early in the morning.

Reduces the amount of water you need to keep your grass looking fabulous.

Plant shade trees near your house.

It’ll take awhile before they can make a difference, but shade trees greatly reduce the need to cool a home.

Coat your roof.

This’ll take up an afternoon, but you only have to do it once every few years. And it’ll save you a lot of money and energy in heating and cooling over the long-term, more than making up for the cost of paint.

Avoid fast food.

Instead, eat at home or at a sit-down restaurant. Fast food restaurants are one of the worst polluters of the environment, both in the massive amounts of beef they must raise, in the wasted packaging, and in the energy they use in so many ways. And they’re tremendously unhealthy.

Buy a manual reel mower or electric mower.

If you’re looking for a new lawn mower, and you have a small yard, consider getting a manual one. They’re much advanced from the reel mowers of our grandparents’ generation, much quieter, cheaper, and they save on fuel and pollution. Electric mowers are also quieter and use much less energy.

Clean up.

Hope this helped, feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions if you’d like assistance in making your first self sufficient steps, I’m willing to walk you step by step threw the process. I’ve written several how-to DIY guides available at  www agua-luna com on the subject. I also offer online and on-site workshops, seminars and internships to help others help the environment.

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Answer 6

♥Have a Parade in school

For example yesterday we had a parade and it was hot yesterday

also we wore tie dye t-shirts and also marching around the block singing

peace ..GO GREEN ..And unity and people came out there houses clapping

lol it was exciting we went on our play ground

and the fire truck came and out of no where they shot water at

us with the fire hoes and we had a blast and we started dancing to

the music they played it was like a summer yesterday ..Or the school could decide one day to dress in all green and just make it

a fun thing to do !! :]

╚Or make a project ..instead of using poster boards use brown paper bags and just i d k use your imagination

Answer 7

My favorite three r's...reduce, reuse , recycle.

Plus , you can...

1) Turn off the faucet as soon as your done, every time and using a pencil thin stream of water.

2) Wash their fruits and veggies in a bowl .

3)Recycle your school papers(annoucements,letters, old homework etc)so they can be reused and the next batch of pages from the teacher won’t have to cost us a tree to make.

4) Turn off the lights! "This one’s so easy, yet it seems to be the hardest thing to teach kids. =)

5) Go to the local farmers market where you can buy your fruit & veggies or try growing a few of your own with home made compost.

6) Compost-recycled yard waste http://www.ehow.com/how_3541_begin-compo...

Answer 8

Encourage them to be smart consumers, teach them to turn off water when brushing their teeth, encourage them to take baths and not showers, help them hang clothes on line outside, buy a washboard and show them how to wash by hand, teach them what you already know and I am sure that they will be fine.

Answer 9

There are many ways:

-Recycle

-Walk To School, Drive Less

-Turn off the sink when they wash their teeth

-Limit their showers to 10 minutes to conserve water

-Eat lunch in a Lunchbox, not Paper or plastic Bags

-Turn off all Electric Appliances not in use

Hope these Help!